Twisting FOR Growth Challenge Part 3!!!!!!

[sheava]

Like me, my oldest daughter LIVES in twist. Her hair is just extremely fragile, and twist seems to be to only style that allows her hair to thrive. Well yesterday I undid her twist and put her hair into 4 ponytails (was too lazy to do twist). She IMMEDIATELY stated that she didn't like that style and that she wanted her twist back. So tonight, I adhered to her request...LOL

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I love your daughter's twists! Very cute.

 

[sheava]

I am still in the same twists and will be keeping them for another week. I will probably take them down next Thursday and rock a twist out for a couple of days.

 

[rsmith]

bablou your hair has grown. It looks great. I wish my hair could last 4 weeks. Great progress!

 

[productjunkie814]

Everyone's hair looks FABULOUS!!! We've got about a month and a half left in this challenge and I can't wait to see everyone's progress! I've been in a twist out for the last five days and will probably spend all day tomorrow detangling, lol. I have an olive oil pre-poo in my hair now...I'll deep condition tomorrow afternoon, and wash and twist on Sunday. By the way, I FINALLY got my shea butter. It took 10 days! I like it though...smooth. I've been using my yummy mix on my hair and skin and both are soft as all get out I love shea butter, lol.

 

[yodie]

I did my own twists!! I spritzed my dry hair w/Dove Moisture Therapy, used shea butter and a little Mizani H2O, divided my hair into four sections and twisted. Its not perfect, but I'm wiggin' it until June. No pics, but I like it. I'll keep working on it, but I'm happy with the outcome.

You ladies are a great inspiration!!

 

[msa]

I've been following this challenge from the first one I think. I love it...y'alls twist look so good and as Yodie said you are all great inspirations .

 

[Ms Lala]

I'm taking my hair loose tonight because I'm going to a natural hair expo in the DFW area tomorrow. Gotta rock the big hair! I posted the info. for it below, I've never been b4 so I"m not sure what it's like but I haven't been in that type of environment since moving from the DC area and I miss it. I hope to me some cool people and maybe find a stylist!

Sunday 11/8
Natural Beauty Expo
Desoto Civic Center
211 E. Pleasant Run
Desoto, TX 75115

1-6pm

 

[Soliel185]

I'm taking my hair loose tonight because I'm going to a natural hair expo in the DFW area tomorrow. Gotta rock the big hair! I posted the info. for it below, I've never been b4 so I"m not sure what it's like but I haven't been in that type of environment since moving from the DC area and I miss it. I hope to me some cool people and maybe find a stylist!

Sunday 11/8
Natural Beauty Expo
Desoto Civic Center
211 E. Pleasant Run
Desoto, TX 75115

1-6pm

Ooh. A natural hair expo sounds like so much fun! I wish they'd have something like that in PHX.

 

[Dragone]

Update after one million years. I've been wearing TOs for the past week and trimming as necessary. Most of my 'blonde' ends are gone now that I've accepted that that means my hair has split ends and is not 'sunkissed'. I actually wore pigtails as a style for the first time in my life without it looking a mess, so I think my hair is growing/thickening up.

 

[yodie]

A natural hair expo sounds great. Wish we were having one here.

Ladies, how often are you actually washing your hair? Some of you are stretching your twists for 4 weeks. Are you not washing your hair for four weeks? I have no problems with it. I'm taking notes.

 

[sexylonglegs]

Girl, your hair is beautiful...

 

[AfroKink]

I'm not part of the challenge, but I do have an untwisting tip. Now this might be blatantly obvious to most of you but for the few of us that don't know any better...


When untwisting, start from the very bottom of the the twist. Apply your detangler to atleast the bottom part of your twist. Unpick/unravel this area first then take out the rest of the twist.


I use to take my fingers and pull the 2 strands apart about 1 inch up from the end of my twists. This caused my hair to form a tight knot at the end of my twists and I'd often have to rip or cut my hair out. Since coming to my senses, I don't have this problem anymore.

I hope this helps at least 1 person to retain their growth

Lys

 

[Buttercreme]

^^^ Found this out the hard way too. It does make a big difference.

 

[bablou00]

A natural hair expo sounds great. Wish we were having one here.

