PIC REQUEST! Bantu Knot Outs

[davisbr88]

MsLizziA
I think I am going to try a bantu knot out on unstretched hair in a couple of weeks for Thanksgiving so I will post pictures then because I am curious to see how it would turn out. I could never do them on my transitioning hair - they always ended up looking all kinds of crazy - but I'm hoping I can do them now. And if I can do them without having to stretch, that will probably be how I wear my hair ALL the time. It'd be so convenient.

 

[Phaer]

at that last picture, awesome.

um I hope mine are okay, in the first one I had two big bantu knots and in the second 4
on dry hair that was dampened a bit

botched bantu knot out. the sides came out unmatching (one side was much more tightly curled) i had four bantu knots on each side, this is my right side here, this was on wet or damp hair

 

[Phaer]

ok, I am suffering from total hair envy, now I have to go to the confessional.

Bantu knot out on lightly straightened dry hair:

 

[Phaer]

How pretty!

I haven't done these in a while. This is over a year ago I think.

 

[Phaer]

Beautiful, when I grow up I wanna have hair like that.

 

[~Sparklingflame~]

Day before yesterday I tried to do a bantu set on semi wet hair. I really thought I was doing something too. A day and a half later I waited all that time for a disaster of epic proportions. That thang was sooooooo ugly. I know what I did wrong and I am DETERMINED not to let this bantu thing lick me!

 

[davisbr88]

I have my hair drying in bantu knots now, so I will post pics when I take them down tonight. Hopefully they'll be dry by 7 or 8.

 

[Amoreofcurls]

I did my first real successful bantu knot out yesterday

 

[davisbr88]

^^ Beautiful!

 

[Bigmommah]

I did a knot out for Halloween this year.

 

[~Sparklingflame~]

I just did a set and it looks like a flexi rod set!! Who knew!!!!

 

[Uniqzoe]

@Amoreofcurls, that looks great! I also love the picture in your siggy.

 

[Amoreofcurls]

@Amoreofcurls, that looks great! I also love the picture in your siggy.

Thanx!! :wink2:

 

[Lady_q_tee]

This is beautiful, your hair has so much body and thickness.

 

[lilsparkle825]

it's some beautiful hurr in here. once this braid n curl gets old, i may do a bantu knot out on it.

 

[~marti26.]

This is actually a bantu braid out several months ago.

 

[Truth]

have yet to achieve this with natural hair... I'm thinking once I take these twist out, it will be done on slightly damp and maybe banded hair.. iono... I think this style just works best when the hair is straighter or blown out..my relaxed bantu's were bomb.. natural not so much

 

[Janet']

I have never attempted Bantu knot-outs, but ya'll have me wanting to try!

 

[ChristmasCarol]

DD#3 - This is on blow-dried hair. I used 7 knots for a looser wave.

Sorry for the big pics!

 

[ChristmasCarol]

DD#2 - This is from about a year ago. I'd just cut half her length to ease her transition w/o a BC, so her length was 1/2 natural and 1/2 relaxed. We used IC Serum on damp hair and made 17-20 knots. She wore her hair in knots and bunned for most of the year and now she is back to APL with only about 3 inches of relaxed hair. We'll cut them off in the spring!

ETA: Her nape was 100% natural, which is why it tapers in the back.

 

[rainbowknots]

For me I have to do them on dry or only slightly damp hair because they take FOREVER to dry! I also like the way they look when I straighten it first. Which is what I did in the pics below and in my siggy. HTH.

This is so pretty, how many bantu knots did you do to get this look?

 

[vainღ♥♡jane]

these are so pretty ♥

 

[sungtongs]

how many knots did each of you ladies do?
and was there a pattern you followed?

 

[BullGirl2010]

Oh my lawd I totally forgot that I had achieved a semi successful bantu knot out a year ago...

kmn1980 I did exactly what you advised and it did come out better than a regular bantu knot out...Uniqzoe you are totally right, I remember that it did come out better on dry hair...

This is exactly what happend

I did the first set on wet hair

It came out a hot mess because my roots just did not dry

So I let my hair dry, and since it was somewhat stretched out, I did bigger knots on my dry hair

and got this...way better than the first result

I had issues with the way it was falling, it just wasnt uniform enough (tips on that please?) So I just did an updo with it...

Beeeaaauuutttiifffuulll!!!

 

[motherpopcorn562]

I have a good one in my profile. I also started doing it on straightened hair and it comes out like beach waves. Its also nice because I can go out with bantu knots whereas I cant with rollers.

 

[Rocky91]

i love these!!!!
i def like them better when my hair is at least partially stretched.
all these pretty pics have inspired me to get up and do something other than this tired wet bun for thanksgiving

 

[vainღ♥♡jane]

wow. i forgot i even had these. i really need to look through my fotki more often. ♥

 

[Afrobuttafly]

Wow..you ladies have some beautiful knot outs. I love BKO's but I haven't done them in a little while. I think I'll go do them now. =] My hair is freshly washed but almost dry..just a teenie bit damp in some areas. If I do them on wet hair they take 2247365 hours to dry. I'll try to come back and post pics of my results. Doing them on unstretched natural hair btw. Me likey this thread.

 

[200AndOne]

Flat ironed hair. The 2nd one is the next day after the curls had begun to fall a bit.

 

[~Sparklingflame~]

Im having a problem with the parts showing. Do ya'll know how to get rid of that? Well....hmmm...maybe I shouldnt put an actual part in it!!! Just grab and twist?!? Ding ding ding! I may have just answered my own question!