For our Protective Style Challenge we decided to do ....mini twists!
Yes, mini twists! If you ask some of my facebook friends, they will tell you how much
I dreaded doing this style. It's a beautiful style, but I did not want to sit for hours, and hours, and I didn't even want to think about the take down process. Well, I caved in, and surprisingly it wasn't too bad after all!
(fyi: the last photo is from week 2)
Here are some close up pictures.
This style took 3-4 hours we only had a few breaks. I started her hair in the back, I didn't part it, just sectioned it with my fingers. I washed her hair 2 days before styling and banded it. I used Eco Styler Gel mixed with Bee Mine Curly Butter for hold. For some reason I really like mixing the two products. The Eco Styler alone sometimes leaves a white flaky residue but has a really good hold.
But on the down side, the two products combined makes N's hair wet, and then once the twists dries it creates thiskinda-cute-weird-crinkly-thingy <--ignore all of that...But it did create this curly look. Overall N said "Mommy, this is my favorite hairstyle!" Yes, her favorite, so you guessed it, we will be seeing more of this style lol.
Here is a tutorial video on how to do Mini Twists, I pretty much followed her directions.
Have you ever tried mini twists? If so, how was your experience?
Yes, mini twists! If you ask some of my facebook friends, they will tell you how much
I dreaded doing this style. It's a beautiful style, but I did not want to sit for hours, and hours, and I didn't even want to think about the take down process. Well, I caved in, and surprisingly it wasn't too bad after all!
Here are some close up pictures.
This style took 3-4 hours we only had a few breaks. I started her hair in the back, I didn't part it, just sectioned it with my fingers. I washed her hair 2 days before styling and banded it. I used Eco Styler Gel mixed with Bee Mine Curly Butter for hold. For some reason I really like mixing the two products. The Eco Styler alone sometimes leaves a white flaky residue but has a really good hold.
But on the down side, the two products combined makes N's hair wet, and then once the twists dries it creates this
Here is a tutorial video on how to do Mini Twists, I pretty much followed her directions.
Have you ever tried mini twists? If so, how was your experience?
not on my daughter I dont know if I have the patience lol but I have done them on myself :)
ReplyDeleteI didnt think I would have the patience too, but it wasnt that bad, you should give it a shot :)
DeleteI have never done mini's..but I've done small twists...this makes me want to try the mini's though...kind of.. lol
ReplyDeleteCome on Brooke, I swear its not that bad!! I was a chicken too lol
DeleteHello, does the hair need to be naturally curly? And how exactly did you do that? Real pretty!
ReplyDeleteThanks, well you would have to make sure that the hair is thick enough to hold the twists, so that the twists won't unravel. Here is a great tutorial on how to do it It's very simple, just take two small sections of hair, and wrap them around each other (like how you wrap the bread-ties from bread, those small wire-thingys)Well you are going to wrap those two sections around each other all the way down to the ends of the hair. I hope this helps and check out youtube for mini twists, there will be a few instructional videos.
DeleteI added a video to the post above, i hope this helps :)
DeleteI have done mini twists on my daughter's hair who is 1.5 back in November. Of course this was done while she was asleep and I loved the turn out. Twists (not minis) have always been the style of choice for her hair. However, I dreaded taking them out!!! I've done them once and haven't done them since. But after a nice long break, I think I'm ready for the challenge again. I can't imagine doing mini twists on that length of hair, lol, you are awesome! SN: Is it too late to participate in the Protective Style Challenge?
ReplyDeleteThanks hun, Im dreading the takedown process, but I hope it wont be too bad lol, you can gladly participate, but the deadline to win prizes is over. But feel free to share photos and join us :)
DeleteOk, great. I'm gonna challenge myself with the mini twists again (sigh), I have a long night ahead of me. Thanks!
DeleteI have done small twist on my hair, I think I will try mini twist tonight and if I like, I may try them on my girls this weekend..
ReplyDeleteI wish ya the best, keep me updated
DeleteI love N's hair. It is beautiful. Jojo said yesterday about her mini twists "Mom I really like these I think we will leave them in for a week." LOL she cracks me up. I said "try like 4 weeks.
ReplyDeleteummm her hair is gorgeous wow, you better than me because I would have no patience for that lol maybe one day :)
ReplyDeleteIt looks great! I love the mini twist style, but I don't think I have the patience to do them, or to take them out!
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