LondonDiva
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From the pic I've had my hair in 2 stand twists for 8 days and washed it once so far 3 days ago. With proper care, you could go 2-3 weeks before re-doing it. I'm also a tuff head 4B, my new growth could cut diamonds
Rather than me 'fight' against the texture of my hair during that long stretch, I've decided to give the kinky twists a break and ponytails cause too much tension, plus I get that not-so-sleek pony that doesn't look cute. So over the past week I've been experimenting.
I twisted my own hair in 2 strand twists and have been wearing it like that I even washed it pretty much with ease, with no problem, the daily products I use is Profectiv Breakfree and Elasta QP H-Two, and Mega-Tek on the scalp and the satin scarf to keep the hair looking neat.
Anyway I tried a new 'work style' I took about 10-12 sections of the twists put some breakfree on the hair (especially the ends) and misted it with the h-two and made bantu knots all over for de yardie dem 'chiney bumps' if you don't know what the bantus are. When that was done, sprayed my whole head with h-two, and the scalp too, and put on a scarf. Woke up undid all the bantu's pinned it up with some bobby pins and hey presto, had an off the face, cute curly updo for the day with no tension.
The plus side is with a curly style you can get away with it looking a little unkept kind of adds to the look of it, but as long as it looks moist and has some sheen as opposed to dry it's all good for a stretch.
I'm sure the results would yield great on natural hair or hair without being in 2 strand twists also. I'm going to try this at some point. There are other pics in my album.
http://public.fotki.com/LondonDiva/
Password is in my profile and there are 2 passwords (case sensitive as written in there) Sorry for the 'double lock down' had some b**** of a stalker a while back and taking no more chances.
Rather than me 'fight' against the texture of my hair during that long stretch, I've decided to give the kinky twists a break and ponytails cause too much tension, plus I get that not-so-sleek pony that doesn't look cute. So over the past week I've been experimenting.
I twisted my own hair in 2 strand twists and have been wearing it like that I even washed it pretty much with ease, with no problem, the daily products I use is Profectiv Breakfree and Elasta QP H-Two, and Mega-Tek on the scalp and the satin scarf to keep the hair looking neat.
Anyway I tried a new 'work style' I took about 10-12 sections of the twists put some breakfree on the hair (especially the ends) and misted it with the h-two and made bantu knots all over for de yardie dem 'chiney bumps' if you don't know what the bantus are. When that was done, sprayed my whole head with h-two, and the scalp too, and put on a scarf. Woke up undid all the bantu's pinned it up with some bobby pins and hey presto, had an off the face, cute curly updo for the day with no tension.
The plus side is with a curly style you can get away with it looking a little unkept kind of adds to the look of it, but as long as it looks moist and has some sheen as opposed to dry it's all good for a stretch.
I'm sure the results would yield great on natural hair or hair without being in 2 strand twists also. I'm going to try this at some point. There are other pics in my album.
http://public.fotki.com/LondonDiva/
Password is in my profile and there are 2 passwords (case sensitive as written in there) Sorry for the 'double lock down' had some b**** of a stalker a while back and taking no more chances.
Thank you for sharing this. 
