.:Eden:. Curly Q Twist Out

Kea::curls wrote:LOL.

wow. i just realized its been so long since i visited your page....your flat twists are really good! did you teach yourself? i am trying right now, but can never get past the 1st row or soooo....

Thanks, yea I taught myself when I was in middle school. It was my way of covering up my new growth. LOL. I just try not to do the sections real big, that way I can catch more hair.

love the twist!! I need to practice more!

Ladies...today was NOT a good hair day

I took out my flat twists and they were soo dryyyy. My hair was NOT curly, just a poofy mess. I tried to fix it by wetting my hair and quickly shingling...didn't work. So I rinsed out as much gel as I could, moisturized, and just did the coil style like in my avatar. Since, I didn't have a lot of time my hair wasn't on point today. It didn't look bad, but I soo wanted it to look like my twist out from last week.

Sigh...I'll have to work with this until Wednesday night when I can start over. I have finals this week so I have no time.

Hurry up Wednesday...

I was just thinking about trying flat twist tomorrow but now I am scared . What products did you use to do them? I think I am still gonna give it a try.

Lynnieluve wrote:I was just thinking about trying flat twist tomorrow but now I am scared . What products did you use to do them? I think I am still gonna give it a try.

Lol, I used the same products I normally use. I guess these just don't work in my hair.

Good luck on your Finals!

--Reese

Freestyles wrote:Good luck on your Finals!

--Reese

Thanks!! I'm finishing my last one right now actually...I hate writing papers.

So how'd the Finals go? I know you feel like a big weight was lifted off of your shoulders! Hope all went well!

--Reese

Freestyles wrote:So how'd the Finals go? I know you feel like a big weight was lifted off of your shoulders! Hope all went well!

--Reese

Thanks for asking! They went fine, I'm soo glad I'm done. I've been sleeping late, FINALLY!!! I'm definitely going to enjoy the next 3 1/2 weeks off. Yay me!!!

I've been unable to access the internet for 3 days, AHHH!!!!!! I was going crazy, I can't go a day without see some natural inspiration. Anyway I washed my hair of the mess I made with those flat twist. I two strand twisted my hair Wednesday night and untwisted this morning (well for those on the east coast yesterday morning). I may put up pics later maybe not, it's not that much different. This cold weather is something else though...my curls are shivering.

Please post pics! I want to see!

i hope your "maybe" turns into a "definitely." i just can't get enough of hair pics!

your post just made me realize that when i head to my mom's house, i will have very limited internet access, as well. what ever will i DO?!?

Eden I love your twist...please post a pic when you take them down!!

OK guys here they are. This twist out came out a little frizzy, probably because I didn't leave my twists in for 3 days like I did with the first ones. These I left in for one day before untwisting. I used a lot of shea butter this time during my twisting. The next day I moisturized my twist with a heavy amount of shea butter again. Now that they're out my hair is very soft and the definition throughout (not everywhere) my hair is wonderful.

Found a pic at my mother's house of me with relaxed hair (high school). I believe this was the longest my hair ever grew, maybe an inch longer later on. This is basically how I wore my hair for 7-8yrs before the breakage and thinning started.

It's been 6 months since my last relaxer!!!

I like the results of your twist out. I mixed aloe vera gel with my shea butter mix for my finger coils. I havent tried the mix on my two strand twist yet.

ChrsLvsBks wrote:Looking good! Have you tried mixing shea with aloe and/or coconut oil? The set may occur faster because of the aloe vera gel.

I'm kind of scared to put aloe vera gel in my hair again. I tried it when I was transitioning and my hair was dry and very hard. oooop2 suggested I add something with it, since I only used it by itself. I may venture out into again one day.

Lynnieluve wrote:I like the results of your twist out. I mixed aloe vera gel with my shea butter mix for my finger coils. I havent tried the mix on my two strand twist yet.

Thanks, I think I liked the first one better.

I did a winter wash n go today. Only because I didn't have enough time to do my hair. By the end of the day my hair was a little dry, nothing major. However, I would like to figure out, for the summer time, how a 4a/4b keeps their hair moisturized with a wash n go.

It's been 2 months since my bc (it was actually yesterday, but whatever) and I am happy with the progress I've made. My hair has gone from very dry, brittle, and undefined to most of the time moisturized, soft, and curl poppin goodness. I'm still stumped as to what other style options I have. I spent a few hours last night doing a very sloppy two strand twist. I was so tired, I mean, I just have too much head LOL. I no I'm limited with what I can do but jeez I need to see something.

Anyway on to more HHG!

What's HHG?

Lynnieluve wrote:What's HHG?

Happy Hair Growing

Here's the result of my sloppy 2 strand twist

I finger parted my hair, but I hate that the back looks so obvious. I fluffed it like crazy, but it wouldn't budge. Any remedies???