Ok, so I stretched my hair a few days ago. Afterwards I didn't know what to do with it, so I did a dry braid out. I left the braids in for 2 days. Once I took the braids down my hair looked pretty good. As I left home to go to work it was still looking good. Once I arrived at work and looked in the mirror I almost screamed!!! My hair had reverted and it looked like a bird's nest.
I learned a valuable lesson that day, always have a back up plan. Luckly I had a stretchy ban and I bunned my hair right there in my office. I believe the problem was moisture. When I did the dry braid out I didn't dampen my hair with water and that was a crucial mistake.
Soooo today, I did another dry braid out on stretched hair. This time I dampened with water and also added a little more moisturizer. Hopefully, tomorrow when I take it down it will turn out beautiful. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
If you have any suggestions, please let me know.
How do you stretch your hair...with or without heat?
ReplyDeleteI stretch my hair by braiding it while damp. If I'm in a rush I will stretch it by using the tension method with medium heat. I'm not afraid of heat but I rarely use heat on my hair. My routine now consists of mostly 2 strain twists.
DeleteThanks for inquiring.