Hello everyone! We are back, I enjoyed my break, and I decided to reduce the amount of posts per week, so I can focus on my family more. I hope everyone had a good holiday. I loved seeing the kids in their beautiful dresses on our
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facebook come check out the wonderful photos.
Over our break I decided to give N's hair a break, and tried chunky twists for the first time. I loved mini twists (
click here to see our mini twist post) and after seeing
BBB and
Natural Hair Care Info lovely chunky braids, I decided to give it a go.
I shampooed/conditioned her hair, with Blended Beauty products. Then after detangling, I placed her hair in 5 large twists. I unraveled one large twist, and added Blended Beauty Happy Nappy Styles and Hair Oil to the section. Using my comb, I parted a smaller section and added a tad bit of Eco Styler Gel. I created a two strand twist, and once I reached the ends, I twirled the hair around my finger. I continued doing this to each of the 5 sections, until complete. Whenever her hair started to feel like it's drying, I re-wet it with my spray bottle (water/conditioner mixed.) Overall I estimate that I made around 40 twists total.
I left her hair loose, and sent her to bed with her scarf. In the morning, I rubbed my shea butter mix throughout her twists. Then I slowly unraveled the twists one by one. I added a cute headband and we were off to take our Easter pictures. After our professional pictures, I snapped a few pictures of her hair on my own.
She received 2 compliments in church. Then another one in the park, and I explained how to do it while pushing two kids on the swings haha. I was surprised that the woman said "she couldn't wait to try this on her own hair!"
Products Used:
Blended Beauty Soy Shampoo
Blended Beauty Herbal Reconditioner
Blended Beauty Happy Nappy Styles
Blended Beauty Hair Oil
Eco Styler Gel
Homemade Shea Butter Mix (
click here to see the ingredients.)
Come back for our -Part Two- post on how I maintained this style & our thoughts on chunky twists.