openexpression, I have never understood how people can go for days with loose hair without combing it. When my hair is out, you can bet your bottom dollar it will get combed at night before I put it in braids and in the morning when I put it in a puff. With a hundred hairs shedding a day, there's no way you can avoid tangles if you're not meticulously removing the shed hair.
This is also why I never wear twist-outs for more than a day...because at the end of that day, I will finger-comb each section (as shown in this vid) and retwist it and then wear the twists for days. There was ONE time I didn't do that. I didn't even retwist. THAT was the one day I had to detangle. Because I never ever leave my hair loose at night, and I make sure the strands are so well separated that a fine tooth comb can go through my hair from roots to ends, I never ever have mats or tangles...and so I NEVER have to detangle.
If you have natural hair especially type 4 persuasion, you'll be asking for work if you do what you did. If you find you're too busy and don't like the look of braids, then the only way *I* would be able to keep my sanity and keep my hair from becoming a chore is by braiding it in firm plaits, and wearing headwrap, hat or wig over Saran wrap. Then my hair will be held in a stretched state so that when I undo, the hair is stretched and shed hair can slide out with easy. And BTW, I can do this w/o any product in my hair and my hair is still a breeze to work with. So if you're using moisturizer and keeping your hair stretched in a style that LOCKS the strands into place, you shouldn't have trouble.
