if you write it, will they come?

hi there! well my twist outs usually last me about a week. One of the methods that I’ve tried and also like  is two strand flat twisting the roots and then just twisting the remainder regularly.  Maybe you can try that too. I usually retwist every other night in bigger twists to go to bed and wear a satin bonnet.  The overnight maintenance is really key for me.  Right now I use a mixture of shea moisture’s curl enhacing smoothie with ecostyler gel. The ecostyler has nice, touchable hold for my twists.  Bantu knots are the shizz on wet hair for me.  When I try it on dry, it’s…a lil bleh. puffy, just eh and it only lasts me for like 2 days.  I use the same products for that style right now.  I have become pretty partial to the ecostyler gel mixed with…everything.

This is an old photo of a fresh twist out of mine.  The next few days, it’ll just grow and get more voluminous.

ofcourse not =) thank you btw!! I wrote one before so I’m just reposting it with a fewww changes.

Well, I co-wash every 2-3 days. [I don’t shampoo and when I do use a cleansing product (absolutely always sulfate free), it will likely be only 1x/mnth after I’ve had a style in for a few days that I had to repeatedly add product to.] I bounce around conditioner brands all the time but my rotation right now consists of:

• Shea Moisture’s Raw shea moisture restorative conditioner
• Kinky Curly Knot today
• Trader Joe’s Nourish Spa Conditioner ( I have almost exclusively been using this all summer)

I never rinse out all of my conditioner, because it can double as leave in.  I just make sure my scalp is clean.  I detangle while I’m in the shower, hair sopping wet of course (wide tooth comb).  I’ll separate it into 2-5 sections depending on how tangled it is. (nowadays, I braid or twist each detangled section so it doesn’t get in the way.) I rinse with cold water; this clumps the curls together nicely. When I get out of the shower I scrunch/squeeze excess water out of my hair with a t shirt and then apply a moisturizer/styling cream. I don’t always care about each individual curl being defined so I may or not apply this product in sections. Regardless I make sure my ends get a good dosage of this product. With this I also bounce around but the present brand rotation right now is:

• Darcy’s Botanicals Madagascar Vanilla Styling Cream
• Afroveda (can’t go wrong with any of their creams)
• Elasta QP Mango Butter

(During the summer, especially the really humid days, I mix one of these with a lil eco styler gel.)

I find I like moisturizing styling creams/butters over gels/custards/puddings and such because after drying I sometimes get the jheri curl look with the latter and then I’d be forced to blow-dry a little for volume, stretching and movement.  I do appreciate those products for updo’s or braid/twist outs…etc.

Ok, well after product application, I do not touch! Very little manipulation until it is almost dry. I air dryusually. When it’s dry I shake my hair up a little so that the curls don’t look stiff. So to summarize:

• cowash
• detangle
• rinse with cold water
• scrunch/squeeze excess water with tshirt
• apply moisturizing styling aid
• airdry

For sleep time, I use the pineapple method which is piling all of my hair at the top of my head in a loose ponytail. I put a satin bonnet over that.  I may rub a little bit of an oil (jojoba, sesame, olive, Shea butter…etc) through my hair before I put it up other wise I save that step for when I rise.  For the next day i let the ponytail down and shake =) fluff it up some.  If it is unusually flat or I’ve lost a lot of curls, I’ll mist my hair with a glycerin, rosewater, aloe vera gel combo.  I do know a couple of very good refresher spray brands but why bother when you can hook it up yourself. Well I scrunch that in and keep it moving =) OR sooometimes I will shower without a shower cap. My hair won’t get actually wet or even damp really but the mist and steam from the shower will give it some moisture to wake up yesterday’s product.

Once or twice a month I’ll do a braid out, or a twist out or chiney bumps/bantu knot out.  That lasts me about 5 days. The end of this style is when I might cleanse and follow it up with a some sort of treatment (probably home made). I hope this wasn’t too all over the place. If anything wasn’t clear or if you have any questions feel free to ask about it =)

oooo I feel so honored!! =)

Well, I co-wash every 2-3 days. [I don’t shampoo and when I do use a cleansing product (absolutely always sulfate free), it will likely be only 1x/mnth after I’ve had a style in for a few days that I had to repeatedly add product to.] I bounce around conditioner brands all the time but my rotation right now consists of:

• Shea Moisture’s Raw shea moisture restorative conditioner
• Kinky Curly Knot today
• Trader Joe’s Nourish Spa Conditioner
• Organic Root Stimulator Replenishing Conditioner

I never rinse out all of my conditioner, because it can double as leave in.  I just make sure my scalp is clean.  I detangle while I’m in the shower, hair sopping wet of course (wide tooth comb).  I’ll separate it into 2-5 sections depending on how tangled it is.  I rinse with cold water; this clumps the curls together nicely. When I get out of the shower I scrunch/squeeze excess water out of my hair with a t shirt and then apply a moisturizer/styling cream. I don’t always care about each individual curl being defined so I may or not apply this product in sections. Regardless I make sure my ends get a good dosage of this product. With this I also bounce around but the present brand rotation right now is:

• Darcy’s Botanicals Madagascar Vanilla Styling Cream
• Afroveda (can’t go wrong with any of their creams)
• Elasta QP Mango Butter

I find I like moisturizing styling creams/butters over gels/custards/puddings and such because after drying I sometimes get the jheri curl look with the latter and then I’d be forced to blow-dry a little for volume, stretching and movement.  I do appreciate those products for updo’s or braid/twist outs…etc.

Ok, well after product application, I do not touch! Very little manipulation until it is almost dry. I air dryusually. When it’s dry I shake my hair up a little so that the curls don’t look stiff. So to summarize:

• cowash
• detangle
• rinse with cold water
• scrunch/squeeze excess water with tshirt
• apply moisturizing styling aid
• airdry

For sleep time, I use the pineapple method which is piling all of my hair at the top of my head in a loose ponytail. I put a satin bonnet over that.  I may rub a little bit of an oil (jojoba, sesame, olive, Shea butter…etc) through my hair before I put it up other wise I save that step for when I rise.  For the next day i let the ponytail down and shake =) fluff it up some.  If it is unusually flat or I’ve lost a lot of curls, I’ll mist my hair with a glycerin, rosewater, aloe vera gel combo.  I do know a couple of very good refresher spray brands but why bother when you can hook it up yourself. Well I scrunch that in and keep it moving =) OR sooometimes I will shower without a shower cap. My hair won’t get actually wet or even damp really but the mist and steam from the shower will give it some moisture to wake up yesterday’s product.

Once or twice a month I’ll do a braid out, or a twist out or chiney bumps/bantu knot out.  That lasts me about 5 days. The end of this style is when I might cleanse and follow it up with a some sort of treatment (probably home made). I hope this wasn’t too all over the place. If anything wasn’t clear or if you have any questions feel free to ask about it =)