Essie's InStyle, but so is Amel! (Hair idols extraordinaire!)

Esperanza Spalding (one of my very favorite hair idols, besides Amel Larrieux) has a photo spread in this month's InStyle magazine.  You know what, I'm glad the "rest of the world" is finally clueing into what I've known for a while now...she's the B.E.S.T.!  Smart, talented, beautiful and she has a FABULOUS head of hair!  GO ESSIE!








....and NOT to leave out my other idol (AMEL!), here she is (Alluringlooks.com) describing her regular hair regiment!  (GOTTA LOVE that coconut oil!  I can't keep it in my house long enough!)

     “I wear my hair natural and I have to stay on top of it. I am very much into lubricating my hair. I use different hair oils and pomades and I only wash my hair every two to three weeks,” Larriex says.
     One of her favorite hair products is Monoi de Tahiti, a coconut oil with coconut extract directly from Tahiti, which she uses to oil her hair and scalp. She also uses Indian hemp as a pomade…
     After washing her hair at night, she oils her scalp, puts a bit of oil on her hair, then sections and braids her hair in two, four, sometimes six braids. She says the process protects and sets the hair. In the morning she takes out the braids and runs her fingers though her hair to create a wavy effect.
     “It’s as simple as that,” she says. “When I go to shoots I tell the stylists not to touch my hair because it is the way I like it.”