Day 1 - Mini Twists |
Naptural85 was able to leave her twists in for a few weeks, but I was only aiming for 7 days at the very most. I kept my twists in for 4 days which was the longest I've worn any style. I was not only proud of myself, but thrilled at the mini break from daily styling. While my hair was twisted I followed Naptural85's method of wrapping my twists at night (similar to how I would wrap my relaxed hair), and used bobby pins to secure the style. This helped to stretch my twists and give some volume.
I wrapped my twists at night and secured with bobby pins |
Since my hair is so fine I noticed that by the 3rd day of doing the "wrap at night" method, my hair was super stretched but had very little curl.
Day 3 - My twists were limp and lifeless. You can see how super stretched some pieces were in the back. |
Day 4 - After washing my twists they were plump again, but the roots were loose so I decided to take them down. Please ignore the deodorant marks lol |
In terms of the products I used for my twists - - since my hair was already washed and dry in a day old twist-out, I used a spray bottle of water to dampen each section, detangle, and used my Shea Moisture Curl Enhancing Smoothie, sealing my ends with Lisa's Hair Elixir by Carol's Daughter (probably my favorite oil mix out... and this stuff lasts forever! I've had 1 bottle for over a year).
My girlfriend Sexyandthechi also gave mini twists a try after seeing the video, but her goals were way more ambitious than mine - - she wanted to keep her twists in for a few weeks! Did anyone else treat themselves to a hair break by doing mini twists?