For most naturals, there are days when you don’t feel up to styling your hair because some of these hairstyles take so much effort to achieve and the frustration is usually real when your hairstyles don’t turn out how you want. We all have those lazy mornings when we want to look cute but with minimal effort.

To help you get that mix of cute and low effort looks, we want to share 5 easy hairstyles you can achieve on your own. We didn’t come up with these hairstyles, these are tutorials by your fave natural hair youtubers.

1. Half up, half down
This tutorial by Coffeenomilk will show you how to achieve the half-up, half-down style.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What you need
Afro comb
Toothbrush
Hard brush
Elastic hair tie
Coconut oil
Edge control gel
Styling gel
Step 1: Section your hair

You should start with completely dry hair to ensure maximum length for this look.
Section your hair into 6-8 parts and put it into twists. You should use snag-free hair ties at the roots to get a blow out effect and eliminate frizz.
Step 2: Takedown some twists and moisturize

Takedown the twists at the front section, apply coconut oil to your hair and edges.
Pick through the front section of hair with the Afro comb for some volume.
Use the hard brush to smoothen up any flyaway hair.
Your hair should look like this.

Step 3: Put your hair into a bun

Apply some edge control to the hard brush and smooth it onto your edges.
Gather up your hair into a bun with a snag-free hair tie.
Step 4: Lay your edges

Apply your favorite gel and smooth down your edges with a toothbrush.
Step 5: Take down the twists at the back and comb