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Saturday, July 12, 2025

Loc’d & Loaded: Goddess Braids

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2341 days ago
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The god­dess braids that we com­mon­ly see to­day trace all the way back to times in African his­to­ry when many women wore their hair in corn­rows. This wide­ly pop­u­lar pro­tec­tive style, es­pe­cial­ly when done long with an ad­di­tion of colour is an­oth­er high­ly re­quest­ed look for the car­ni­val sea­son that brings a whole new di­men­sion to the look of many women for fetes and the road. This braid­ed style is a piece of art­work in it­self which we were able to wit­ness as hair­styl­ist Kim­ber­ly Ed­wards-Daniel of the Kim Eds sa­lon demon­strat­ed the tech­nique to us. Kim tells us that these types of braid­ed styles are not just per­fect for car­ni­val but al­so make a great op­tion for women who want to give their hair a break and pro­tect it from any ex­ter­nal dam­age.

We know de­cid­ing which braid­ed style to do for the Car­ni­val sea­son might make you a bit weary. I mean when it comes to braids you run the risk of ei­ther look­ing like your teenage self again or you might just dis­cov­er your in­ner di­va that you didn’t re­alise ex­ist­ed all along. This god­dess braid might just bring you a change of heart and we have an­swers to many of your ques­tions to help you de­cide whether or not this look is for you.

Who can wear the god­dess braids?

Women of all hair types can get this amaz­ing look for the sea­son. Ide­al­ly women should have at least 4 inch­es in hair length. Ladies don’t get too wor­ried if your hair is short­er, it doesn’t mean that you could nev­er achieve this look with your hair length. 4 inch­es is sim­ply the length that is eas­i­er on your styl­ist and would last longer since it re­sults in less fly­aways.

How should you prep your hair?

All pro­tec­tive braid styles should be done on fresh­ly washed hair. If your hair is most­ly dry then it’s prone to break­age as it would lose mois­ture eas­i­ly. Hair styl­ist Kim­ber­ly Ed­wards showed us how easy it is to prep the hair for braid­ing us­ing the Gar­nier Fruc­tis Whole Foods sham­poo, con­di­tion­er and hair oil. Chances are you’d leave the braid­ed style in for a week or 2, even longer if the braids are done in a small­er size, there­fore you re­al­ly want to en­sure your scalp is clean to min­imise any itchy feel­ing. Ad­di­tion­al­ly, for nat­u­rals, hair­styl­ists tend to blow out the hair to ac­com­plish a sleek fin­ish be­cause we know those curls and kinks can be stub­born. If you’re un­com­fort­able with the styl­ist wash­ing and ap­ply­ing heat to your nat­ur­al hair of course you can prep it your­self be­fore fol­low­ing your reg­u­lar rou­tine.

Prod­ucts re­quired?

This in­ex­pen­sive style can be cre­at­ed us­ing nat­ur­al hair or hair ex­ten­sion. The style usu­al­ly in­clude at least two braids which tends to be the go to by many women for car­ni­val as it makes the styling process short­er. Typ­i­cal­ly your hair­styl­ist would ask you to pur­chase from a beau­ty sup­ply store one to two packs of X-pres­sions or Kankelon hair to be braid­ed in­to your hair (de­pend­ing on the de­sired length of ex­ten­sions) as well as a hair jam or a sim­i­lar prod­uct for hold­ing the hair in place. If you’re lucky your styl­ist may al­ready pro­vide these prod­ucts and you’d just have to show up with the hair prepped for styling.

How long does the styling process take?

The good thing about this type of hair­style is that it doesn’t have to take long hours of you sit­ting in the sa­lon chair when you’re on a tight sched­ule or you’re prob­a­bly late to meet your team to hit the fete. This style, if the styl­ist choos­es to prep your hair for you, can be done in one hour. Hair­styl­ist Kim tells us the style is sim­ple enough that it can be done in a short time which makes it ide­al for the sea­son when women just want a quick yet cute hair do for events.

How to main­tain the look?

God­dess braids can last a few weeks with prop­er care. Main­tain­ing the style is sim­i­lar to main­tain­ing reg­u­lar corn­rows. Once the braids are in­stalled well, and you en­sure to ties the ahir down at night us­ing a satin scarf or by wear­ing a satin bon­net, you can rock your pro­tec­tive braid­ed hair­styles for up to a month.


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