Protective Styling With My Twists

So, yeah. I pretty much ended my one year wig challenge about 3 weeks prematurely. Sounds exactly how I ended my transition a month earlier than planned 7 years ago. :) Eh, close enough, right?

The reason why I wanted to wear my natural hair out (in twists) was because my fiance and I took engagement pictures last Saturday and I didn't want to wear my wig for the photo session. My fiance and I first connected through my natural hair and I wanted our pictures to reflect that. I can't wait for the pictures to be edited and sent to my mail. Once I receive them, I will post a few for you all to see.

Here is the photographer's website who took the shots: Robert Filcsik Photography

Anyway, I am still wearing my twists I put in my hair last Thursday. It has almost been a week, and I have not ran water through my hair since then.

It is SOOO HARD. I miss my water on my scalp!

I have been spritzing my hair (especially my ends) with water and applying my leave-in conditioner throughout my twists to keep them soft and moisturized. I am currently in New Jersey for vacay and it is something windy up here (my fiance's parents live near the water). My hair has significantly shrunken in length compared to day one of my twists but I still love how they look. I am hoping to keep them in my hair until Sunday morning where I plan (hopefully) to do a twist out.

Here is how my twists looked last Thursday:

 

Here is how they look today (almost a week later):

Major shrinkage even though my head was a little more tilted in the first picture. The shrinkage came from all the spritzing I have been doing to keep my ends moisturized. My twists are now a little more plumper in size because of the added moisture.

Here are some other shots of my twists:

I am about 4-5 inches from waist length so I can imagine how much shrinkage I will experience once I reach that milestone. Shrinkage and no shrinkage, I just love my natural hair.

Stay tuned for the twist out results next week!

My First Set of Twists on Dry Hair

It has been YEARS since I have done this. I am usually an advocate of doing my twists on wet hair straight out the shower because it has always been easier to do and I usually like plump twists.  This time, I decided to re-visit twisting on dry hair. The BIGGEST difference is that I see length with my twists done on dry hair opposed to volume when done on wet hair. I only used my leave-in conditioner and Kinky Curly Curling Custard gel (to see if my twists will last longer).

I have no plans on running water through my twists over the next week. I will only apply my leave-in conditioner mid week (or sooner if the Jersey air dries my hair out too much...vacay next week!). Here is a video I did about my first set of twists.



Stay tuned for the twist out results...not sure if I will untwist my hair while up in Jersey or wait until I am back in NC. Either way, I will take pictures of the results so stay tuned!

Be blessed and BE.YOU.Always!

Twist Out Results from Last Week!

I finally posted my video explaining the results of my twist out:



I was pleased with the results of this twist out. It was different because I didn't use any gel or shea butter on my twists therefore leaving my twist out very light and fluffy. I will be doing some experimentation on the various results I can achieve with my twist out under different conditions (i.e. gel only, shea butter only, gel and shea butter, and etc). Also, I rinsed the twists several times (once per day) before finally doing the twist out so that may have affected the results. Next time I do twists on damp hair, I will not rinse my twists at all with water before doing a twist out to see if that will make any difference.


Stay tuned and be blessed!

BE.YOU.Always!