If you’re thinking about switching up your look with some faux tresses, consider trying out a kinky straight texture. Thanks to the natural hair movement, fake hair now comes in textures that more resemble our own. Yaki hair, which has been around for ages, is a type of hair texture that really comes close to being like black hair. It’s not to silky and shiny and has a little bit of kink to it, looking almost as if it’s straightened natural hair.
If you’re looking to get the perfect texture, there are a few types to choose from. From kinkiest to least kinky you’ve got Afro Kinky, Kinky-Straight, Italian Yaki, Coarse Yaki, Yaki and Light Yaki. Then when it comes to styling you’ve got lots of looks to choose from. Check out a few of the styles we’ve rounded up. Scroll through the gallery above or watch the tutorials below!
Kinky Straight Human Hair
Let’s start with the expensive stuff! The hair used in the following tutorials are largely virgin hair wigs and as a result they’re pretty pricey, usually starting at around $100. But for that money, you get hair that usually last a long time and you can do a bit more with it, namely applying heat to it.
Vlogger MrsDivaLike creates six looks with her human hair kinky straight wig. She shares that there are three inches of lace in the front of the hair for parting while the back is weaved. The wig cap inside had adjustable straps and combs. You can wear the wig without using glue, tape or other adhesives.
Hair Details
- Brazilian Virgin Hair Kinky Straight Lace Front Wigs
- Length: 20inches
- Color: natural color, Medium brown lace color
- Size: medium
- 120% normal wig density
Alicia, who’s one half of the YouTube channel, TwinGoddesses, created a simple half-up half-down look on a lace front wig. Details on the wig below. She creates the look with a little bit of leave-out, which she explains she straightened without heat, just some wrapping and edge control. (To learn how to straighten your hair without damaging it, check out our Straightening 101)
Wig Details
- Brazilian Virgin Hair Lace Front Wig Kinky Straight
- Length: 20 inches
- Color: 1B#
- Size: Medium Size ( Average size )
- Lightly steamed process
- Usually costs about $200
- Brazilian Hair bundles
- Kinky Straight Texture, Natural Color
- 3 bundles: 18″ 20″ 22″
- Human hair
- Starting at $130 (reduced price)
Vlogger Wilonda Previlon created big soft curls on her wig. She washed it first, then let it air dry. She braids a horizontal cornrow across the front of her hair to give her wig something to hold on to. She then blends the wig with concealer and and uses black eyeliner to add dots to the part to make it look even more natural. She blow dries the hair, then curls.
Wig Details
- Italian Yaki African American Wig Glueless Brazilian Virgin Remy Human Hair Kinky Straight Lace Front Wigs For Black Women
- Price ranges from $98.99 – 223.89
Here’s a simple side-part look, done by MsJazzy2Classy who made her own wig using three bundles of weave and a closure.
Hair Details
- Virgin Brazilian Kinky Straight Hair Bundles with Lace Closure [MW73]
- Lace Closure: 4×4 Middle Part 14nches
- Hair Weaves: 16″ 18″ 20″
- Hair Bundle Weight: 100gram/piece
BeautyCutright does a braid out on her kinky straight hair. She dampens the hair and adds setting lotion. She then braids it and rolls the ends of the braids with perm rods. She let the hair air dry for three days (wow!). Then finally takes out the braids and voila!
Hair Details
- sku: sk021
- Hair Color: #1 Jet Black, Lace Color: Medium Brown
- Hair Length: 26″, Hair Texture:Kinky Straight
- Hair Density: 100% Medium
- Baby Hair Option: No, Bleached knots option: No
- Cap Construction: 3B Glue Less Full Lace Cap With Ear Tabs, Cap Size: Average
Cheap Kinky Straight Hair
For those who might be interested in kinky straight hair but aren’t willing to dish out hundreds of dollars, there are a lot of cheaper options. Your local beauty supply store likely has a few wigs, or bundles with a kinky texture. The trade off for the lower price will likely be that the wig is synthetic so you can’t put heat on it, or if you can, you can only put low heat on it. It most likely will shed or tangle but then again, if you’re looking for cheap hair you’re likely not planning on using the hair extensively.
TBB tried a $10 wig she found at her local beauty supply store, it was called Deja Vu Perm Kinky Yaki. There isn’t a tutorial here. She simply styles it with a side part. But if you’re considering getting a quick-fix wig, this is a good video to watch.
TBB makes our round up yet again, this time with a style she creates for less then $20.00. She bought a pack of hair, really a kit called Peruvian Blow-out Texture, that contained three lengths of weave and a closure.
Vlogger d0llfacevirgo creates an affordable look with beauty supply store hair–Deja Vu – Kinky Perm Yaki hair at 18” and 16.” She got six bundles but explains one pack would be fine. She does warn that the hair sheds like crazy, but tangles minimally. When it does tangle, you’ll just need to brush out the tangles once and you should be good.
Kameron Monet gave a $15 wig a try (Outre Synthetic Hair Half Wig Quick Weave Annie). Here she creates four very simple looks and discusses the hair. She shares that the hair doesn’t really tangle. There is some shedding but at $15, it’s a small trade off.
