The best routines i've ever had, was when I used to only do two strand twists. because it wasn't a lot of manipulation. But i have to admit that twists didn't "embrace" my face a lot.
But it was perfect because I just had to spritz/moisturize my hair, sealed the moisture, then put the twists in a bun.
Every other week I unraveled them, did an indian mask, retwist my hair.
Every other week I baggied overnight my hair while in twists.
Now that I don't want to put my hair in twists, i have to learn to style my hair. and my routine has to change too cause i have to have a night routine v_v sometimes it's hard because my hair shrinks to more than 40%. So the best for 4b/4c is to keep it stretched. when hair shrinks, it gets tangled, then there is a nightmare.
my biggest deal is to properly stretch my hair. sometimes just after unravel the braids/twists/threading, it started to shrinks. It annoys me when I want to wear updos, cause it's hard to style shrinked hair (for updos)
but I have no problem with it when I WANT to wear shrinked hairstyles(twistout done on wet hair)
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Newtogrow, i like to wear wigs by winter. or yarn twists.
my staples products are indian powders, flaxseed gel(keep hair soft and moisturized without weigh it, and without a greasy/waxy feeling.
black molasses too.