Ladies, how often are you actually washing your hair? Some of you are stretching your twists for 4 weeks. Are you not washing your hair for four weeks? I have no problems with it. I'm taking notes.

Hey Yodie! I cowash my hair daily when in twist and Im one of the ones that keep them in longer then 2wks at a time. I dont scrub my scalp so basically Im just rinsing my hair. I shampoo or ACV rinse every other wk or when I feel like my scalp is really dirty. But I think the conditoner alone does just fine. I workout and sweat a lot and my face breaks out or some reason if I dont wash my hair...build up I guess.

Here are the pics from the wedding. I twisted out on Saturday morning and was excited with the results. I used my shea butter and coconut oil mix and started from the top of each twist. I didnt seperate them after because I didnt want frizzes. I had a couple that were frizzy so I just retwisted them smaller and took them out before I left the house. I kept the front out for a little but was tired of hair hanging on my forehead so I pinned the front back. I received a ton of compliments and my BF mom first thing she asked me is if it was my real hair. Another friends mom put her hands all up in my hair while saying it feels so nice ( like she was expecting it to feel differently??)...lol!! I don't mind because all my hometown friends are WW and Im just to the questions, comments and remarks. All in all it was a great night. I havent decided when Im going to twist up again. It will either be tomorrow night or Tuesday when I get home from the airport. Here are the results...more in my fotki

 

[yodie]

bablou00, you and your hair are just gorgeous!! just gorgeous!! did I say gorgeous?
Your pics from the wedding are gorgeous!

I apply a nettle tea rinse to my scalp daily, but that's about it. The next time I wear a twist out I won't separate the twists. Maybe that's the main cause of my frizzies. My goal is to learn how to do a great twist/twist out. I'm still learning.

 

[Buttercreme]

I'm taking my hair loose tonight because I'm going to a natural hair expo in the DFW area tomorrow. Gotta rock the big hair! I posted the info. for it below, I've never been b4 so I"m not sure what it's like but I haven't been in that type of environment since moving from the DC area and I miss it. I hope to me some cool people and maybe find a stylist!

Sunday 11/8
Natural Beauty Expo
Desoto Civic Center
211 E. Pleasant Run
Desoto, TX 75115

1-6pm

Ms Lala,

Were you at the Hair Expo today?

I only stayed for about an hour. How did you like it?

 

[Ms Lala]

Hey Yodie! I cowash my hair daily when in twist and Im one of the ones that keep them in longer then 2wks at a time. I dont scrub my scalp so basically Im just rinsing my hair. I shampoo or ACV rinse every other wk or when I feel like my scalp is really dirty. But I think the conditoner alone does just fine. I workout and sweat a lot and my face breaks out or some reason if I dont wash my hair...build up I guess.

Here are the pics from the wedding. I twisted out on Saturday morning and was excited with the results. I used my shea butter and coconut oil mix and started from the top of each twist. I didnt seperate them after because I didnt want frizzes. I had a couple that were frizzy so I just retwisted them smaller and took them out before I left the house. I kept the front out for a little but was tired of hair hanging on my forehead so I pinned the front back. I received a ton of compliments and my BF mom first thing she asked me is if it was my real hair. Another friends mom put her hands all up in my hair while saying it feels so nice ( like she was expecting it to feel differently??)...lol!! I don't mind because all my hometown friends are WW and Im just to the questions, comments and remarks. All in all it was a great night. I havent decided when Im going to twist up again. It will either be tomorrow night or Tuesday when I get home from the airport. Here are the results...more in my fotki

You look beautiful! Your hair looks great and the color dress you are wearing is very flattering

 

[productjunkie814]

I'm not part of the challenge, but I do have an untwisting tip. Now this might be blatantly obvious to most of you but for the few of us that don't know any better...


When untwisting, start from the very bottom of the the twist. Apply your detangler to atleast the bottom part of your twist. Unpick/unravel this area first then take out the rest of the twist.


I use to take my fingers and pull the 2 strands apart about 1 inch up from the end of my twists. This caused my hair to form a tight knot at the end of my twists and I'd often have to rip or cut my hair out. Since coming to my senses, I don't have this problem anymore.

