Monthly Archives: January 2012

Twisted Updo

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I still have my mini twists in. I feel the need to wash them although they look fine. I actually retwisted my first row of twists last night. I feel like I can smell the oils in my hair though and I’m big on smell. I’ve been using my olive oil mix every other day and I’ve even used my Carol’s Daughter Hair Balm. I really dislike the way that product smells though.

Yesterday I decided to try an updo after seeing several people with cute updos. The night before, I rolled my twists on flexirods to stretch them because I noticed they shrank a lot more this time than last time. When I finally took the flexirods out, they were curled, but stretched.

I pinned my hair up with bobby pins and I left one side down as I always do. The style came out really cute and I got a few compliments.

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XOXO,
Rece

Untwisting

I completely forgot to post about my wash day after the last set of twists. It went great! I actually started untwisting my hair on the ride home one day.

When I got home, I doused my hair in coconut oil as my pre poo as continued untwisting. I must say, it was soooo much easier to take out than put in. I had no difficulty untwisting my hair, even without the coconut oil. That was just an added bonus.

My concern was that I would miss a twist (you know I’m good for that) and find it a month later when it’s starting to loc. LOL.

For the most part, I caught all of the twists. There were about 4 that I discovered as I was washing my hair. Those were harder to take out because my hair was already wet and had shampoo in it. I used Kinky Curly Come Clean for that extra clean feeling.

I had them in for about a week, so I think it was worth the trouble. If my scalp didn’t get dirty so quick, I would probably be able to keep styles much longer.

Here’s a pic of the thinness of my current twists. Are they not mini twists? Lol

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The finished product

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XOXO,
Rece