Braids and natural hair · Durban North
Neat partings, light hands, braids that last
One client at a time in my home studio, with the window open and the kettle on. Knotless braids, locs and kids’ styles.
Services
In the chair
Every style starts with a wash, a blow-out and a clean parting. Prices start where the shortest, simplest version does; tell me what you have in mind and I’ll give you the full number before you come.
Knotless braids
Light at the root, so no pulling and no bumps. Small, medium or large, from shoulder to waist length. Wash and blow-out · braiding hair included · 5 to 8 hours.
Locs retwist
A deep clean, the new growth twisted back in, and a simple style if you want one. Wash and scalp care · retwist and style · 2 to 3 hours.
Kids’ styles
Cornrows, puffs and braided buns for ages 3 to 12, done gently with breaks for snacks and cartoons. Gentle wash · bobbles and beads · 1 to 3 hours.
Starting at
- from R 850
Knotless braids
- from R 450
Locs retwist
- from R 380
Kids’ styles
The work
Recently in the chair
Knotless, small, past the shoulder7 hours · lasts 6 to 8 weeks 
Locs retwist2½ hours · every 6 weeks 
Four braided buns1½ hours · age 6 
Stylist braiding a seated client's hair 
Hands parting hair with a rat-tail comb in close 
Sunlit home braiding studio with a chair and win 
Phone on a tripod filming a braiding lesson 
Braiding tools on a wooden tray Printed hair care guide with wash day products 
A natural tee printed with woman's profile with
To take home
Between visits
Braid at home
R 690Everything I’d show you if you sat next to me for a day: partings, sizing and tension kind to your edges.
About
Sawubona, I’m Buhle
I learned to braid on my gogo’s stoep in Umlazi, doing my cousins’ hair before school. Twelve years later I still part every section by hand and I still don’t rush.
The studio is the front room of my house in Durban North: one chair, a big window, plants everywhere. You get the whole morning, or the whole day, and nobody else in the chair.