Question for NATURALS- Twist out diameter vs. natural curl diameter

[♦K.O♦]

In your experience, are your twist outs simply defined versions of your natural curl pattern? Is the diameter the same? Larger? Smaller?

Thanks

 

[Sapphire_chic]

I rarely do twistouts but it would take me ages to make twists that small. I would do a several large twists then separate them

 

[westNDNbeauty]

definitely not defined versions of my natural curl pattern.

twists out curls are much larger than natural curl patter.

see siggy.

 

[Nonie]

In your experience, are your twist outs simply defined versions of your natural curl pattern? Is the diameter the same? Larger? Smaller?

Thanks

It all depends on the size of the twists. If a 4B person did very tiny twists, the twist-out may have the same diameter as the natural hair pattern. But if the person did fat twists, the diameter of the twist out would be different and much bigger than curl pattern.

4B hair responds to the style you wear it in. If it's worn in a fat braid, you'll get big waves. If worn in small braids, you'd get tiny waves.

So there's no set rule on size of diameter one gets in twist-outs for their natural curl pattern. It's the size of the twists that determines what the twist-out diameter will be.

 

[♦K.O♦]

Thank you for all of the responses so far.

I know it sounds like a silly question. It is just that I am noticing that my flat twist-outs on wet hair do nothing for my natural hair, even though my relaxed hair takes the shape of the twist (I am currently transitioning).

Perhaps it has something to do with my hair not being fully dry when I take out the twists, but my natural hair will look JUST like it does when it dries free form and the relaxed hair will be twisted. So I was wondering whether twist-outs would work better for my natural hair once the relaxed ends are gone (which wont be happening any time soon).

 

[Nonie]

Thank you for all of the responses so far.

I know it sounds like a silly question. It is just that I am noticing that my flat twist-outs on wet hair do nothing for my natural hair, even though my relaxed hair takes the shape of the twist (I am currently transitioning).

Perhaps it has something to do with my hair not being fully dry when I take out the twists, but my natural hair will look JUST like it does when it dries free form and the relaxed hair will be twisted. So I was wondering whether twist-outs would work for me better once the relaxed ends are gone (which wont be happening any time soon).

That is the reason. Think about it, when you twist your hair, you're manipulating it from it's normal shape into the shape of the twist. For that to show, the hair has to SET in that shape. For it to set, it has to dry completely. After all, when you want to change it, you'd just need to wet your hair for the "set" to be lost, so if you take the twists out before your hair is completely dry, then the "set" has not happened, so your hair flops back to what it'd have done anyway had you not twisted.

 

[♦K.O♦]

That is the reason. Think about it, when you twist your hair, you're manipulating it from it's normal shape into the shape of the twist. For that to show, the hair has to SET in that shape. For it to set, it has to dry completely. After all, when you want to change it, you'd just need to wet your hair for the "set" to be lost, so if you take the twists out before your hair is completely dry, then the "set" has not happened, so your hair flops back to what it'd have done anyway had you not twisted.

Who knew that being 90% dry versus 100% would make such a big difference!

Well now I know. It's just hard to get 100 % dry overnight.

 

[MsBoinglicious]

I do small-medium twist and they come out the same curl size as my natural pattern. (shrinkage and all).

*twist out pic in siggy*

 

[Nonie]

Who knew that being 90% dry versus 100% would make such a big difference!

Well now I know. It's just hard to get 100 % dry overnight.

Yes, it makes a difference. And it is true it's not easy to dry 100% overnight, which is why when I plan on doing a braid-out, I wear a style I could go out with so that I can sport it for a day or so while my hair dries. Usually this is the style I wear:

If I wait a couple of days before undoing, I get a beautiful braid-out:

But notice the flop I get when I undo my hair before it's fully dry:

 

[Je Ne Sais Quoi]

When doing a twistout at night try not to have the hair so wet. Just damp. Also, if you need to in the morning grab your diffuser and dry the hair the rest of the way. Don't take it down while still damp or you will have issues.

 

[BlackMasterPiece]

The twist-out curls are always way larger then my natural tiny coils.