New Twist Out

Ok, So as you saw on the post before this one, I wore twist for about a week.  I took the twists out Friday, October 21 to wear a twist out.  I used black Vanilla Leave in Conditioner and Marguerite's Magic to moisturize it.  October 22, I went to a wedding.  In order to keep it tamed in the front, I did two flat twists in the front of my head, one to the left and one to the right.  It kept the hair orderly throughout the day, and  I was happy with the result.

Two Strand Twists

I decided to turn to protective styles for the fall//winter.  My decision to do this is mostly based on trying to maintain my ends and to have more hair growth.  I have not twisted my hair before after it was already dry, but this time I did.  Note to self, NEVER DO THIS AGAIN.  I had soooo much shedding and knotting it was ridiculous, so from now on I will be doing the twists on wet hair, shrinkage or not.  I have done twists on dry hair before BUT it was already detangled, this time I tried detangling as I went along, BAD IDEA!  But the end product was nice.

I used Carol's Daughter's Marguerite's Magic and Black Vanilla Leave in Conditioner.

 

Semi-Protective Hairstyle- AS PROMISED!

Good Morning Ladies.  Here is the Tutorial of the Hairstyle I posted in Curly, Twirly...  I will be posting a tutorial on my makeup that day following this post.  Enjoy!

Re-twisting the Twistout

Re-Twisting



So last time I showed you what I did for a simple twistout, how to preserve it overnight and take it down in the morning. Well, I originally twisted my hair Saturday night, let it dry and stay twisted throughout Sunday, and took out the twists Monday morning. The twists lasted until about Thursday without doing anything more than oiling and teasing my hair. However, it was done by the end of the day Thursday. When I mean DONE, I mean OVER, not recouperating. Therefore I decided to re-twist it Thursday night.

To retwist all I did was follow the original parts I used in twisting my hair originally. I took my spray bottle and filled it with water that was about room temperature and Optimum's "oil moisturizer." (It's a 3 in one moisturizer). Any how as I stated in the last write-up, I lost the curl pattern in my hair towards the middle, so I was going to twist the front and back separately. This time, I twisted 10 flat twists in the front, and did 5 flat twists in the back (mostly because I got lazy and did not feel like doing 20 twists in my hair). For the twists in the back, I put the hair rollers on the ends just as I did in the first write-up.





For each twist, I sprayed the hair, and put a generous amount (maybe a nickel size full) of moisturizer in it. After doing that, I took a wrap brush and brushed it out so that i could detangle it. (I did not pull any of my hair out and when it did get tangled instead of combing it out, I detangled it with my hands gently and used a smaller comb to get anything too tiny and tangled out).

As you can see int he photo below, the curl pattern in the back is much more defined and there arent any pieces just confused up in there. lol




There's a picture of the finished product at the very top, and here are more below.





Peace and Blessings!

Day 2- updated Twistout

This is what my hair looks like after I took it down from the high pin up. I sprayed it with proclaim hair polisher first, and followed through with Keracare's hair glossifier.

Here's to All Things Natural

Hello, as I promised, here is a little something I did with my hair. Saturday night I washed and conditioned my hair. Since I have some color still left in my hair, I use Keracare for color/chemically treated hair. Though I'm mostly natural, it's still important to take care of the portions of your hair that may still be chemically treated whether you are completely natural or not. Keracare does the job for me. I usually deep condition by saturating my hair with the Keracare conditioner, then putting a plastic cap over it. I then proceed to sit under my hair dryer for 15-30 minutes, however long I care to sit there. (BUT WORD TO THE WISE, the longer you let the conditioner sit, the easier it is to detangle your hair, AND it's softer). As I wash the conditioner out I comb through it to detangle it so it wont be so hard to do so before I style it. I towel dry it lightly since I plan to twist it, I dont want it completely dried out.


I havent completely mastered what products I will use for twisting but right now i'm doing some trial and error. I have a spray bottle of which I put luke warm water, olive oil, leave in conditioner, and a small bit of wrap lotion for hold(of which I do not think I will put in there next time). I shook the bottle up and sprayed my entire head. I did not put any gels in my hair for twisting. I put my hair into 10 flat twists going straight back and put rollers on the ends. I'm trying not to put any heat into my hair until graduation, so I let it air dry over night.





The longer you keep your twists in the more defined your curl pattern will be when you take your hair out. I left my twists in all of Sunday and took them out this morning. I took the rollers out and put my hair into a low bun securing with bobby pins.



Taking them out, I simply oiled my scalp and the twists (I oiled each of them individually as I took them out, mostly because I think the wrap lotion made it a little stiffer then I'd like it, but it did loosen up throughout the day). I left the front part of my twists in so that I can maintain the style longer, I can take that part out later and still have somewhat of a fresher look.




As you can see in the picture below, part of my hair looks as though it lacks a deep curl pattern. With flat twists the pattern sometimes gets lost towards the middle of the head. Therefore the next time I do a twist out I will probably part my hair from ear to ear, twist 10 in the front, and maybe 5 in the back so that the back has a pretty defined curl to it as well.



To go to bed and maintain the curls, I took my hair and pinned it away from the side of my head and face, somewhat like a high ponytail, except with no ponytail holder. I then put a scarf around the the front to maintain the twists that are still there. Hope this is useful to someone.



God Bless

Caoimhe