“Mad Men” actress Teyonah Parris
sported a marvelous pompadour natural up-do for the 19th Annual Screen
Actors Guild Awards. If you’re not watching this sitcom, you totally
should! Teyonah plays Dawn Chambers, who was the first black person to
be hired at the firm. For the role she normally wears a wig, which
unfortunately covers all of this gorgeous hair that we didn’t even know
existed.
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After a bit of stalking (and thanks to Afrobella),
I found out what stylist was responsible for this creation, how this
up-do was done and what products where used on Teyona’s mane.
We can thank Felicia Leatherwood from Loving Your Hair
for this fabulously sculpted look. Felicia is known around the natural
hair community as the “natural hair whisperer” — for obvious reasons.
She gave Afrobella the exclusive on creating her look:

“That’s a variation of a fold and tuck that I like to do –
it’s a variation that worked for her and was red carpet ready. This is
all her hair. I shampooed her hair with Dr. Miracle’s new cleanse and condition shampoo. After that I used LRC’s leave in and serum, then I blew her hair out – she was so amazed at how fast I blew her hair out! And then basically I used Hicks Edge Control, and then I used Entwine’smoisturizing, hydrating styling product, and then I sprayed it with LRC natural holding spray and cinched it with Fantasia IC mist – it finishes everything perfectly!” says Felicia.

It absolutely warms my soul when I see a brown girl on any red carpet sporting her
natural hair. To me it’s a far bigger movement. We have to urge
networks, producers, and the talent for these shows that the characters
we see on the big screen can have natural hair too. No matter the
storyline. Natural hair shouldn’t take away from the role, but rather
add a dose fabulousness.
Soon there will be a day where Olivia Pope will ditch the weave and grab her afro pick–I pray!

Originally written by  Ty Alexander