7 Braid Three Strand Twist Out Results

OK so I did another three strand twist out on my transitioning hair. Once again I am only about a month into it. My last relaxer was June 17, 2011. This time I only did 7 large braids on my head with the rollers and this time I used my Nu-Gro Hair-Gro Spray with Moisturizer in conjunction with the satin rollers and All Ways moisturizer listed in the previous posts.

The Nu-Gro Hair-Gro Spray with Moisturizer is said to be for thinning and balding heads and is made with 100% natural herbs and vitamins. It is said to promote fast hair growth for longer thicker hair and is said to heal damaged hair. My bottle is a 16oz. bottle and I purchased it from my local beauty supply store for under $5. It smells really good and it has essential oils like jojoba oil, olive oil, castor oil, coconut oil, shea butter, nettle, parsley and more. Again these are all natural ingredients with no weird chemicals or words you can't pronounce.

I really like the way this three strand twist turned out. The wave pattern was larger and my hair was fuller. I think this must be attributed to the fact that I only twisted my hair into seven twists rather than twenty.

Getting Started 2

1. There were 3 or 4 associates at work that have been talking to me about going natural for the past two years.

2. When they first started talking to me I thought it was nonsense. My thoughts were: My hair is long, thick and pretty why should I go natural and have a "nappy" head?

3. Earlier this year I experienced some pretty bad breakage in the bottom left side of my hair, my hair was thinning horribly and I couldn't really wear it down cause it was so thin and it looked bad. I wore my length one last time on Mother's Day and decided to cut it because after all it was scraggly and I was only wearing it pinned up everyday. So I got it cut and I cried because it was so very horribly short, at least a whole lot shorter than I was used to.

4. Then I got my perm June 17, 2011 and my hair stylist flat-ironed my hair. It was horribly flat and did not have a single curl. I hated it.

5. By this time I had been bouncing the idea of going natural around in my head for about four months or longer. I had rejected the idea initially because everything I researched online showed everybody with natural hair with weave and braids or Afros, none of which was for me.


6. As time went on I picked up the idea once more and researched more. I found out that relaxers had really bad stuff in it that was carcinogenic. (cancer causing) like "ates", parabans and cones"So I decided to stop relaxing my hair. I even watched Chris Rock's Good Hair Movie.

7.I did more research and I found black women with beautiful natural hair that was long, thick and pretty and they were doing more than just weave, braids or Afros (which is OK if you like that sort of thing).

8. I researched the "big chop" repeatedly and again decided that was not for me. I was devastated when my hair was cut back in April.

9. I've found even more information about pH levels and how that can be used to keep your hair at the perfect healthy pH level and promote hair growth.

I'm steady in my decision to "go natural" as they say. It's not a fad for me, I'm doing this cause I want healthy, strong, long, hair. :-D

Results: 3 Strand Twist Out on Transitioning Hair

This is what it looked like unrolled.

What I noticed was that many of the curls dropped from the twists shortly after I unrolled them. Some areas were more wavy or crinkly than others and some pieces ended up straight. Overall I think I like the results of the three strand twist better because it is more wavy/crinkly. However I must admit that the two strand twist picture was taken at the end of the day. Perhaps I should two strand twist once more and take a picture immediately after I take the rollers out.

This is the top view once I separated the twists with a little olive oil.

This is the back view.

Three Strand Twist Out on Transitioning Hair

This time I plaited/braided/twisted my hair using three strands of hair per plait. I used the same products, however as you can see this time I used a comb to make my parts. I will take another picture tomorrow once I sleep in the rollers overnight.

First Twist Out on Transitioning Hair

Hi guys, well its Sunday, July 24, 2011 and we just got back from church. I tried a twist out last night on my transitioning hair. As I said before my last perm was only last month June 18, 2011 so I'm only a month into my transition. I used the following materials:

These are the rollers that I used.

I added a dime sized amount to each section of hair.

The rollers were about $2-$3 a pack and I got those from Wal-Mart. The conditioner was under $5 and I purchased it from my local beauty supply store.


