I’m a wash-n-go type of girl. I just graduated from graduate school and I was craving a more professional look. I decided to try twists. In high school before my first relaxer, this is how I styled my hair.
The twists lasted only a couple days. Four plus hours of work down the drain. I contented myself with the gorgeous twist out that resulted. I co-washed it and fell in love with the results. My hair was well behaved and predictable! Over time I perfected my routine. Here it is:
• I do small twists using Infusium 23 Leave In and Cantu Shea Butter Leave In Conditioning Repair Cream. I use the Cantu product sparingly because it quickly leads to flakes and buildup otherwise.
• After a couple days, I co-wash my twists. If I feel like I used too much Cantu Shea Butter Leave In Conditioning Repair Cream, I shampoo and then condition my hair.
• I immediately apply Infusium 23 Leave In and Ecostyler Styling Gel all over my hair. Then one at a time I take the twists down. After unraveling each twist, I smooth the two curls, applying a little gel if necessary. Note that there is no detangling involved. The goal is to get uniformed curls which are easy to style.
• I co-wash at night and do two French braids to preserve the curls or if I’m feeling lazy I cover my hair leaving all the products in until the next morning when I co-wash and style again.
I’ve managed to go two weeks before repeating the twisting process.
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13 comments:
Wow, the outcome looks great. In the past I've co-washed my twist-out and rocked it for about a week with a little bit of gel.
so you wash your hair with the twist in your hair?
do you let your hair dry before taking the twist out?
Hi, I am the author of this post. Many thanks to Wes for featuring me and my hair.
I co-wash my hair with the twists in still. I don't let it dry before taking out the twists. I apply all the products while the hair is wet. That way, once the hair dries, the curls are well defined and the definition lasts.
I'm intrigued! Sorry if I'm being a bit slow, but you're saying that you wash and condition it with the twists in and apply all of your products. Then while it's still wet, you take the twists out one at a time and let it air dry, right? I want to try this! You're hair looks so cute!
GG...it's ok...I totally understood what the steps said. However, I've never heard of it done this way, so I too wanted to clarify what I was perceiving...I want to try this also!!!
The 3rd step, when applying the infusium and eco gel, (while hair is in twists, before taking hair down) how do you add the gel? Do you add to each twist or do you take a large amount, rub hands together and put on hair in a downward motion? I'm so trying to picture this but I still can't get it, sorry.
Your hair looks fab. It would be great if you could make a tutorial.
pe@ce and love
Hi again,
For the 3rd step, I put the gel in my hand, rub my palms together and smooth the gel unto the front, back and sides of my head. The goal is to spread the gel around. Once I've unraveled all the twists, I smooth one last time as if to pull my hair back into a ponytail. As I get towards the ends of my hair, I twirl my hair (all of it at once) as if to pin it in an up-do at the top of my head. This too is an attempt to spread the products around.
wow that's so cute
Ok, I understand how you are doing this, but where do the French braids come in?
The french braids are for preserving the curls after co-washing at night.
Ummm...this is AMAZING! Officially about to blog stalk you boo!
Your hair looks great! I actually discovered something similiar accidently. I removed my mini twists a day after cowashing (hair was fully dry) and the twist out appeared to look more like curls compared to my normal twistout. I loved my hair like this, but I think I may try your method the next time with larger twists. My twistout was basically indistructable as well...it's something about the hair shrinking and locking into the style.
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