How To Create A Natural Hair Mohawk

A natural hair mohawk is a fun and cute style that you can do on short or medium length hair. Learning about all the new mohawk hairstyles can be overwhelming because there are so many.

Curly natural hair is super versatile, and it can take on the form of every hairstyle on the planet. It’s easy to get kinky hair to hold styles, and you’ve seen YouTubers do it effortlessly. The question is, how do you do the techniques on your mane?

A natural hair mohawk is sleek and stylish once you master it. In this post, we’ll focus on natural hair mohawks and how to get them to work for you. If you want a fabulous looking natural hair mohawk, follow this easy step-by-step guide.

Mohawk Styles for Natural Hair

There are many ways to do a faux mohawk with your mane. A frohawk is the simplest to do, and a bun mohawk is the most protective. A curly mohawk requires more time because the ends need to be curled with rollers. All three styles can be done easily and only take time and patience to learn, and a few supplies.

Here is what you’ll need for these three fabulous mohawk hairstyles:

Faux mohawks are beautiful styles that require no heat. They can even be protective if you tuck the ends and do a bun hawk.

Try to begin your mohawk with stretched hair. Stretched hair will be easier to work with, and you’ll be able to manipulate it into a beautiful style. It will also help to lay down your edges and make it look smooth.

You don’t need to use heat, and absolute perfection is not required, but doing at least a semi-stretch will make the style easier to do. You can stretch your hair by doing two-strand twists, the African threading method, banding, or bantu knots.

After you’ve stretched your hair, and it’s dry, use oiled fingers to remove the stretching method. Then you are ready to begin styling your cute natural hair mohawk. See below for specific hawk styles.

Frohawk

The frohawk is perhaps the easiest of the faux mohawk family because not much needs to be done to the ends. This rebellious-looking updo is a great style to have in your arsenal because it’s quick, easy and looks like you’ve spent hours doing your hair.

The frohawk is an ideal mohawk for short natural hair because it looks sexy and powerful. It can even give a slight illusion that you have longer hair. You only need a hard bristle brush,

, smoothing cream, and bobby pins for this style. An afro pick and toothbrush are helpful too, but optional. Let’s get started.

1. Begin with moisturized semi-stretched hair. Use a water spray bottle to dampen hair slightly and make it more pliable.
2. Choose which side you’ll work on first and begin smoothing edges upward with the edge control gel.
3. Move the hair up to the center of your head and pin it starting with the front, all the way back. Make the back narrower than the front for a sculpted look.
4. Now pin the other side, making sure to create a symmetrical hawk in the center of your head.
5. Part the front section of hair into three further sections with the rattail comb. Use the smoothing cream to smooth down hair as you secure each section with a ponytail holder.
6. Do the same with the back. Part into three more sections, then smooth and secure with a ponytail holder. You’ll now have six ponytails.
7. Use the wide-toothed comb or an afro pick to lift the roots and add fullness.
8. Toothbrush your edges into a sleek design with more of the edge gel, if you’d like.
9. Enjoy your easy and stylish frohawk!

Curly Pony Hawk

A curly pony hawk style is exciting and provides an excellent style to wear to the gym, work, or out for the evening. It requires perm rods for curling, and a way to dry hair. You can either air-dry, or you can use a hooded dryer for part of the time to speed the drying process. Follow these instructions to do a sweet curly pony hawk style:

Follow these instructions to do a sweet curly pony hawk style:

1. Begin with moisturized semi-stretched hair. Use a water spray bottle to dampen the hair slightly and make it more pliable.
2. Divide hair into two sections by parting your hair in the middle of your head from ear to ear. Tie down the back to work on later.
3. Part the front section of hair into three further sections with the rattail comb. Use the smoothing cream to smooth down hair as you secure each section with a ponytail holder.
4. Do the same with the back. Part into three more sections, and then smooth and secure with a ponytail holder. You’ll now have six ponytails.
5. Now it’s time to roll the hair. We’ll use about five perm rods per section. Use a wide-toothed comb or Denman brush to detangle and smooth each section before rolling. Apply a dime-sized amount of the smoothing cream on the middle and ends of the hair and roll.
6. Do the same for each section of hair, and then let it air dry or sit under a hooded dryer.
7. Remove the rollers with oiled fingertips to reduce frizz and add a nice gloss.
8. Lift the roots of your hawk with a wide-toothed comb to create volume and fullness.
9. Enjoy your cute curly pony hawk!

Bun Hawk

The bun hawk style will quickly become one of your favorites because of its protective nature. It’s like the curly pony hawk, but you’ll make buns with the ponytails for a classy updo. This style will feature a set of side-swept bangs that you make fuller with crochet hair. The crochet add-on is entirely optional.

Here’s how to do it:

1. Begin with moisturized semi-stretched hair. Use a water spray bottle to dampen the hair slightly and make it more pliable.
2. Divide hair into two sections by parting the hair in the middle of your head from ear to ear. Tie down the back to work on later.
3. Part the front section of hair into three further sections with the rat tail comb. Use
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   to smooth down hair as you secure each section with a ponytail holder.
4. Do the same with the back. Part into three more sections, and then smooth, and secure with a ponytail holder. You’ll now have six ponytails.
5. Now it’s time to make the buns. Start by making two-strand twists out of one of the ponytails. Take the end and wind it around the base. Secure with 2-3 bobby pins and move to the next. Only create five buns if you want bangs, and leave the front section to do at the end.
6. After you finish the five sections, you can begin working on the bangs. For this front section, you can either pin them up and back for a 50s look, or you can wear a side-swept bang.
7. For the side-swept bang, begin by tying some kinky-curly crochet hair onto your natural hair with a small leave-out to cover up the knot later. Tie more hair if needed, and move the bangs to the side of your face for the swept look. Blend in your natural hair leave-out with the crochet hair and use a wide-tooth comb or pick to add volume.
8. Voila! Enjoy your sleek bun hawk with side-swept bangs!

You may also want to try a braided mohawk with natural hair. It’s almost the same as the frohawk, but you will part small sections with your edges in the beginning and cornrow the hair into an intricate design before making the hawk.

Faux natural hair mohawks may quickly become your go-to style for a classy and sleek updo. Have you tried a natural hair mohawk, and if so, did you like the results?