Twist out and Nikkimaes "roll under"

Welcome to my curl street journal! I only found curlynikki.com a few weeks ago but have been addicted!!!! I have been natural four four years now. I never did a big chop, i just stopped relaxing. my usual routine up until a month ago was a press n curl. I decided to stop pressing my hair for two reasons, mainly because its summer and i was going on vacation and was extremly annoyed with my hair. i was even more annoyed when i asked people for styling advice that could handle heat, water, and humidity they all just said "get a weave or micros" i also didnt want to keep up my usual routine which would be taking almost all my tools and products on vacation. so i found curlynikki and a whole bunch of other site, blogs, and youtube and have been addicted everysince.

in the past month, i have tried only two strand twist and twist outs. i created a fotki, started using my blog, took almost 200 pictures of my hair , and probably spent close to $100 or more on pruducts and accessories.

i never knew that stylingg natural hair could be so beautiful, versatile , and fun. i am so happy to have found so much information. now heres some pics
pressed hair

my first twist

my puff which i dont wear in public lol

welcome!!

Hey TT(we all get nicknames around here). I'm AL! Welcome to Curl Street. All the neighbors are friendly and always willing to help. Those twists look cute and the puff was definitely wear outside worthy Hope to see you around!

Welcome! Your hair looks beautiful in all styles. Hope you find the courage to wear the puff outside, it's very cute.

Welcome!!

Welcome to CS! I would totally rock that puff outside. I like the other styles but that puff in my fav I like big hair though.

Thanks everyone

i am frustrated! i took out my lovely twist in hopes of a nice twist out and because of my stupid heat damaged ends it looked horrible. not only were the ends straight and pointing in all kinds of crazy directions, it was stiff and just looked bad! i am too tired to start a new by washing my hair so i retwisted into large twist and rod setted my hair. hopefully my hair wont be a disater in the am.

i spent the weekedn in DC with my family at my husbands family reunion.
it was a very good hair weekend, even though i did my hair almost
everyday. i got a few compliments, met another natural gal, and just
enjoyed being *comfertable with my hair ok here are the pics. i will
post more on my blog.
this was the first day, this was a twist n curl that didnt last 5 minutes in the heat lol

the next day, i did a twistout , copying tiashuntees method. i liked it :0

btw, thats my little girl Ava, and the dress michelle obama wore
this was my banquet day hair

My hair has been twisted for five days now and guess what??? i dont have the urge to take them down! I am gonna keep these in for another week possibly. that will make this a 2 week hairstyle if it can last. this morning i did some curl defining because my heat damaged ends are stringy and annoying, i soaked the ends with water, added some ECO gel, and twirled around my fingers and got curls! anyways, heres some pics of my hair on day 5 of my 2 strand twist!
this is my TNC from last week, i loved the definition here, so i had to throw it in

the next are are day 5 twist

ooo..I love your twists!!! They look juicy!!!

Your twists look awesome! It's a great style on you!

thanks ladies! i took them out today though, i want to try a roller set....wish me luck

Nice hair! you have the juicy twists I always find myself coveting!

Love those twists and your puff! So why don't you wear your puff in public?

Krazy coils, thanks. About the puff.... I. Just not at that level of confidence yet. Also I've never let my hair dry in a puff so I don't know if it will look as nice dry and I do know that ny hair gets really matted if it isn't "dealt with"....... one day I will be there because I do love my puff

Thanks poeticlyspeaking, my twist are chunky but there are some stringy damaged ones hiding. Your hair looks like it would produce juicy twist?????

i have been envying so many nice twist outs for some time now, lol. i finally got mines to look sorta ok. what do you all think? i still need to perfect it but i think it came out ok..
this is before fluffing, front and back. excuse my face it was early lol



and this is after fluffing and playing.
i dont know whats wrong with my eye lol

I love your twist out! You must let this one see daylight.

Hey Tiff!!!

I love a good puff, thats my go-to style and your puff was BEAUTIFUL!!! I like the pink flower hair accessory too, you can definitely rock that puff outside!! Do it girl!!!

so i have had my hair in 2strand twist for a week. i needed to redo my
hair but i was too tire tonight. i got in the shower and wet my twist,
when i got out of the shower i fell in love! i had the best curls!!!!
my hair usually (because of heat damage) doest curl in most parts of
my hair. but i guess these past few weeks of taking better care of it
and avoiding the flat iron is helping. anyways, i was inspired by my
nice little curls so i am running an experiment, first i put about
quarter size of shea butter in my hair while dripping wet, then i
rubbed some KCCC on my hair (about 5 twists at a time) and just let it
dry. its not completly dry, but when i undid one twist it looked
beautiful! its like a WNG/twist out. lol i hope it turns out ok
heres some pics of my curls....excuse my messy room

oh yeah, pls excuse me! thanks for the compliments on my twistout ladies!

So its the morning after, lol and at first i didnt like the twistout, but after playing with it and taking loads of pics..... i think i like it i would love to keep it like this tll wednesday but i dont kknow how that will work out. if i keep it like this, i will be wearing it to work two days in a row. this will be my first time wearing a twistout to work. ok here are the pics!

I love that twistout TT!!! I can't wait til I can perfect mine. I'm off to follow your blog now!!

thanks msstokes! it still needs some perfecting because it lacks movement. but im getting a little better each time

Pretty twist out