Kikootie said:
Your hair came out really good. How long do you keep them and how do you maintain them?
Well what I do is very minimal.. I have my surge, which I spray on morning and night and every 2 days I pour a lil MTG in a bowl and dab my scalp with it. I don't use the applicator as it will be too much and run between the parts. by dabbing it I can control how much I use and it doesn't get on the hair causing all that gunge at the base of the braid which would make it hell taking out in 2 months. I spray the hair only with the braid spray (as it contains glycerine) as I don't want it on the scalp every day, just once only. At night I get an old stocking leg and loosly tie it in a pony as to not cause tension on the scalp and cover it all with a huge satin scarf. For showering I put a shower cap over the scarf in the morning.
To wash it, I braid it in sections as shown in my album, and dilute some shampoo in a jug. I rinse my hair in the shower and then pour the jug of water over my hair. I lightly rub between the parts to loosen any dirt rinse for the longest and then repeat this about 3 times. I squeeze the water out of the braids and spray surge on my scalp. Still in the big braids I sit under the dryer until about 75% dry, then undo the braids and saturate with braid spray.