Advice and Suggestions on how to maintain my twists!
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JazmineB
Juices-n-Berries
Lynnieluve
marquila2007
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Advice and Suggestions on how to maintain my twists!
I have being wearing my two strand twists for awhile now and it seems that on the 1st day once I have finished that my hair looks fresh, clean, and very cute. However when I go to sleep at night with my bonnet on I wake up and my twists dont have that bounce like they did the day before. They begin to look flat and boring lol!
What ways can I make them look fresh and still cute? I also want them to look full.
What ways can I make them look fresh and still cute? I also want them to look full.
Re: Advice and Suggestions on how to maintain my twists!
Yeah me too. Mine seem kinda flat when I wake up after sleeping with a satan scarf. I may try sleeping with a bonnet to see if that will make them fluffy
marquila2007- Posts : 42
Join date : 2010-01-02
Age : 40
Re: Advice and Suggestions on how to maintain my twists!
I tie my twist down with a scarf. They usually plump back up after the steam from the shower hits them.
What product do you use for your twist? I recently had to start using something with hold to make my twist last longer. I've used ORS Lock and Twist gel and EcoCustard. I got the recipe for the EcoCustard from InspiredCoils on Youtube.
What product do you use for your twist? I recently had to start using something with hold to make my twist last longer. I've used ORS Lock and Twist gel and EcoCustard. I got the recipe for the EcoCustard from InspiredCoils on Youtube.
Lynnieluve- Posts : 8638
Join date : 2009-10-30
Age : 46
Location : Mississippi
Re: Advice and Suggestions on how to maintain my twists!
If your hair is long enough, you may want to try retwisting your hair in larger sections before applying your bonnet. If not, you might want to try banding the hair to keep it stretched and not smooshed as well. There are lots of tutorials on this on YouTube and I discuss it thoroughly in my Curl street Journal Thread. HTH.
Juices-n-Berries- Posts : 2280
Join date : 2009-12-12
Age : 38
Location : Houston, TX
Re: Advice and Suggestions on how to maintain my twists!
thanks for the links and videos! They were very helpful. My twists seem to be more alive and longer on the 1st day that I do them but they shrink on the other days. I think im going to try different products when i do my twists. The only thing I put on them is shea butter.
Re: Advice and Suggestions on how to maintain my twists!
curling the twists (by braiding sections when they are wet and taking the braids out once its dry) can make them more alive, and it will also make them longer. I love that look right now, I might wear it all summer.
JazmineB- Posts : 308
Join date : 2010-03-30
Age : 32
Location : California
Re: Advice and Suggestions on how to maintain my twists!
I used to sleep with a bonnet, but i've found after a week of sleeping just on a pillow case that my hair held up better than with the bonnet. after that week (i was on spring break) and got back to school I brought a satin pillow case and just sleep on that. then when i get in the shower i pull my hair in a pony tail, which stretches my hair but doesn't leave marks or flatten the, and take it down when I'm all dressed. Also I use ORS lock and twist gel and that helps hold my twist well too.
Hazelbabe- Posts : 36
Join date : 2009-11-09
Age : 33
Location : Raleigh,NC/ Washington,DC for school
Re: Advice and Suggestions on how to maintain my twists!
I re-twist in large selections at night. My hair gets bigger on day 2 and 3.
ElleX- Posts : 97
Join date : 2010-01-01
Age : 56
Location : Charlotte, NC
Re: Advice and Suggestions on how to maintain my twists!
Hey Napp Napp, I just watched a Youtube vid from Naptural85 on how she kept her mini twists in for a month. She actually wraps them at night, like how you would wrap your hair at night when you had a relaxer. Check it out!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDUP2WtfXMU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDUP2WtfXMU
QuietButterfly- Posts : 354
Join date : 2009-12-11
Age : 41
Location : Detroit, MI
Re: Advice and Suggestions on how to maintain my twists!
The satin bonnet did nothing for my twists. I bought a hair sack from Sally's that works better. I also found that lightly moisturizing them everyday before you go to bed helps.
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