My First Successful Twist Out

I thought I'd share some pictures of my first "happy" twist out. I actually had not planned to do a twist out until the spring because I didn't think my hair was long enough. I was wrong. I think I had so much shrinkage from WNG's that I didn't realize how much my hair had grown. I've been practicing for a few weeks and this is my third twist out this month, but I'd say the first successful one that I'm really happy with and have worn to work.

Let me preface this by admitting I'm lazy and I have a shoulder that I refuse to have an operation on, so twisting is not that easy, especially in the back. I only do 20 twist. The first time, I had an accidential twist out. I had cowashed my hair, put Giovanni Direct Leave-in in and sealed with cocount oil. I put in about ten twist and went to bed. The next day I planned to rewet my hair and do a WNG, but I ended up needing to go somewhere suddenly and as I took the twists out I liked what I saw. The only thing was I had dry hair by the 2nd day and nothing (in terms of product) that I felt good about moisturizing it with.

A few days later I retwisted using a mix I saw on a Kimmaytube video with Miss Jessie's Curly Meringue and Aloe Vera Gel. I probably put in 15 twist and left them in for 2 days. My hair was very moist, but frizzy on the 2nd day. Uh, yeah, those 15 twist were likely the culprit. Here's a picture of the twist. I accidently deleted the hairstyle, but the pictures weren't great anyway.

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This time I decided to use Elasta QP Mango Butter and Olive Oil. Love it! Like the smell, consistency and the results. I still only did 20 twist and I'm sure I'd have more defined hair if I did more, but I kind of like the kinky look. Here are some pictures. They're not great. I'm horrible with the camera.

Day One
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Day Two
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Day Three
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I retwist hunks every night and pin it down with hairpins and tie with a silk scarf. I also put a little Oyin Burnt Sugar Pomade on my hands in the morning and run it over my hair.

My hair is sooooooooooo soft. I like the Elasta QP and Burnt Sugar combination alot.

So, I just wanted to share.

I need to start doing some pics but ur hair looks good I hav problems w/my shoulders as well but I do smaller twist & take them out after a day or two If u continue to do it it will only get better Great job

Thanks Seb. I'm thinking I'll definitely get better at it and Saturday my bestie is coming over to watch my Oprah collection in the DVR. She's going to help me do some smaller ones and she'll be able to get the back real good.

Nice Renny...Hair has definitely grown..Blessings

Looks great!

Hi Renny...

Your twist out looks great. How long did it take your curls to truly defined after your BC?

Looking good!!! Keep up the great work with your hair. Its all about experimenting.

Thanks ftiff. I love experimenting. That's the fun part.

rvalent2 wrote:Hi Renny...

Your twist out looks great. How long did it take your curls to truly defined after your BC?

Thanks Rvalent - I answered you on my CS journal on the dryness stuff.

My hair was pretty curly right after I chopped, but it got curlier as the weeks went on and I used styling products. When I go back to WNG's I'll be working on stretching my curls. But I learned at my last natural hair meetup that you can work at training your hair to curl. You just have to find the right products and stay at it.

your twist out is cute..so fluffy and big!! and your growth is amazing