My hair Portfolio

I created a Website for my hair portfolio SUSYSHAIRSHOW.COM that will only include high fashion hairstyles, photoshoots and edgy creative hairstyles. its a Glimpse into my creative side of my work and I would like everyone to check it out. The wonderful photographer Jared fuller and Ike Slimister shot the images, Folakemi A. The awesome makeup artist from Oyato Artistry did the make up, Chindo N. & Nnnena B. Did the wardrobe Styling.Took me 4 hours to do all hairstyles. Here are some pictures 

FOR MORE IMAGES PLEASE VISIT SUSYSHAIRSHOW.COM

How to grow out your edges!!!

I've been getting alot of questions on how to grow out 

edges well:

The first step to ending it and growing the hair back is figuring out what caused it.

• Is your hair always pulled back?
• Are you using products with a lot of alcohol?
• Do you chemically process your hair too often?
• Are you taking care of yourself?

The second step to stopping breakage is to end that activity which caused it.

Stop pulling your hair back.

Remove the weave or tight braids that yank and tug at edges and allow your hair time to relax.The hair follicle can be damaged by a number of things: chemicals from hair color, relaxers, and vitamin deficiencies. Constant tension on the hair can stress the follicle as well.

Perhaps the best thing while letting your hair grow back is to purchase a full head wig.  Lacefronts can be utilized also; however the bonding agents may add further irritation. To begin the re-growth process naturally, certain herbs can be used, such as burdock root, and Vitamins E and A. Very Perferable: Garlic oil and ROSEMARY OIL

These herbs can be mixed with olive oil or applied alone and massaged in the scalp twice a day. If the breakage is due to a more serious problem, such as alopecia, or if you notice hair is not budding or growing in 2 months time, visit a doctor to determine the exact cause.

Wash and condition hair regularly and finger massage the temples and edges while hair is conditioning. The massage will stimulate blood flow and encourage growth.

Avoid tight hairstyles and chemical processes for as long as possible while treating the scalp

A little about myself

Hello to all my Followers to all that don't really know me. my name is Susan oluwatoyin Oludele, but you can call me susy. I’m Nigerian ; yoruba to be exact & I’m 21year old Hairstylist based in Harlem,NY. I’ve been doing hair for about 5years now (I love what I do).I own a vintage online shop called susyscloset.com where you can get dope affordable vintage clothes online. I also do wardrobe styling and photography on the side. I did work for Lydia forson, Face2faceafrica.com, NYFW, AFWNY, Alexfolzi.CA and many more just to name a few. I have an associates degree in Business Management and I am current working on My licence to be certified in cosmetology and esthiology. I am a typical razz awon ghetto girl lol I eat garri and milk like any other African hahaha. One of my dreams is becoming the top of the world stylist owning a natural salon in every state that will have consultants on natural hair and etc. One of The Reason why I named my blog African Creature was because When I was Young I was always called mean names about being African and kids used to make fun of me and call me an african monster, african booty scratcher,ugly blacky, mean names.I was tortured by alot of kids. As I grew up I realized How beautiful I was from my personality inside and out. I don’t believe in the word “UGLY” because what is Ugly to you may be Beautiful to someone else. Ugly is such a Harsh Term that you might use it to a person that has a horrible personality. So When I created the term “African Creature” it’s sort of an Alter Ego. I use the term I was teased with before and made it into something positive.

Lifestyle Private Shoot

I was recently invited to a Lifestyle Private Shoot, shot by two awesome Photographers Max Luger & Evan Felts . I was Glad to be in the shoot with awesome talented individuals Mojo Disco , Messiah Ross , Oneuncannylady  and Nathaniel White . We had so much fun and amazing pictures. It was a really productive day overall, here are 3 of  the pics from the shoot. Will post the rest later. 

Queens,NY

Went to Queens,Ny to hang with friends and thrift (my favorite thing to do) . I bought 100 dollars worth of items, I got 4 pair of boots, 3 winter coats, 8 tops, 6 Blazers, 2 Bags, 8 Sweaters and one plate of food lol. You can't beat that. My outfit is all thrifted accept for the jacket. I got the jacket from susyscloset.I have an extra one in sizes X-Large that I will be putting up for sale. My jersey shirt is from my Boyfriends closet I love wearing my boyfriends clothes they fit comfortable and its much easier than shopping for menswear clothes. My skirt was from forever 21 for about 10 dollars and I found those Shades in my house lol. 

In this post: Nnenna

                     Nneoma

                       Rain Love

Yarn Braids & African Girls

I just did My Yarn Braids!! I decided to do my braids instead of The Yarn Dreads. I love them. They are about 26'inches long and took me about 8hours. I added Shells on them and hair accessories to give it a little Life, later on I decided to wrap it like a Beehive. I just kept wrapping all the braids around till i got to the top (I used no pins).

My wardrobe is all thrifted, My dress was about $4, My Boots were about $7 My Bag was about $8 all from salvation army.The dress My friend Rain is wearing will be on SusysCloset.com Soon! Also Susyscloset.com is undergoing Maintenance and will be up as soon as I am satisfied with the merchandise and the image of the site. I will be making alot of African print bangles for cheap cheap prices and I will be customize alot of items that have some type of culture in them.  

In this Post: RainLove , OneUncannyLady & AfricanCreature

Another day

Today is Snowing but I decided to wear something less of a bundle. I love my skirt which is available on susyscloset.com , I paired it with a thrifted blazer I bought from salvation army. I did my hair about 2 weeks ago at the African shop. It is called Goddess Braids if anyone is wondering. They charge $10 dollars a braid but i'm sure if you compromise they'll do it for you cheaper. I took them out now because my birthday is coming up and I want to do a popping weave (That I will be installing and styling myself).