How To: 2018 Oscar Look with CHI

Recreate Lupita Nyong'o's Red Carpet Hair

by CHI Artist Anna Cantu

Step 1. You will want to start out by making a diagonal zig-zag part from your left eyebrow to the opposite ear, this will be Section A. Then, you will create Section B by using the point where you left off with in section A and part directly across to the other side of the ear. The remaing hair will become Section C.

Step 2. Cocktail time! Mix CHI Silk Infusion and CHI Twisted Fabric. Beginning with Section A, work the product through your hair starting at the eyebrow point turning inward and twist into a cornrow. Make sure to secure with bobby pins.

Step 3. Section B, using your cocktail, keep twisting the hair into a cornrow but now start with the top going in a downward motion. Pin to secure

Step 4. You will continue using the same mixture and twisting motion to form the last cornrow. This time the twist will be coiled upward. Once lifted, it will create a balanced upstyle. 

Step 5. Set and Spray with CHI Helmet Head Hairspray.

Step 6. Customize with your own style! Taking a fun color thread, use a hook needle to double loop a pattern on the twisted cornrows. This is going to give lots of dimension to your fashionable updo!

Step 7. Last, but not least, add some extra shine with CHI Shine Infusion. Viola, you're now ready for any fancy affair!