I used my fingers to part and pull out a section of hair. I applied some of the All Ways oil moisturizer and then I twisted the section of hair. After the section of hair was twisted I rolled it on a satin roller. Once all of my hair was moisturized, twisted, and rolled I applied a little olive oil to my scalp with my fingers. Before going to bed I covered my head/rollers with a satin scarf. I slept in the rollers and the next morning I took out the rollers. Once all of the rollers were out I applied more olive oil to my hands and gently pulled the twists apart and put on a head band. The end result was a wavy style. I believe that once I am all natural that I will get more curl. Overall I was pleased with my end result. I did not like sleeping in the rollers. Surely this is stress on my hair. The All Ways hair product is decent enough, but once it is gone I will most likely not buy anymore because of the ingredients:

Ingredients

Herbal Extract (Indian Hemp, Rosemary, Nettle, Sage, Birch, Burdock, Hops, Chaparral, Sunflower Petal), Isopropyl Myristrate, Glycerine, Stearyl Alcohol and Ceteareth 20, Polysorbate 20, Cetyl Alcohol, Glyceryl Monostearate SE, Glycol Stearate, Acetamide MEA, Cocoa Butter, Myristyl Myristrate, Aloe Vera, Oil Blend (Jojoba Oil, Tocopheryl Acetate, Avocado Oil, Wheat Germ Oil, Sesame Oil, Olive Oil), Disodium Edetate, propylene Glycol, Lecithin, DMDM Hydantoin, Methylparaben, Propylparaben, Diazolidinyl Urea.

This is how my hair looked at the end of the day.

I will do this style once more and take a picture of the finished styled immediately after.

Natural Hair for Dolls

You guys have to check this out. Too cute. I was looking at natural hair stuff online (products, styles, videos) and I came across a new blog post on http://www.curlynikki.com about styling your child's dolls' hair in natural styles and I just had to share. :-D Here's the link for natural hair for dolls.

Good Hair

You guys I found this set of videos on Youtube. It was an airing of the Tyra Show about "good hair". What it means to young children (especially girls) growing up in the black community. I found this series of five videos very intriguing. I do not claim ownership or rights to these videos, I just merely wanted to share them. They were originally uploaded to Youtube by Megami284. Happy watching!

 

  

  

Getting Started

About my hair:
As I looked back at pictures of myself down through the years I have found that after I married my hair was sometimes long and sometimes short and I had been experiencing some hair damage. About three years ago (2008) I made a choice for healthy hair. I got rid of all my curling irons and flat irons and I began doing hot oil treatments and deep conditioning my hair. This helped greatly and I saw wonderful results. My hair was way past my shoulders.


After I had my baby and finished nursing a year later (2011) I had some trouble with my hair. I experienced lots of breakage that seemed to happen all of a sudden on the back, bottom, left side of my hair. I did not notice any gradual hair loss, it just seemed to be gone on that side all of a sudden. i could do nothing with my hair. It was so uneven and thin that I was embarrassed to wear it down so for the longest time (about 2-3 months) I simply pinned it up.

So shortly after Mother's Day 2011 (April or May of 2011) I went to a hair stylist and she cut my hair. Oh it was so very short, right under my ears. I cried and it took some getting used to. Well of course with me being used to having long hair it was hard for me to all of a sudden have short hair. On June 18, 2011 I got a perm for the very last time. My hair stylist blow dried my hair after which she flat ironed it. It was horrible. My hair was bone straight with not one curl and I couldn't do anything with it for about two weeks. It was shortly after this incident that I decided that I wanted my hair back. I was tired of the thinning and being a slave to the perm (relaxer).

I want my hair to be healthy, long, strong, and full.

I have done so much research and learned so much about the danger of relaxers and caring for our hair in general. I will post some pictures of the current state of my hair soon. I have been transitioning for about a month now. (since June 18). It's funny I don't measure my hair in terms of the length of the relaxed ends now. It's all about the new growth.