Hair Tip - Kelis:
Curls Gone Wild |
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| Revised Date: 02/17/11 |
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Kelis
1st Annual Video Game Awards
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MGM Grand, Las Vegas |
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Known
as much for her gigantic head of stunning orange
tinged curls as for her big voice,
Kelis Rodgers (Kuh-LEASE)
recently married her long time sweetie, rap star
Nas, in a small private ceremony on January 10, 2005
in Queens, New York.
Nas and Kelis, who never
tried to hide their relationship, met at an after
party for the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards in New
York. It was love at first sight. Nas proposed to
Kelis at her mother's home on Christmas Eve 2002.
Note: Nas and Kellis were officially
divorced in May of 2009.
The sexy Harlem born singer and songwriter (Born
August 21, 1980)
who has told the press in the past that at some
point she "planned to quit her pop career to settle
down and raise a family" has been busy with a
variety of musical projects since the release of her
last album, Tasty, at the end of 2003.
The sassy songbird
teamed with Britney Spears on the 'Onyx
Hotel Tour which ended in the Spring of 2004. The
pairing of Kelis and Britney might seem a little odd
except for the fact that both performers told the
media that touring together "would be a lot of fun"
and would introduce both singers to new audiences.
Besides touring with
Britney, Kelis also teamed with her man Nas, at the
end of 2004 on his double album, Street's Disciple.
She also entertained the option to tour with Lenny
Kravitz.
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Kellis &
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Kelis
had time to join Mary J. Blige and JC Chasez in the
2004 Gap's Winter TV ad campaign called How Do You
Share It with Sarah Jessica Parker where the Sex And
The City lovely bumped into muscians over the
Holiday Season.
One thing is for sure,
the lady has some of the most gorgeous curls on the
planet. It's hard to believe that she had so
much hair considering that when she was 13 years old
Kelis shaved her head bald.
When her trademark
big curls grew back, she dyed them a wild range of
colors. At one point the song diva had
Atomic Turquoise and then bright candy pink tresses,
courtesy of her favorite Manic Panic hair dye.
Eric Von Lockhart, an
award winning photographer who has shot some amazing
images for HairBoutique.com in the past was
fortunate to photograph Kelis some years back.
Eric told me that not only was Kelis wildly
talented, she had absolutely amazing tresses.
In the above images of Kelis, she was photographed
wearing her naturally curly hair in a tighter
ringlet curls, especially around her face. She
also had her trademark vibrant reddish orange hue.
Although her style was
more finished and defined that some of her earlier
"out of control" big hair curls, she still looked
amazing.
Don't Talk About
Her Hair
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Kelis
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Not everyone loves
her wild head of hair. Kelis, in an interview
with VH1 in 2003 commented that everyone "has issues
with my hair". She noted that people have
certain expectations of who she is based on her
look.
A new media report
from October of 2003 claimed that Keils pulled out
of a British radio interview because her hair was
misbehaving. An insider claimed that "her
errant curly locks refused to behave" and she was
fretting that "her hair wouldn't sit properly" and
according to the media reports, she was a no show.
Whether the story is
true or not, Kelis is entitled to a bad hair day,
just all the rest of us mortals. The eccentric
songbird loves her hair and thinks "it's great, but
everyone seems to think it should look a certain
way". Regardless of what others think, Kelis
deals with it and does it her way.
At one point, Kelis
got frustrated that people only wanted to discuss
her hair. She on the other hand, wanted to
discuss her songwriting and her CDs. For
awhile the songbird refused to discuss anything
about her tresses.
Steal Kelis' Style - How To Do A Straw Set
Kelis and her big hair are always in
hair fashion. Celebs have embraced the
big hair trend as demonstrated by Gwen Stefani and Salma Hayek.
Kelis has naturally curly hair whic she encourages to go wild. Anyone
with African American or natural curls with a super
tight ringlet pattern could recreate the style that Kelis is wearing above with a traditional straw set using
drinking straws. You can also use perm
rods for looser curls.
Straw sets are a great way to eliminate the need for a lot of
combing. It's also a great style to try while in transition
from chemically treated to natural tresses.
Step 1:
Shampoo and condition your hair with your normal
products designed for your current hair type,
texture and condition.
Step 2: Apply
tennis ball size of mousse, gel or setting lotion.
Step 3: Start
with a complete pack of plastic drinking straws (you
can buy at the grocery store). Cut the straws to
match the current length of your hair. The
straw should extend approximately 1-2 inches below
the ends of your strands.
Step 4:
Separate hair into 1/4, 1/2 or up to 1" sections. (The
smaller the section, the tighter the curl)
Step 5: Using end
papers (available from any beauty supply location),
fold paper over the ends of the hair before rolling
with straws
Step 6: Carefully wrap individual sections of hair around
the straw lengthwise to form natural spirals.
Start at the ends of your hair and roll towards the
scalp.
Step 7: Use
bobby pins to anchor the new curl. Pin inside
the base of the straw, lengthwise next to the scalp.
For a tighter anchor, pin at the top and the bottom
of the straw.
Step 8: Dry
hair under hood dryer or bonnet dryer until 100% dry.
Step 9: Let
hair completely cool before unwrapping the straws.
Step 10: Release
curls by carefully unwinding the straw rollers from
the hair. Go slow and unwind one rollers at a
time.
Step 11: Apply
a shine serum and carefully arrange new curls with
fingers.
For this style you will only need to use your fingers to arrange
or pick your hair. You may need to regularly spray your hair
with an oil product to prevent it from getting to dry.
The Kelis look can also be recreated using a rod or spiral set, or
possibly through a combination of braiding and/or twisting.
If you have
naturally curly hair you can also try washing your
hair with your regular shampoo and then applying moisturize.
Towel blot and then shake your head front and back
and side to side to let your natural curls take
shape.
Summary
The hip-hop chanteuse
was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2004 for Best
Urban/Alternative Performance for her hit single,
Milkshake.
The sassy performer was decked out
in a gorgeous beaded flapper Elie Saab gown
for the awards. She was quoted by MTV as saying "I
just wanna be pretty and have fun". Sounds like
something the fun loving star would wish for.
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Original Publication Date: 06/13/2005 - Revised
Publication Date: 02/17/11 |
