HONEYCOMBED: The prize-winning hair shot

Congats to reader Allison Edmonds, who submitted this shot of her quick, twist-y, bouffantish up-do.

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HONEYCOMBED: The prize-winning hair shot

POSTED: Monday, August 8, 2011, 11:00 AM

Last week we ran a contest for readers to send in snapshots of their favorite when-in-a-hurry hairdo. Congats to Allison Edmonds, who submitted this shot of her twisty, bouffantish up-do. She'll recieve natural hair product supplier E'Tae's Carmelux-line shampoo and conditioner, a bottle of Deep Reconstucting Treatment (made with real bananas!) and a container of shea butter- and rosemary-enriched hair and scalp cream.

Here's what she had to say about the styling process:

"The funny thing about this hairdo and many other up-dos I've done is that they are happenstance. I tend to have a general idea in mind of what I want, but I basically just tease up my hair, twist it around a bit, then pin it if it looks cool. For this one in particular, though, I have some more specific directions.

My hair is kind of fine so I always do an all-over tease to create body. That may not be necessary for everyone. Then to get your hair to the top of your head you could either braid it up from the back (turning upside down helps for this) or you can gather all the hair in the back and twist it up like you are doing a French twist, then pin it in place. Now you should have a pile of hair on top of your head. This is the part where you have to tease a little and just twist and pin to get it to the right height and securely fastened. For the front, I held my bangs straight up and teased them from the back (lots of teasing! It also helps me get the hair pointed in the direction I want). Once I got my desired height in the front, I gently twisted the ends back and pinned them down amid the rest of the teased and twisted beehived/pompadoured hair."

(cassie.owens@citypaper.net)

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