with a twistout. 
Very late Friday night, I washed my hair and fell asleep without getting a chance to do much to it. Saturday morning, I had to go out, but my hair was still wet, so I put it into a side bun. We were out all all day, but when I got home at night, my hair was still quite damp. I haven't done two-strand twists (other than in a ponytail) for years, so I decided to try that. I must have made them too small, or maybe I've been in denial about the amount of post-partum shedding I've had, but the twists looked pretty sad, like anemic wannabe dreads on a balding person. 
So I took out the twists, and was surprised at how much I liked the resulting twistout. I left it out for a few hours, expecting it to shrink up to my shoulders as usual and get poofy, but that did not happen, so I had to take pictures.
I put my hair into a bun of 3 big twists to sleep, and expected to wake up to a poofy mess. To my astonishment, the twistout looked the same the next day, and lasted several days, with relatively little frizz (for me) and poofiness, with minimal upkeep. There was little additional shrinkage; most strands stayed between midback and waist, despite the constant rain and humidity. So I had to take more pictures, on Day 4 of this twistout miracle,
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I only wished I had thought to put rollers on the ends, so that the ends would not have been so scraggly.
To compare, here are pictures of a wash & go, using the same leave-in and oil, in almost fully shrunken, frizzy glory after air-drying for over 24 hours.
Not only did it look frizzier, it *felt* frizzy and wiry, whereas my twistout felt soft, and stayed soft. Clearly, twistouts are the way to go.
Very late Friday night, I washed my hair and fell asleep without getting a chance to do much to it. Saturday morning, I had to go out, but my hair was still wet, so I put it into a side bun. We were out all all day, but when I got home at night, my hair was still quite damp. I haven't done two-strand twists (other than in a ponytail) for years, so I decided to try that. I must have made them too small, or maybe I've been in denial about the amount of post-partum shedding I've had, but the twists looked pretty sad, like anemic wannabe dreads on a balding person. So I took out the twists, and was surprised at how much I liked the resulting twistout. I left it out for a few hours, expecting it to shrink up to my shoulders as usual and get poofy, but that did not happen, so I had to take pictures.I put my hair into a bun of 3 big twists to sleep, and expected to wake up to a poofy mess. To my astonishment, the twistout looked the same the next day, and lasted several days, with relatively little frizz (for me) and poofiness, with minimal upkeep. There was little additional shrinkage; most strands stayed between midback and waist, despite the constant rain and humidity. So I had to take more pictures, on Day 4 of this twistout miracle,
.I only wished I had thought to put rollers on the ends, so that the ends would not have been so scraggly.
To compare, here are pictures of a wash & go, using the same leave-in and oil, in almost fully shrunken, frizzy glory after air-drying for over 24 hours.
Not only did it look frizzier, it *felt* frizzy and wiry, whereas my twistout felt soft, and stayed soft. Clearly, twistouts are the way to go.
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How much shrinkage do you usually get?
Your hair looks healthy and thick! Great job on your twist out!
