Impromtu Protective Style : Chunky Kinky Twists
It was night time, and the plan was to retwist my hair using Beautè Organics Styling Butter. But, that did not go as plan. Yesterday, I did some crotchet braids and cornrows on my friend's hair. I'm practicing my skill at crotchet braiding. I fell in love with the extension hair she got. It was so soft and light.
So... I decided to install chunky kinky twists. It took me about 2 hours to complete the twist and the fishtail braid.
I used the invisible parting method to install the twists. Click here to watch.
I used 2 and a half bags of "Dios Fine fiber Mali Twist Braid". I used 2 colors F1B/30 and 1.
Process
- Section hair into 5 sections, 2 in front, 1 at the crown and 2 at the back
- Starting from the back, take a small section of hair, moisturizing by spritzing with our hair spritz.
- Moisturize it with Beautè Organics Styling Butter
- Add my DIY Rollerset Lotion
- And twist
I alternated between the two different color to give it a different look.
One reason why I do not wear extensions a lot is because my scalp is quite tender and I find that the styles pull too much on the edges and scalp. For this style, I did not make the roots tight.
My plan is to wear this style for at least 2 weeks and at most 4 weeks.
How I moisturize my twists
Wow, 2 hours not bad at all! I've seen the invisible parting method and that's what I would do! I don't know how to install braids or twists but that method seems pretty easy! I had kinky twists for the 1st time and only in 2006, I believe it was my 2nd time having extensions(Sola I had a braided extension nightmare a few years before that, lol) and I agree they do pull on your edges! I'm not tender headed but I am hesitant about extensions because of the whole edge pulling but like I was saying earlier if I was gonna do it, I'd use this method, it's seems a lot safer on our edges. Great post and fabulous twists, thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThanks. The method I used is very kind to your edges and the roots to each of the twists is VERY loose, almost like loss twists.
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