Rihanna, Kandi Burruss and Traci Braxton are all successful women with different styles. As with any woman, not everything that works for one will work for another. But one hairstyle that never works on anyone (and one they've all tried) is bright red hair. Please stop doing that to your hair, ladies. It's distracting and you look like "It" clown assistant no matter how beautiful you are. Do not dye your hair bright red for Valentine's Day, or pull a Rashidah Ali any day of the year.
Since the love day is on its way, there is one hairstyle that's complimentary to every woman's hair type and style. It's trendy for the holiday and works for all hair textures: the side braid.
When black women were kids, they remember the days when their mothers would part their hair down the middle and braid each side into two braids from the temple to the kitchen. Or, maybe four braids instead of two (picture A$AP Rocky). But the kid braiding days are over with.
This braid is a little sexier. Singer Leona Lewis (photo above) has a loose braid on her left-hand side. Try that but then loosely braid the right side, too. The two braids (from the back) will resemble a heart.
If your hair is short, try braiding a little higher up on the head as opposed to by the ear and below. Depending on what you get into on VDay, this is also a great hairstyle that won't unravel easily.
