How To Elongate Your Twist Outs

Kandy 18 comments

How To Elongate Your Twist Outs

If you remember our post back in April (click here) when we created our first twist out. You may notice that her twist out, made her hair appear shorter.

Since then, I've been searching for a way to stretch her hair, without messing up the twist out. I stumbled upon Naptural85 video of how she created the best twist out ever. 

  If you are not subscribed to her channel you are missing out! So I decided to try the method of elongating a twist out on N.

 Here is our picture of the first twist out, VS the elongated twist out.  

Big difference right?! Here's how we did it.

 On Saturday night, I gave N a hot oil treatment using coconut oil and washed her hair. (Click on the "Our Regimen" tab above for details on our hair washing routine.)  Sunday I re-moisturized & sealed her hair, then banded her hair.

  Later on Sunday night, I removed the bands. I cornbraided the front of her hair going straight back, with one zig zag part, and added colorful rubberbands for flair lol. 

Instructions:

1.) Starting in the back of the hair, I grabbed a medium sized section and I lightly spritz it with our water/conditioner mix. Remember to spritz the hair lightly, you do not want to fully re-wet the hair or it may shrink back up.

2.) I added a small amount of Blended Beauty Happy Nappy Styles and a little amount of Eco Styler Gel together on the section of hair. I often mix styling products, to achieve definition but not crunchy.

3.) After adding the styling products, I began flat twisting the hair on her scalp. Once the flat twist began to lift from the scalp, I started to create a two strand twist.

 (The white residue is the product.)

Or if you do not know how to flat twist, you can create a regular two strand twist. But make sure to form the twist as close as you can to the root of the hair. The flat twist will help to add more definition to the twist out.

4.) Twirl, the ends of the two strand twist to prevent it from unraveling. Then immediately grab the twist, and form a bantu knot. This will stop the twist from shrinking up, while you continue to do steps (number #1-4) all over the back of the hair.

5.) Once you finished the final bantu knot, unravel one bantu knot, and stretch the bantu knot across the head to another side of the hair. Use a bobby pin (or clips) to pin the twist down. If this sounds complicated take a look at the photo below.

 (Removed Bantu Knot)

(Stretch it across the head & wrap it all around.) 6.) I continued pinning the twists around the head, until all of the twists were secured.

7.) I tied up her hair for the night, and as she slept her hair dried.

8.) In the morning, I removed her scarf and her hair was still damp (booo.) (But if your hair is dry skip this step.) I used our blow drier on the cool setting, to blowdry her hair. I did not want her hair to shrink up during this process. So I clipped the ends of each twist to help weigh it down.

9.) Once her twists were fully dry, I removed the clips/bobbypins. Then I rubbed some oil in my hands, and rubbed it all over the twists.

10.) I unraveled the twists very gently, to not mess up the twist out definition. And this is our results.....

(Random curls)

Stretched/Elongated Twist Out

Products Used (in order): 

Blended Beauty Soy Cream Shampoo

Organix Conditioner

Blended Beauty Happy Nappy Styles

Eco Styler Gel

Blended Beauty Oil 

  

Side Cornrows With Twists: Updated

Kandy 5 comments

Side Cornrows With Twists: Updated

This weekend I decided to let her hair down. Well, twists down lol, for a really cute twist out. 

I simply unravel the twists, and don't mess/comb it.  

Can even rock it in a side pony. 

Hair is so versatile, don't be afraid to switch up your style throughout the week. 

Twist Out Pt.2

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Twist Out Pt.2

Sorry for the wait, I decided to break up the "Twist Out Post" into two posts. We are now on Day 4, of our twist out! We do have some frizzies (which is inevitable on curly hair.) But its not too bad. Here is a breakdown of what we've been doing to maintain the twists. 

1.) Wear a scarf each night. Even when she is wrestling or laying on the floor, I make sure she has her scarf on during those times. 

2.) I put her hair in a high loose ponytail/bun at night.

3.) In the morning I either use a spray for moisture, or add my shea butter mix.

Now here is another thing I had to do, on Wednesday night I re-twist the frizzies. I simply wet her hair with our spray bottle (water/conditioner mix.) Then I add a small amount of Eco styler gel and I retwist her hair. I focus mostly on the crown of her hair. I did not retwist her entire head. Here is a few pictures of the area. 

 The white arrows indicate the area I retwisted. 

I did roughly 9 twists total. 

When I first did this style I did not expect it to come out so nicely. Once her twists dried, I thought her hair  looked a mess, I didn't even take a picture. I actually planned on flat ironing N's hair for Easter. But I removed 3 twists in the back of her hair and loved the way it looked. I continued and instantly fell in love! Now, I'm still not thrilled about the appearance of chunky twists (I look at it like a bed time/around the house hair style.) But I really like the results. 

I wanted to share some photos of Day 2-4 of her twist out. 

(Day 2)

 (Day 3)

 (Day 4)

So far so good, I plan on removing this style this weekend to wash her hair. But I'm thrilled that it lasted as long as it did! We will definitely try this style again! 

Have you tried a Twist out? How did you maintain the look?   

Twist Out

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Twist Out

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 Facebook page. If you are on 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.