What I've been Upto

Hi People!! 

To begin blogging again, I decided to share pictures of hairstyles I did while I was away.

 First, lets begin with my favorite length retention style, the loose twist. I got tired of styling my hair and decided to put this in and maintain it for one month.

 Sadly, the weather wasn't so kind and I had to wash my hair before scratching out each strand after the first week. Washing my loose twists revealed that I could pretend to have what looks like sister locks. After washing the twists in sections (braided sections), I applied a special gel given to me by Natural Nigerian to reduce frizz. The gel was great as it left my hair soft (no scrunchy feeling) and gave a bit of hold but my fine hair strands refused to be completely tamed (see pic. below). Some of the twists got loosened, especially the ones at the back where my coils are a bit more loose and finer than the other hair strands.
From afar people thought I had dreads but up close they realized it was rough looking twists. Nice cheat:) Don't you just love the versatility natural hair brings?

I really loved the frizzy look and was intent on maintaining it for 3 more weeks but then I had an interview and had no choice but to take it down :(.

 

Thanks for helping me out Bri...we should do this more often ^_^

 Nice bun shey?  (How to coming up soon)

 

 Since my hair was clean but a bit dry, I decided to moisturize using just water. Working in sections, I sprayed water on hair, smoothed on some coconut oil, and braided.  Below is the result.

So what gave me this much hold and definition?

Remember I applied some NN gel on my hair after washing the loose twists? Plus some hair strands were still clumped together after detangling (see fro pic.above). 

Clumped hair strands +hair gel = hair definition.

 I was able to keep my hair moisturized  for as long as two weeks by spraying just water on it  and sealing with pure coconut oil when it was dry. Keeping my ends tucked in and away from the unforgiving sun also did a lot of good.

 Finally, I stretched out my hair and did this awesome flat twists. Never done one like it before.

 

This style if properly  maintained can last for 3 days without restyling.

 I'll stop here for now and tomorrow, I would tell you about my visit to a salon and the trouble it caused me.