Wash day files: styling my new 'fro

02:04 Naija girl next door 19 Comments

      Hi everybody *kisses*
Wash day rolled around with my hair still in kinky twists- more on that soon- and I took advantage: shampooed with the twists in to let my kinks stretch out while drying.

      I washed my scalp only with Bobeam Shealoe shampoo bar and let the warm water and runoff clean my hair.
    Dried by wrapping gently in a towel then air drying until damp.
    Sealed in the remaining moisture with a cocoa butter cream I recently made- more on that soon too.

The next day I took out the kinky twists with oil on my fingers for lubrication and to minimise breakage.  I worked in sections and put each one in a two-strand twist afterward.
   Conditioned my hair with Shea Moisture Replenishing conditioner in the sections, finger-detangled and sealed with the Diy cocoa butter cream, replacing the twists with braids as I went along.
    Took out the braids when I was done:

Does this already look bigger than my post big-chop hair 3 weeks ago?

 I find that braids give me a better stretch than twists.

So I made smaller, firmer braids to get a bit of curl in; put on my satin scarf and went to bed.
By morning I was taught a natural hair lesson: you can have the nice curls, or you can show your length- never both.
What do I mean? My hair had curl to it but was nowhere near as big and bold as the pic above.
Style had to change.

Gotta love updo's

Process is similar to a roll & tuck

      How I wore my hair to work today:

Laid edges

At night I moisturise & seal, then braid to stretch out my hair for the next day.