Tidying Up My Kinky Twists
https://healthell.blogspot.com/2012/06/tidying-up-my-kinky-twists.html
I tidied up the back first on 29.05.12 and then a couple of days later I redid the twists at the front hairline and along the centre parting during the evening of 31st May. I periodically undo braids which feel a little bit too loose or overtaken by new growth for my liking.
The first picture shows the nape after it had been re-twisted and the picture on the right shows what it looked like beforehand. |
Same as above (before on the left, after on the right). |
Left = After, Righ = Before |
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I am loving having my hair in these twists, so much in fact that I am planning to put in another set of twists with the exact same colour hair. I will take these out in about 2 weeks time, wash and deep condition my hair with protein and then wash again a week later and put the twists back in again for another 6 weeks. I will then wear my own hair for 2 weeks before relaxing and trimming.
This means that I will be in a protective style for my 2nd HHJ Year Anniversary. But that is okay with me - I am loving the twists so much that i am willing to make the small sacrifice! I won't lie, I am a little concerned about doing another long stretch and messing up my relaxer again by not pulling the relaxer down far enough and causing yet another under-processing fiassco. I think this time round it should be easier to judge whether the relaxer is where it should be because I now use the half and half relaxer method. This way, application will be more precise and if I notice any bits that aren't covered I can get to them quickly and in theory have enough time to smooth out any problem areas. I will do a length check and trim during my relaxer day.
As a sidenote, it has dawned on me that I haven't washed my hair in almost three weeks! I just don't fancy walking around with soaking wet hair when the sun is not shining. Man I need to get my s**t together and just get it done! I will see if I have enough time to do it in the morning, if not I will have to do it tomorrow evening when I get home from work. I don't have any visible build up and my scalp feels fine and dandy so I could push it to the end of the week if I need to.
Ciao 4 Now