Curly Girls - Naturalistas come in - 11/20

[Bad Dingo]

You look fabulous! I love your belt too.

[chedominique]

So cute! You are making me want to take my flat twists down. I look a hot mess now and all I can do is put it in a protective style till I get some time. I've had my hair in flat twists since B was born almost 3 weeks ago.   When I did go out for her appointments, I either had my hair in a halo updo or I just took the twists out in the front of my hair and put a beanie over the rest of my hair.

When I get the chance to style my hair, I will try my puff (this is my hair from last year):

I used a stocking leg and gathered it loosely around my hair that was in a twist out.  My hair is usually in flat twists that is bantu knotted at the ends the night before.

[05heel]

Very cute! I'll post some one day, but I don't have any pictures handy.

[redwino]

I'll post some later today. I love hair posts!

[LLL]

I took a pic yesterday :

[calle28]

Yay! A natural thread!

I got my hair straightened on Saturday morning for a friend's wedding and it's still pretty straight.

Let me see if I can find some pictures of what my hair normally looks like.

[dowagercountess]

Ohhh, I did P's hair super cute today and didn't take a picture of it. I will take one later if she hasn't messed it up at school.

[Deleted]

Oh. So, I'm not black. In the least. But can I play? I just wanted to AW my 2nd day hair using only V05 Strawberry conditioner and Shea Moisture coconut milk stuff. Not bad AND you can go natural without breaking the bank!
*poof* Thanks for all the "likes!"

[calle28]

I couldn't really find any good hair shots.
Here's my twist out:
90% of the time my hair is twisted and I twist it again to make a side bun thingy:

Have any of you done the Max Hydration Method?

[LLL]

Oct 30, 2014 11:10:52 GMT -5 dowagercountess said:

Ohhh, I did P's hair super cute today and didn't take a picture of it. I will take one later if she hasn't messed it up at school.

how long can a style stay in her hair? Y's hair looks 2 days old the second I'm done with it. drives.me.mad

[LLL]

Oct 30, 2014 11:23:50 GMT -5 calle28 said:

I couldn't really find any good hair shots.
Here's my twist out:
90% of the time my hair is twisted and I twist it again to make a side bun thingy:

Have any of you done the Max Hydration Method?

What's the Max Hydration Method?

[NitaX]

Ignore the wild brows and puffy eyes. Fall allergies.

This is my four day old twist out.

[calle28]

It's a technique that's supposed to fully hydrate your hair, but it's so time consuming, I've only done it twice. It's recommended you do it 7 days in a row. Aint nobody got time for that!

Step 1: Co-wash with conditioner and baking soda. Rinse.
Step 2: Deep condition for 20ish minutes. Detangle/rinse
Step 3: Apply bentonite clay to hair. Leave on 20ish minutes. Rinse.
Step 4: Condition again. Rinse.
Step 5: Add gel to wet hair to set curls.

I did notice more curl definition, but it just takes so much time!

LLL

[orangeblossom]

Oct 30, 2014 11:19:12 GMT -5 pennypenny said:

Curly girls come post NitaX orangeblossom

Oh oh my, my hair is looking a big mess today.

I'll post when I do it later.

[dowagercountess]

Oct 30, 2014 11:28:51 GMT -5 LLL said:

Oct 30, 2014 11:10:52 GMT -5 dowagercountess said:

Ohhh, I did P's hair super cute today and didn't take a picture of it. I will take one later if she hasn't messed it up at school.

how long can a style stay in her hair? Y's hair looks 2 days old the second I'm done with it. drives.me.mad

Looks great in the morning, a mess when she comes home. The one style that holds pretty well is a braid around the front edge that goes back into the poof. 

I feel like people think I don't do her hair, and I am sensitive to it because I know they assume I am white. 

[LLL]

Oct 30, 2014 11:35:09 GMT -5 calle28 said:

It's a technique that's supposed to fully hydrate your hair, but it's so time consuming, I've only done it twice. It's recommended you do it 7 days in a row. Aint nobody got time for that!

Step 1: Co-wash with conditioner and baking soda. Rinse.
Step 2: Deep condition for 20ish minutes. Detangle/rinse
Step 3: Apply bentonite clay to hair. Leave on 20ish minutes. Rinse.
Step 4: Condition again. Rinse.
Step 5: Add gel to wet hair to set curls.

I did notice more curl definition, but it just takes so much time!

LLL

yeah. I'm wayyyy too lazy for that. 

[LLL]

Oct 30, 2014 11:40:09 GMT -5 dowagercountess said:

Oct 30, 2014 11:28:51 GMT -5 LLL said:

how long can a style stay in her hair? Y's hair looks 2 days old the second I'm done with it. drives.me.mad

Looks great in the morning, a mess when she comes home. The one style that holds pretty well is a braid around the front edge that goes back into the poof. 

I feel like people think I don't do her hair, and I am sensitive to it because I know they assume I am white. 

yeah, I'll have to try more braided styles. I'm not too concerned about what people think though, but it does drive me crazy that I can't get her to stay in a style for very long. I've taken to drying on a low setting blow dryer before putting it into either 4 braids or twists. That seems to help it a little.

Also, rockstar fros are adorable:

[dowagercountess]

I am so proud of how healthy Penny's hair is. A lot of that is because of stuff I have learned on this board.

[orangeblossom]

These are old pics, but typically how I wear my hair



I'm going to have DH cut it this weekend, back to this length

[revolution]

my natural curls

[chedominique]

Oct 30, 2014 15:59:20 GMT -5 socratic said:

How do you all have 4 day old twist outs? My twist out lasts one day thats it! Unless i re twist at night

Usually I retwist mine too if my hair got too fuzzy during the first day or if I want my hair to stretch more.  If my twists turned out perfect, I pineapple my hair (put it in a loose high ponytail and wrap it). 

If your hair is a little shorter, put your hair in multiple ponytails. In the morning, just fluff your hair and go :-).  Here is an example of it:

[redwino]

These are some of my favorites. My hair is actually in 4 cornrows that I tuck under a beanie with some bangs out. I have bandages in my head from a procedure so right now I'm just in cover up mode. The puff is my wash-n-go style. It takes all of 3 minutes.

[redwino]

I also pineapple my hair to keep my teistouts. I retest every third day or so. I like big hair so pineappling also helps stretch my hair to make it bigger.

[flutermed]

I just puffed it out this morning. I like all the ideas. I will try to get a cute style tomorrow.

[skwcm80]

I love all this thread so much!

[redwino]

@barefootbarista I'm dying at the teacher making a toboggan. She is so adorable.

I was a 20 million ponytails with loud barrettes kid in the 80'd. I remember trying to brush out the sand with my hands before going home from school. The only thing I hated more than getting my hair come bed was getting my hair washed and combed. I wish my teacher had thought to make me a protective hat.

[calle28]

I've been doing a clay mask on my hair and I can really tell a difference in moisture and curl definition.

[calle28]

I use this: Attachment Deleted

It's not hard to rinse out at all, just have to be thorough. I mix it with apple cider vinegar.

[dowagercountess]

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