Three Strand Twists?

I did them quite often for a few months. I looove the resulting twistout. But, as much as I loved the twistout, I couldn't stand how much fuzzier (probably because my hair's growing out from ugly breakage) they got in less time, and they got tangled faster, too. When my hair grows more even I'll do them again!

wow!!!!!!!! i have never heard of this before! the technique is kinda like doing a braid, but the outcome looks like a twist!! coolness!!

I have done three strand twist's on my daughter. But not all over...

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All over is on my 'to try' list.

When I took out each twist her hair looked really great though! So I can imagine what an entire twist out would look like.

I tried to do three strand twist yesterday, I just can't get the hang of it. I am going to keep trying.

I absolutely love three strand twists. They look fuller and has more of a design. I rarely do a whole head of them because I have to concentrate so hard at not braiding that it takes forever. I usually sport them in bangs.

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@tia keep trying I think you will like the out come.

Hm, maybe I'll try them this weekend.

ok i am gonna do a full set of three strands and time myself.

Ohhh, I wanna try it too!

@NaturalNurse04 and SheeTacular_Napps: Are you going to do it on wet or dry hair?

damp hair works best for me

ok I didn't finish twisting my hair....i go the ITIS plus i don't like how my hair feels which means my twists would be coming right back down for me to wash my hair anyway.....

I'll let you all know when i do and post some pics.

I have mastered the three strand twist on about 2 twist. LOL! Like naturalnurse said, I have to concentrate so hard and look in the mirror when I do them. When my hair gets longer, I will try to do it all over.

I'm going to give this a go at some point. I like it!

Looks cute. I'm going to have to try it....only if it results in a BIGGER twist out. I love big!!!

SheeTacular_Napps wrote:I absolutely love three strand twists. They look fuller and has more of a design. I rarely do a whole head of them because I have to concentrate so hard at not braiding that it takes forever. I usually sport them in bangs.

LOL, yes!! Don't get caught up in something else because you'll have braids in a heartbeat!

MaameYaa wrote:Looks cute. I'm going to have to try it....only if it results in a BIGGER twist out. I love big!!!

Go for it! It's bigger AND curlier....

Cool! Since I'm going to have to concentrate while doing this, I'll wait until I have a day off.

I did a test run and did okay, but when I tried to do my whole head...not so much. My hair was wet, so that was probably my first mistake. I may try again on dry hair.

@traveljunkie08- Was your hair soaking wet? Or just damp? I haven't done them in ages, but I think my hair was usually damp when I did them (i HATE doing any twists with my hair soaking wet). It kept them from shrinking like crazy, but was still damp enough that the twists coiled around each other well.

@Wizarding Wheezer: It wasn't soaking wet but it was wetter than damp. I'm sure that was part of the problem. I want to start doing twists and braids on damp hair. Do you just let your hair dry "out", or do you put it in large twists to let it dry a little before styling?

@traveljunkie08: My hair's always in braids (7-9 or so) after washing and I soak up most of the water with a fine-weave t-shirt. After taking each braid out and oiling my scalp, my hair's just a little more than damp before I get started styling. I can't let my hair completely dry out all over or it wants to act up. Not to mention that I wouldn't have the patience to wait for it to completely dry anyway!

Hey ladies, I was inspired to do the three strands all over on my daughter's hair. Well, not quite all over but you know what I mean. I did this on wet hair, so....not the best. Ah well. Definitley takes longer than the 3 strands, can you tell I started to get lazy? lol

I'm hoping we get a nice twist out from this for Thursday....we'll see!
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Hope to see pics from those of you who try it!

@ NikG20, this is what your lazy work looks like?!?! My lazy work looks like I did it all in my sleep. lol. You do beautiful work.

MaameYaa, lol thank you! & I doubt that! [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

They still look great! I can tell you my first attempt looked nowhere near that good! [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] IMO 3-strands tend to go awry MUCH easier than 2-strands when wet; I think maybe because the pieces are smaller?