I hope this helps at least 1 person to retain their growth

Lys

I'm going to have to try this when I take my twists out! It sounds so rational, I don't know why I haven't been doing it this way from the beginning! Thank you!

And babalou, I haven't seen the entire dress from the wedding pictures you have up, but I'm pretty sure I need it in my life.

 

[Ms Lala]

Ms Lala,

Were you at the Hair Expo today?

I only stayed for about an hour. How did you like it?

Yeah I went for about an hour. It was nice to be around fellow naturals. I got there around 4:15 or so. I got some good info. and plan to connect w/some of the vendors later. It was kind of crowded at the couple of tables I was interested in and I didn't feel like pushing through people.

 

[Buttercreme]

Yeah I went for about an hour. It was nice to be around fellow naturals. I got there around 4:15 or so. I got some good info. and plan to connect w/some of the vendors later. It was kind of crowded at the couple of tables I was interested in and I didn't feel like pushing through people.

I left before you got there. It was wonderful to see so many beautiful natural heads in one place. I kinda felt outta place with my semi-straight hair . By the time I left it was getting very loud and crowded, hard to hear the speakers.

 

[bablou00]

bablou00, you and your hair are just gorgeous!! just gorgeous!! did I say gorgeous?
Your pics from the wedding are gorgeous!

I apply a nettle tea rinse to my scalp daily, but that's about it. The next time I wear a twist out I won't separate the twists. Maybe that's the main cause of my frizzies. My goal is to learn how to do a great twist/twist out. I'm still learning.

Thanks so much we had a good time! Have u tried using a butter or oil when you do a twist out. That might help with the frizz. You will learn daily what your hair likes and dislikes you just have to keep on trying. This is my first for real twist out and I did not know what to expect from the results. If it didnt turn out they way I would like I would just try again next time. I would watch a lot of videos before I chopped to see how others were twisting and what they did when they did a twist out. Good luck to you sister!

You look beautiful! Your hair looks great and the color dress you are wearing is very flattering

Thank you! Im normally in black for weddings or something dark. This was bright but fun.

I'm going to have to try this when I take my twists out! It sounds so rational, I don't know why I haven't been doing it this way from the beginning! Thank you!

And babalou, I haven't seen the entire dress from the wedding pictures you have up, but I'm pretty sure I need it in my life.

Haha...I bought it last year from Banana Republic Im sure its from their bridesmaid line This was the first time I wore it and it actually worked well with the belt I purchased. Im a sucker for dresses

 

[rsmith]

bablou00

Your hair looks great. I am checking in. My twist are down and I am wearing twistouts. I will be retwisting this week. I will post.

 

[sheava]

Hey Yodie! I cowash my hair daily when in twist and Im one of the ones that keep them in longer then 2wks at a time. I dont scrub my scalp so basically Im just rinsing my hair. I shampoo or ACV rinse every other wk or when I feel like my scalp is really dirty. But I think the conditoner alone does just fine. I workout and sweat a lot and my face breaks out or some reason if I dont wash my hair...build up I guess.

Here are the pics from the wedding. I twisted out on Saturday morning and was excited with the results. I used my shea butter and coconut oil mix and started from the top of each twist. I didnt seperate them after because I didnt want frizzes. I had a couple that were frizzy so I just retwisted them smaller and took them out before I left the house. I kept the front out for a little but was tired of hair hanging on my forehead so I pinned the front back. I received a ton of compliments and my BF mom first thing she asked me is if it was my real hair. Another friends mom put her hands all up in my hair while saying it feels so nice ( like she was expecting it to feel differently??)...lol!! I don't mind because all my hometown friends are WW and Im just to the questions, comments and remarks. All in all it was a great night. I havent decided when Im going to twist up again. It will either be tomorrow night or Tuesday when I get home from the airport. Here are the results...more in my fotki

Very pretty! I love your twist out.

 

[Soliel185]

OK! I got my pics uploaded:

Started with clean, damp hair. I washed with my shikakai bar, then left in some Suave Topical Coconut and sealed with my coconut/olive oil mixture.

Started twisting away....I used IC Hair Polisher Gel to grab the baby hairs and smooth my roots in.

