Twisting My Bantu Knot Out

So, I don't know if I am the only one in favor of doing cheat twists for twistout, but it is wonderful timesaver for me!  I know most people like to start from squeaky clean hair for most styling, but it works for me.  I don't use a lot of product in my hair if I am even considering doing a cheat twistout.
This is my week old Bantu Knot Out today, in need of TLC:

I spritzed with Jasmine water, put a touch of Castor oil on the ends, detangled, spritzed with Devacurl Set It Free & twisted my hair:

Twistout in the morning:

Not too bad for a short cut!  Does anyone else ever just moisten & restyle after a week?

Bantu Knot Out Revisit

This week, I have decided to try the Bantu Knots again.  I really liked the outcome last time, even though I feel like I need to improve on my technique.  Regimen this week:

• Shampooed with Giovanni 50/50
• DC with Joico Moisturizing Balm with heat for 30 minutes
• BWC for leave -in
• Castor oil for sealing
• Blowdried hair 75% dry
• Applied Devacurl Set It Free to each section before doing knots (at bedtime I decided to sit under dryer for 30 minutes)
  


Undoing them the next morning, not 100% dry in several places:


Ready to go:

Happy Spring!

Today is the first day of spring! Yea!
It certain doesn't feel like it here in IL...it is currently 43 degrees, feels like 37 degrees with the wind, rainy and not one ray of sun in sight.  But I anticipate warmer sunny days in the near future!  I can hardly wait to go outside with wet hair!
I started my seeds inside 2 weeks ago & they are growing! This year I am adding carrots, golden beets, chard & kale to my usual growings.

And I know...well I hope, no more snow for this season.  I was just looking at my snow pictures from our 18 inch blizzard in February...at least I know that part of the season is over!

Kinky Curly Custard Twist Out

So I have almost a full jar of KCC in my hair supply bin.  I eye it EVERY SINGLE TIME I open the bin.  Today I decided to give it another try.  It is not at all warm enough for wet hair outside of the house...so I decided to do wet twists with the KCC & do a twistout. 
My hair regimen today:

• Shampooed with Giovanni 50/50 shampoo
• DC - Ojon Tawaka Rejuvenating Conditioner with heat for 30 minutes
• Leave-in - BWC Leave-In over entire head
• Detangled & sectioned hair into quarters
• Sealed with Castor Oil
• Sectioned each quarter into 5 sections
• Applied KCC to each section, smooth out & twist each section
• Since I did my hair on Sat evening, my hair had until Mon morning to be completely dry, more than 36 hours...

Results:

This came out OK, still a bit crinkly, but that could be user error...I am not sure how much is enough or not enough with the texture of the KCC.  I will revisit my jar of KCC when the weather is warmer & I can apply it to sopping wet hair.

This Week's Regimen

I have so many hair products in my bins!! But I want to buy new products....so I promised myself if I use up some of the things I already have I can buy new stuff

• So for my deep conditioning, I mixed several nearing empty deep conditioners together, added some EVOO, stirred & used that. 
• For my leave-in: Alba Botanica Leave-In Conditioner
• Sealed with castor oil
• Blowdried my hair in sections & twisted with DevaCurl Set It Free



• I secured the roots with hair pins & let it dry overnight
• Here are this weeks results
  
  

My front is always looser, always the first area to loose the texture...I don't know if this is due to daily headband wear previously or just my natural texture.  I was trying to avoid wearing a headband or scarf for the last few months to see if I noticed any difference.  Do any of you ladies experience this issue?

Current naked hair pics

This is my hair, just after a shampoo & DC, before any product has been added.  My last naked hair pcs were about 5 or 6 months ago...not much noticable difference.  Shrinkage is just amazing!

This is a link to my last post of my naked hair in Sept. 2010 http://allnaturalhair.blogspot.com/2010/09/naked-hair.html  not really much difference in appearance!

Valentine's Day Twistout

I didn't do anything new this week, just regular shampoo & DC, blowdry & then twists.  Outcome: