UPDATE - USE ONLY SOFT PASTEL AND DON'T USE ANY OTHER CHALK. CLICK HERE FOR THE UPDATED LOOK USING SOFT PASTEL VS REGULAR CHALK.

I though this was going to be a pain to apply, but it turn out be very easy, it just a pain to set up and apply compare to Jerome Russell hair spray. Now this was mostly done by our Caucasian sisters, but I did find a couple of YouTube video on them on locks. One youtuber didn't get the result she wanted, and another did. The one that did, following what our Caucasian sisters did, and found that was the best way to apply the chalk. I did the same and you can check out the result here. Note: You want to wear an old t-shirt and use an old towel for this.

Material Needed
Soft Pastel or Hair Chalk (No Oil Based Chalk!)
Water Bottle
Gloves
Hair Spritz
Blow Dryer
Flat Iron (optional for longer lasting color)

Step 1 - You will need to figure out the style you plan on wearing with this. Bantu Knots, Curls, or Crinkles. Get your items ready and move to Step 2. I decided to use pipe cleaners for curls.

Step 2 - Wet the locks you want to apply the highlights on. Note: You want to wear gloves, because this can get really messy.

Step 3 - You going to then rub the chalk up and down the area you want to have the color.


Step 4 - Spray your hand with the hair "holding" spritz, you then going to rub the spritz up and down the chalk covered lock. This will help steal the color chalk a little. Note: I didn't have hair spritz, but I did have Aloe Vera Gel, which was fine since I use it on my side from time to time. If you don't plan to do Step 5, I highly recommend getting a hair spritz to avoid bleeding and have the color lasting longer.

Step 5 - This is totally optional, but recommended, if you don't want the color to fade right away, as well as bleed, you going to have to blow dry it, and then roll over the locks with a flat iron to steal the chalk some more. If you don't care for this step, proceed to Step 6. Note: I used the lowest setting on my flat iron.

Step 6 - After you are done flat ironing, shake off the excess chalk dust first, before proceeding to Step 7. Note: Yes your colored hair will be mostly dry, but you can still add your curlers etc. on it. It will be a lot loser then the others curls, but it will be fine if you do the super tight curls like pipe cleaners.


Step 7 - Apply the curlers, braids, etc. to complete the look. Repeat the steps above when adding another color in another section. Note: If you going to add another color, rinse out your glove to remove most of the previous color.


This is a very temporary solution, so play around with as much colors as you want ^_^. Do NOT use oil based chalk, since they contain wax, which will cause build up on locks. Tips: When you are ready to wash your hair out, I suggest you rinse the area that has the highlight first in the sink, and then proceed to wash your hair in the shower. You will NEED a clarify shampoo, and you will need to moisturize!!! Please note that if you have lighter color locks (example red or blond), you may not need to wet your hair in order to get the colors. Test one of your locks first before damping your locks.

You can read the review of chalk as a faux highlight here. You can check out the result of the chalk on sisterlocks here. I ask that if you don't know how to properly clean your locks or have problem with shampoo that has SLS, please don't do this. You have to know how to properly wash your locks in order to avoid build up.