Twist/Braid/Bun for Growth Challenge (4/1/2012 - 6/30/2012)

TruMe said:
OK, so here goes the pics. Just doesn't seem to work for me I guess. :nono: I have them pulled back right now.
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If you don't want them, I will take them :yep: They hang, they all go in the same direction and they are medium size. Yep, I will take them gladly.
 
Ive been jumping in and out of this challenge. Here are the twists I did Sunday night:

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I would like to join this challenge. I will be a year natural in mid June and I have had progress but I have had to do trims along the way.

I must admit that I have HIH syndrom and this has not help my ends. As well as me not being consistent.

I am now focus and I have trimmed my ends. I am looking forward to this fresh start. I just finish twisting my hair up.

I am definitely nervous abouy wearing them out in public, but I am determine to make it work.

I really don't have a regimen. I am doing the CG method and I was cowashing and wearing WnG's.

I don't use shampoo but if I feel my hair needs a deep cleansing I will use a sulfate shampoo which could be every other month.

Now that I have twist in, I won't cowash every other day. Instead I will cowash/shampoo depending on how my hair feels. DC and do an HOT and put my hair back in twist.

Now on to the pics. Don't laugh at my twist. I only have a TWA.



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I've been bunning straight since Saturday but I've been changing it a little each day. I may get my hair done tomorrow if not I will keep bunning straight thru the wknd.
 
destine2grow said:
I would like to join this challenge. I will be a year natural in mid June and I have had progress but I have had to do trims along the way.

I must admit that I have HIH syndrom and this has not help my ends. As well as me not being consistent.

I am now focus and I have trimmed my ends. I am looking forward to this fresh start. I just finish twisting my hair up.

I am definitely nervous abouy wearing them out in public, but I am determine to make it work.

I really don't have a regimen. I am doing the CG method and I was cowashing and wearing WnG's.

I don't use shampoo but if I feel my hair needs a deep cleansing I will use a sulfate shampoo which could be every other month.

Now that I have twist in, I won't cowash every other day. Instead I will cowash/shampoo depending on how my hair feels. DC and do an HOT and put my hair back in twist.

Now on to the pics. Don't laugh at my twist. I only have a TWA.



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destine2grow, I completely understand your feelings about wearing twists in public. I felt the exact same way when I first started. I ONLY wore twist-outs. Then one day I simply didn't have time to undo them, and everyone LOVED them. They thought the style was phenomenal, and even though I still wasn't comfortable, I just forced myself to get over it :look:. They were shorter than yours are now. If you just push through it, you'll be fine. They look really good on you, you did an excellent job, so go out and rock them with confidence :grin:!
 
Ronnieaj awwww thanks for the kind words. I actually went out today with them. I felt uncomfortable but it was not that bad.

However, I did have an hater. My uncles ex wife ask me if I had dreads and than proceeded to tell me how I should do my hair and what products to use.

Mind you she does have APL hair and it is healthy. She has always had long hair and goes to the salon.

My kids and I are invited to her daughters b'day party and I started contemplating taking the twist out but I took my time and I like them so I am going to wear them.

If they start talking ish, my kids and I are going to leave.
 
Hey ladies... I'm finally back on the ball. I'm still pretty sick, but I plan to shampoo, steam, and deeeeeep condition my hair. I'm so excited to finally baby hair again. Right now, I am pre-pooing overnight with coconut, hemp, and castor oil. Yum.
 
destine2grow said:
@Ronnieaj awwww thanks for the kind words. I actually went out today with them. I felt uncomfortable but it was not that bad.

However, I did have an hater. My uncles ex wife ask me if I had dreads and than proceeded to tell me how I should do my hair and what products to use.

Mind you she does have APL hair and it is healthy. She has always had long hair and goes to the salon.

My kids and I are invited to her daughters b'day party and I started contemplating taking the twist out but I took my time and I like them so I am going to wear them.