Here's a close-up of the hair I used - B.Marley Pony 19" Vienna Brand:

I started rodding the ends the next day - it took me 5-6hrs to do the twists the day before.

Uncurled side / Curled Side

The twists were waist length in the back and it was too much hair for me so I chopped off about 4" this AM.

There are more pics in my fotki. This is my first set of kinky twists, and the only time that I've added extensions by myself. Some of them you can clearly see where my hair ends, but the worst of it is hidden, and I'm hoping that as they age they'll look better. I intend to redo them as I go anyway.

 

[yodie]

bablou00, thanks for mentioning hair butter. I tried using shea butter (mixed w/oil) for my twists and I really didn't notice anything great. Your post prompted me to grab my mango butter and re-twist. What a difference. My hair loves this stuff. Can't wait to see what my twist out looks like this weekend.

Soliel185, your hair looks great. You can do no wrong hairwise. Lol!! Did you twist your hair from start to finish or started by braiding it and then twisting the rest?

 

[vainღ♥♡jane]

bablou your hair is so pretty!

i've been peeking in this challenge occasionally; i can't wait to be natural. i may just try this challenge next year.​

 

[Soliel185]

bablou00, thanks for mentioning hair butter. I tried using shea butter (mixed w/oil) for my twists and I really didn't notice anything great. Your post prompted me to grab my mango butter and re-twist. What a difference. My hair loves this stuff. Can't wait to see what my twist out looks like this weekend.

Soliel185, your hair looks great. You can do no wrong hairwise. Lol!! Did you twist your hair from start to finish or started by braiding it and then twisting the rest?

I braided the root and twisted the length. I do that a lot of the time with my normal twists b/c it keeps them neater.

 

[loolalooh]

Hey...Glad to see you!! What was the frustration?



Thank you. And yes, don't sleep on baking soda

Hey girl. I had worn the twistout a little too long (some days), so by the time it came to twisting again, my hair was a little detangled. That's what I get for being lazy. Lol.

 

[loolalooh]

CHECKIN: Okay, I've been MIA again. Bear with me ladies; it's been a tough month. Anyway, once again, everyone's hair is looking GORGEOUS! After the 5 weeks in twists, I did this twistout (with a few twists left in there). It wasn't as defined as I usually get it because my twists were super fuzzy at this point:

I wore the twistout for some days. Then I went back to twists. Since then, I've been re-twisting my whole head every 2-4 weeks depending on how I feel. So far it's been working out fine. I now wash bi-weekly instead of weekly.

 

[rsmith]

Hey ladies I am offically out of my twist that lasted 4wks and some days:trampolin. It took me a little longer then usual to detangle but not a lot of knots or dreading up. I actually took my hair down w/o water or oil. It was really soft I think from my previous wash. I sectioned my hair off into 4 puffs and used Reconditioning conditioner to detangle. I realized I have a good thing going w/ my Hello Hydration when it comes to detangling so I will be sticking with that for now on. Then I did some chunkier twist (4hrs) since I plan on taking them down for a wedding on Saturday. My hair has grown a little and its getting really thick. Im a little nervous as this is the first time I will wear my hair out in style w/o twist. Im excited it just hope I dont look too crazy since I havent experimented w styles since Ive chopped. Here are some recent pics of my hair after I took my twist out, after detangling in puffs, and chunky twist. (repost from BC tracker)

OK! I got my pics uploaded:

Started with clean, damp hair. I washed with my shikakai bar, then left in some Suave Topical Coconut and sealed with my coconut/olive oil mixture.

Started twisting away....I used IC Hair Polisher Gel to grab the baby hairs and smooth my roots in.

Here's a close-up of the hair I used - B.Marley Pony 19" Vienna Brand:

I started rodding the ends the next day - it took me 5-6hrs to do the twists the day before.

Uncurled side / Curled Side

The twists were waist length in the back and it was too much hair for me so I chopped off about 4" this AM.

There are more pics in my fotki. This is my first set of kinky twists, and the only time that I've added extensions by myself. Some of them you can clearly see where my hair ends, but the worst of it is hidden, and I'm hoping that as they age they'll look better. I intend to redo them as I go anyway.

Your hair looks great. You did a terrific job!