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| Since I have already done the Burgundy look, I am switching colors and going with Jet black and T1b Blue!!! How excited am I about this??? VERY!!! |
It has been 7 weeks since I first installed my long and beautiful T1B Burgundy / Scarlet Red kinky twists. I was thinking that I should keep them in for another week, and then give my natural hair a breather for about a month or so!!! It is funny, but I am really REALLY used to wearing my hair like this. So I know that I am going to be missing the convenience of just jumping up and going after I finally take them down!!! But that is okay. I am actually curious to see if I have retained noticeable length after having my hair in this state for almost 2 months.
One thing I will say though... I am starting to get the hang of moisturizing my hair more!!! I am sure that I have kept my hair moisturized with this set of twists far better than I ever have in the past when I used to get my hair braided. ( Back then, I never even washed my braids/ scalp. I just let it do what it did!!! YIKES!!! ) The main thing that I have done differently was washed my scalp and tried to keep my scalp moisturized. I am certain that I have a certain amount of product build up because let's face it... anyone that has had their hair braided or twisted for more than a month has seen some of that weird dust bunny looking stuff keeping the new growth roots locked together. LOL. This time, however , I have discovered a new way to make sure that I do not remove more hair than is necessary from my scalp when I take my twists down.
First - After I separate and remove the extension hair from my hair, I am going to saturate my scalp and the parts of my hair that suffer from the most product build up / dirt /grime and lint with a mixture of apple cider vinegar, water and aloe vera gel. I will make sure that my hair is as close to soaking wet as possible so that I will be able to easily remove everything that does not belong in my hair.
Second - I will finger detangle my hair. It will take some time to get through my roots, but the first order of business is finger detangling enough to be able to separate my hair into 4 large sections. Once I have done that , I will focus on finger detangling each individual section and then twisting the section after it had been finger tangled to my satisfaction. I can then resection the hair into 8 sections to make it easier for me to work through my thick hair.
Third - While the ACV mixture is still in my hair ( if my hair is no longer wet, I will reapply the mixture to my scalp and needed areas ) I will take down the twist separating the part and detangle it once more with my tangle teezer brush. After I am satisfied that my hair is thoroughly detangled, I will place that section in a twist again and start on another section.
Fourth - Once all of my hair has been through steps 1-3, I will apply my deep conditioner to my hair section by section. Cover my head with a plastic bag or a hair cap and let the mixture penetrate my hair and scalp for 30 - 45 minutes.
Fifth - I will rinse the ACV and deep conditioner treatment out of my hair section by section. After each section has been rinsed completely , I will detangle each section once more with my tangle teezer brush, apply my leave in conditioner and oils , and proceed to style my hair in an easy protective style that keeps the ends of my hair tucked away.
Naturally since I have gone a long while without having my hair trimmed I will check to see if I believe it is necessary to trim my ends. If my ends do not seem drastically jagged, then I will leave them as is. I'll make sure I apply product to the ends and put my hair away. If it looks as if I do need to snip snip some of my ends, then I will make sure to clip the minimal amount. Makes no sense to cut off all of the length that I might have gained just to make my hair even. So in that case , I will just have to see.
Well, I plan on leaving my hair alone in it's natural state without twists for at least a month to see how well it has done. After a month or so, I will be installing possibly a smaller set of Caribbean Twists using Black N Gold's Caribbean Twists Braid hair. I am sooooo excited about this because the hair is different than the kinky twists, the color is sooo much different, and I am anxious to see how much better I have gotten at being able to install twist extensions.
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That about does it for me today!!! As always I hope you enjoyed reading , and I hope to blog again soon!!!
Previet!!! (^_^)