If they start talking ish, my kids and I are going to leave.
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Don't let them determine your day, just say "thank you for sharing," wait 2 blinks, then continue on with a pointedly different conversation. :brucelee:
 
The plan was to Dc in braids and then rebraid each braid. That sounded good but not workable. The braids looked worse. My hair is this very strange sandy color now :perplexed: No idea why but it makes the braids look crappier than it did last week.

So anyway. Took out each braid, moisturized and sealed and turned them into twists. My twists came out nice and full. And they have some hang.

I don't know why I am struggling so much with this length. Somehow I need to get a grip and get past this time.
 
faithVA I'm sure your hair looks beautiful. That's a nudge to post pics of said twists with nice hang :look:

I washed my twists tonight...i love the look/hang of wet freshly cleansed twists. I put a plastic cap over them...not sure why, but why not? lol
 
Ahhh... these cornrows are over 1 week old... Too lazy to wash my hair... (Thinkn about DC'ing tires me.. lol... ) Maybe I'll keep 'em in another week...
 
judy4all said:
Ahhh... these cornrows are over 1 week old... Too lazy to wash my hair... (Thinkn about DC'ing tires me.. lol... ) Maybe I'll keep 'em in another week...
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judy4all You know, you could to a sneak DC by dampening your cornrows then putting a leave in conditioner on them. You wouldn't even need to use a lot. I'd focus on the ends. Put a scarf on for 20-30 minutes and when you take it off your corn rows would look refreshed with a minimum of fuss and bother.:eyebrows2
 
I found a really cute twisted style for summer. I can imagine a thousand variations what do you ladies think?

http://youtu.be/SZvSKwz5kaY


Also, I think I found my go to style for wet hair. I colored my hair in preparation for my trip. I'm leaving for an Alaskan cruise tomorrow yay! I've had this style in my look book for a while, but I was reminded of it on LHC. It's really just 2 french braids with the ends interwoven with the braids to form a bun.

Habioku's bun in the video is much larger than mine, but I was able to color my hair then do the interlaced braid on damp hair then go out and run some errands without a hat and without feeling uncomfortable.

Last night I put on my satin bonnet and went to sleep. This morning the braids look just fine so I'm just going to leave my hair alone today. I think I'll be wearing this one to work on the really hot days.

http://youtu.be/8tQ5W0uI-2Y
 
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kinkycurlygurl said:
I found a really cute twisted style for summer. I can imagine a thousand variations what do you ladies think?

http://youtu.be/SZvSKwz5kaY


Also, I think I found my go to style for wet hair. I colored my hair in preparation for my trip. I'm leaving for an Alaskan cruise tomorrow yay! I've had this style in my look book for a while, but I was reminded of it on LHC. It's really just 2 french braids with the ends interwoven with the braids to form a bun.

Habioku's bun in the video is much larger than mine, but I was able to color my hair then do the interlaced braid on damp hair then go out and run some errands without a hat and without feeling uncomfortable.

Last night I put on my satin bonnet and went to sleep. This morning the braids look just fine so I'm just going to leave my hair alone today. I think I'll be wearing this one to work on the really hot days.

http://youtu.be/8tQ5W0uI-2Y
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I think it looks nice. Would love to see some of your variations if you do them.
 
I washed my hair yesterday. I dc with steam and then blow dryed after letting the hair airdry for a few hours.

Lately I don't have the energy to twist or braid my entire hair so here is my lazy girl style. I'm gonna re-dye my hair in July/August after I take my weave out
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No pics this time. My hair didn't make it to the morning. My hair was really soft so my twists unraveled at the root. So trying to figure someway to salvage them.
 
Wash day went really well today... I mixed my protein and moisture DC's together.... applied my coconut and sunflower mix to my hair then applied the DC mix liberally to my cornrows, and covered with a plastic cap for 45 minutes.

I rinsed out thoroughly (I didn't shampoo at all.. wasnt worried about messing up the cornrows cos I planned to redo them).... and then scarfed and let the cornrows dry ... as soon as they dried, I took them out one by one, detangled, and re-did the cornrows... shedding was not bad at all.. no complaints...
 
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