In case you missed it, I was featured on Hairscapades yesterday for my Dry Bantu Knot Out. I wore that style for the day, then decide to take a nap. I tried the pineappling method, but with 3 pineapples since my hair is shorter. When I woke up later to go out, I decided to fluff and separate my hair and it came out fantastic! Don’t mind the fact that I’m messy, I was at j’ouvert for Labor Day weekend.

For this week, I’ve been bunning. Today is actually day 3 having a bun. Honestly, I hate it. It’s just a plain bun, no pizazz. Maybe I’ll try something different next week.

I’ve been dousing my hair with oil and then bunning it. It’s a mix of a few different types of oils and my hair is not even oily. My hair is sucking it up faster that I can put it in. I guess that answers my questions about why my hair felt so dry.

A friend of mine did a really nice style on her daughters hair. I’ll probably attempt it this weekend. Her daughter has much more length than I do, but it’s a protective style that can probably last a while (she leaves it in for 3 weeks). It’s also very versatile. I would post a pic or two, but I don’t want to put her child on the internet. I basically fell in love with the style and with her daughters hair. I suggested she quit her day job and do hair instead. =)

XOXO,
Rece

I’ve been meaning to try Bantu Knots for a long time. I just knew that if I did them, my hair would never dry. Recently, I saw a pic of my friend and her hair looked fabulous. I asked her what she did to her hair and she told me that she dries it some, then two strand twists it, then Bantu Knots it. I don’t know why it never occurred to me to do Bantu knots on dry hair, but I decided to try it last night.

I twisted my hair with some Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Curls – Creme Brule. I did a bunch of Bantu Knots. I wasn’t sure how big or small I should do them. I tend to do my twists smaller than most people because I feel like my hair gets too frizzy when I do bigger twists and have to separate them. I like good definition in my styles. In any case, I did my Bantu Knots slightly bigger than the sections I usually use. It was pretty quick and easy. I had to use a bobby pin to for about three of the twists because the ends just weren’t staying tucked in.

Here are the two strand twists in Bantu Knots…

This morning I unravelled and untwisted and this is what I got. Unfluffed.

…and the final outcome. Usually when you see me with a headband in the front, that means something went wrong with the part that falls in my face. LOL

I think it came out pretty good. I’m not sure what I expected, but I like that the ends are all curled. A lot of times, I end up with straight ends when I do a twistout.

XOXO,
Rece