CocaColaCutie--has some new friends!

CocaColaCutie wrote:Made it to Friday y'all!

But these twists are look fuuuuuuuuuuzzzzzzyyyyyy!

IDK what to do with these things. I'm thinking I'm going to take them out because they are starting to feel like they are trying to start the loc'n up on me. Like the top of the twist feels a lil dry and crispy like. I don't know what's up with that. Maybe it's the shine and define or the burnt sugar building up on it. Either way something has got to be done about this.

Maybe I'll wash and do something cute with my curlformers for my night out on Saturday and then either dry twist that on Sunday or pull keep it in an updo style for the week. But I've also been itching to experiment with some perm rods. I'm so indecisive when it comes to styling.

CocaColaCutie wrote:Also, watching youtube I discovered a neat trick for shampooing. Using an applicator bottle. That way it gets to your scalp easier and less of it gets on your strands. I'm going to try this out and report back.

CocaColaCutie wrote:thanks Shee!

I took your advice Chrs! I cowashed and curlfomered my twists. I did redo the front left side and a few on the right in the front, but I got lazy and figured that the curlformers would tame the rest. I am so glad I was right!!!

I pinned the sides up and fluffed.

here are some pics!

tiashauntee wrote:

CocaColaCutie wrote:Also, watching youtube I discovered a neat trick for shampooing. Using an applicator bottle. That way it gets to your scalp easier and less of it gets on your strands. I'm going to try this out and report back.

That is a great idea! I never thought about that. I am going to try it today! I will report back.

ChrsLvsBks wrote:

CocaColaCutie wrote:I seriously need something to lay down my edges. I forget how, but yesterday I came across a product called Edge Tamer by Kera Care. It seems similar to the MyGel I was thinking about (only not with all those wonderful natural ingredients) I'm hoping I can find it in a BSS so I can get it without having to wait for shipping. My cornrows need some serious work. I'm hoping to get off work in enough time to actually do something about it but we'll see. Likely it would just be a rebraiding, not a full out wash routine.

I have MyGel. I like it a lot. Just remember it does not play well with water. Only apply to damp or dry hair--a little goes a long way. The ingredients are all natural and moisturizing.

Have fun playing with your hair next week. I love Thanksgiving--three day work week for me .

tiashauntee wrote:

tiashauntee wrote:

CocaColaCutie wrote:Also, watching youtube I discovered a neat trick for shampooing. Using an applicator bottle. That way it gets to your scalp easier and less of it gets on your strands. I'm going to try this out and report back.

That is a great idea! I never thought about that. I am going to try it today! I will report back.

I just finished shampooing and it worked great! I like that the bottle has measuring lines because I was able to see that I can use less than 1oz of shampoo to clean my scalp. My hair doesn't feel stripped but my scalp feels clean.

KinkyNappyHappy wrote:

ChrsLvsBks wrote:

CocaColaCutie wrote:I seriously need something to lay down my edges. I forget how, but yesterday I came across a product called Edge Tamer by Kera Care. It seems similar to the MyGel I was thinking about (only not with all those wonderful natural ingredients) I'm hoping I can find it in a BSS so I can get it without having to wait for shipping. My cornrows need some serious work. I'm hoping to get off work in enough time to actually do something about it but we'll see. Likely it would just be a rebraiding, not a full out wash routine.

I have MyGel. I like it a lot. Just remember it does not play well with water. Only apply to damp or dry hair--a little goes a long way. The ingredients are all natural and moisturizing.

Have fun playing with your hair next week. I love Thanksgiving--three day work week for me .

MyGel....gotta go look this up!!!

sweetdrk1 wrote:CCC I love the curlformer twist!! That Avatar is beautiful!

Lynnieluve wrote:That shea butter mix looks delightful!! Your twist look good from what I can see. Is the back pinned up?

BlondeByDesire wrote:The shea butter mixture looks really good. The twists look good as well.

CocaColaCutie wrote:Monday already? These weekends are never long enough. I had so much hair fun this weekend though!



I started off playing mixtress and whipped up a batch of whipped shea butter.



I mixed shea butter, coconut oil, olive oil, and some bss "raw shea
butter oil" that has: raw shea butter, canola oil, safflower oil,
cotton seed oil, wheat germ oil, jojoba oil, macadamia nut oil,
tocopherol, and fragrance and got:



I plan to use it on my body mostly but I got so much extra that I slathered it on my hair as a pre-poo.

Then I made my castor oil mix for tiashauntee's challenge using castor
oil and some bss tea tree oil that has: tea tree oil, canola oil,
sunflower oil, castor oil, olive oil, cotton seed oil, grape seed oil,
tocopherol, jojoba oil and fragrance.



I like the way the mix masks the smell of the castor oil.

I shampooed my hair using my TJ Nourish Spa. It snowed and I didn't
want to venture out for another applicator bottle, so I just took the
applicator tip off an old bottle of this relaxer base I used back in
the day and put it on the TJ bottle. Worked like a charm. I put some TJ
Nourish Spa condish on and then addes some Elasta QP DPR-11 and left it
on overnight.

Sunday I woke up, washed it out and started my mini twists. I'm not
really feeling them this time around. I think I was rushing myself and
got lazy so my parts are kinda big and I also experimented with some
flat twists on the side and in the front. Later that night I set them
on curlformers. This is what I got.

CocaColaCutie wrote:

BlondeByDesire wrote:The shea butter mixture looks really good. The twists look good as well.

thanks!

Y'all...I'm barely four days in with this new set of mini twists and I'm already sick of them. I've been dreaming of big beautiful flat twist out hair. And why does it seem like all the naturals I see in the DMV have the curliest, most voluminous wash-n-gos ever! I want to join them! But I'm gonna stay on this twist challenge. I think I'm going to do a major retwist this weekend so they can hang more like I want them to. I also want to experiment with cornrowing them. If this blizzard doesn't come thru this weekend I have a birthday party to attend and I need cute hair for that.

StephanieB wrote:I really like those twists! So creative.