Another Protective Style for Winter

I had an event to attend on Saturday and I was wondering all week how I would style my hair.  At first I thought about doing two stand twists but I didn't feel like taking the time to do them.  So on Friday night I co-washed my hair and on a whim decided to blow dry it.  Afterwards I flat ironed it and was shocked at how much growth I've gained since the last time I straightened it (see picture below).

Immediately after the event I was worried again about the straight hair.  Was I going to keep it straight (flat iron for church tomorrow).  As my husband and I drove home we decided to stop by the dollar store so I could buy some rollers to set my hair.  The next morning I took the rollers out and rocked my straight hair again.

After church I was ready to do a protective style because honestly I was tired of the hair hanging on my neck.

I finally felt spending the time to do two strand twists.  I didn't co-wash my hair again I just started with the straight hair.  I failed to mention earlier that I used coconut oil on the flat ironed hair. Soooo I went off the deep end and didn't follow my modified curly girl method 0_0.

To do the two strand twists I used the water and Jamaican Mango & Lime Locking Creme Wax.  This is so not curly girl friendly.  It contains petroleum and mineral oil but it smells so good.  The reason I used it was because it would hold the style longer.  As you know Thanksgiving is this week and I'm off from work this week so I definately need a low maintenance style because I plan on getting a lot of much needed rest.

Back to the hair.  My leave-in conditioner wa Biotera Ultra Moisturizing and I used it before I blow dried my hair for the straight style.  This leave-in is super creamy and it leaves your hair sooooo soft. I got it from Sally's so if you buy it make sure its the ultra moisturizing because they have a regular leave-in thats not creamy and thick.

I will try to keep the twist for about 3 weeks.  I will also moisturize with coconut oil and if needed I will use the Cantu Shea Butter Coconut Curling Creme.  This product is water based and I really don't want the twists to shrink so it will be used as a last resort.

Two strand twists will be my go-to protective style this winter.

If you have any questions, please let me know.  Thanks for reading.

Protective Styling for Winter

Well, well, well after enjoying so many wash n go's its time to start protective styling for the cold, harsh winter weather.  So here comes the braids, twists, bun, updo's, wigs, weaves and such.

You may ask "Why protective style in winter?"  As we all know cold weather is rather harsh on our fragile ends.  If the ends are always tucked away there is little chance that they will dry out.  If the ends are tucked away safely there's a better chance of retaining that length that we so desperately want. 

A lot of new natural ladies are concerned about protective styling a TWA.  How do you protective style a TWA?  Well one way to protective style a TWA is to do finger/comb coils or 2 strand twists.


Finger Coils

 This style was done using Eco Styler Gel and it lasted about a week.  It's easy to do and took about 3 hours.  After a week I wet it to rinse out the gel (I didn't have to undo coils) shampooed and conditioned my hair and re-did the coils for the next week.

Believe it or not protective styling helps you to retain length.  When your hair is in a resting state and is not manipulated daily there's little chance that the ends will "pop off". 

If you have any questions, please ask.