Newbie and need style help!

[soaries]

Hello, ladies! I have been lurking for some time now, and just wanted to say HEY! Here is a little about me! I am relaxed with type 4a/b hair. I have been successfully growing my hair for the last two years with the help of several hair boards. I am confessing to being a hair obsessed product junkie! There I said it!

Ok ladies, I have a party to go to this weekend and need a hairstyle! I love my hair wavy, but can only seem to achieve this by having my hair crimped. This Saturday, will be eight weeks since my last relaxer. I am really trying to hold out on getting another relaxer until 14 weeks. I have tryed co washes and air drying but my hair turns into a big bush! I have tryed braid outs, turns out the same. What is the key? Plz help ladies, need to figure out something fast!

Thanks in advance!

Sonya

 

[karezone]

braid outs are good for that wavy/curly look. Be forewarned they take forever to dry.

 

[RabiaElaine]

Hey girl...welcome

I actually have a great solution to your problem. Well it worked for me and a couple of my friends anyway.

I call it a twist-out:
-You wash and condition as normal
-Apply your favorite hair oil and some sort of curl defining product (I like one by citrus-shine)
-Then do a two-strand twist as a cornrow. It is attached to your head just like a cornrow might be but it is a two-stand twist instead of a braid. Do the twist cornrow straightback, and twist the ends that hang off of head as well and secure.
-Let hair dry COMPLETELY .
-Apply some oil to your fingers and careful unravel each twist, without disturbing the curl pattern that has been created.
-Finger style, but not too much or you'll make it frizzy.

The size and number of twists depend on how large you want the waves/curls to be.

I personally prefer the outcome of this style to crimping.
Plus it has the added benefit of applying no heat to hair.

Hope this helps

 

[pebbles]

Hi Sonya,

Welcome to the board!

If you take a look at Brownrelaxedhair's photo album, she did a braid out using S-curl and her hair came out very nice. Here's a link to her album. It's the last two pictures. BRH Hair Album

BRH, hope you don't mind.

 

[foxybronx]

I haven't had must sucess with the braid out...I only got it right one time. I just wanted to welcome you to the club

 

[sweetcocoa]

Hi, I just want to say welcome. I'm natural and I don't have luck with braid outs either although I must admit
RabiaElaine's technique(flat twists) sounds like it would be good. I'm gonna try it myself...

 

[Allandra]

Welcome to the board sonya.