MOHAWK HAIRSTYLE **

So you can smell the Mohawk madness all around town and across Africa as if people are being paid to put it… LOL

Anyhoo I love Mohawk especially a certain someone who is special to me and has it on his head, maintains it clean and always shaped.
So it all started as American Indians traditionally wore mohawks to show which sect they were from. Only wild Indians wore the mohawk because it was meant to look like an axe blade.

Mohawk hairstyles were very popular in the 1980, when the aim was to get the spikes as long as possible and as colorful as possible.

These hairstyles were styled with glue and ironed flat, which was not the kindest treatment for the hair! Well thank GOD for technology!!

Modern mohawks are gentler and because there are so many different types, you can choose what kind of mohawk you think would suit you the best and play around with hair lengths and even color. A mohawk doesn't have to have all the hair pointed up.
You could use a thin strip of hair down the back of the head or even a small piece at the front and top of the head, which is angled forward. This is a particularly good way for a black woman to wear a mohawk.

A mohawk is a strip of hair running from the forehead, or further back, to the back of the head. The hair can be long, short, wavy, spiky or styled in another way.
Types of Mohawk Hairstyles

A long, pointy mohawk is when the hair is long and molded into sharp, pointed strands that stick upright. The strands can stick out varying degrees or go inline.

A short, spiky mohawk is an alternative when the hair sticking up is wider and shorter. A horse's mane mohawk is suitable for medium length hair and has a wider strip which is spiked towards the center in a triangular link.

A mohawk which suits many women and especially black women is to have the hair quite short all over apart from a long strip at the top and front, which can be several inches long. This strip is styled with strong gel and pointed upwards and forwards.

Some mohawk hairstyles feature bright colors or even a combination of colors but a great mohawk for a black woman makes use of her natural black hair because the style is eye-catching enough. Having hair on the rest of the head brings the traditional mohawk look up to date, making it look trendy and individual, rather than dated and punk rebel.

Nowadays, both men and women are not at all falling back from experimenting with different hairstyles. If they want to drive themselves into attention and make a different style statement, they can opt for good voguish hairdos. One such trendy haircut that can be chosen is a Mohawk. Earlier, these cool Mohawk hairdos were only worn by men, but nowadays women have also started to flaunt these.

There have emerged different kinds of modifications to the traditional Mohawk haircut, but the fundamental concept remains constant. With not taking into consideration all the varieties made in Mohawk haircuts; this hairstyle consists of the side hair being cut, leaving behind a line of hair in the center, which extends from the forehead till the nape. The hair in the center line is made to stand in the upward direction, much like a spike cut but in a line.

Wearing Long and Short Mohawk Hairstyles for WomenWomen can go in for either short or long Mohawk hairstyles. Short Mohawks are not considered that attention-grabbing, whereas long Mohawks can easily be spotted to be unique from other stylish haircuts. Since these Mohawk hairstyles for girls make their place in the punk hairstyles category, you are left with the freedom to use a variety of hair color ideas. Typically, hair colors for these trendy hairdos are used when the hair is not black, but blond. So using colors in Mohawk hairstyles for black women would not be a good idea.

Mohawk Hairstyles for Black Women

Even though hair colors do not look good on Mohawks made with African-American hair, there is a similar stylish alternative to it. The other options are cornrows hairstyles and plaits. If a woman does not want to wear braids, she does have the choice of making a standard Mohawk, with trimming the sides a bit and styling the top hair in the upwards manner. As African-American hair is normally pretty stiff and rough, it will not be a problem to style and maintain a Mohawk look. You can even style this hairdo, without using much hair gel. Read more on hairstyles for African American women.

If you do not want to get the side hair trimmed, then the best choice is braided Mohawk hairstyles for women. These consist of a Mohawk made by the top hair, while the side hair is set into braids that extend to the Mohawks. In order to make a braided Mohawk hairstyle, take the hair on the top which is to be styled into a Mohawk and tie it into two ponytails. This will ensure that that particular hair is not blended in the cornrows. Now, take the side hair and style it into individual cornrows or micro-braids. The ends of the braids should blend with the hair that is to be spiked up.

After doing so with all the side hair, you need to spike up the top hair. There should not be any volume of hair left on the sides, with all the hair made into cornrows. Another option of a Mohawk without cutting the hair is to set all the side hair to the point which will serve as the border of the Mohawk. However, you will have to use some hair accessories to set the hair in their appropriate place. Similarly, there is a variety of haircut styles and ideas that can be used in Mohawk hairstyles for black women.

Remember that in Mohawk hairstyles for black women, though you cannot use much hair color, you certainly can come up with good cornrow and braid hairstyles to look as cool as you want.