mini twist question

[rere32]

I have 4b fine natural hair and I would like to try mini twist . My concern is, I fear my hair will start locking.

For those who had experience with mini twist
1. How did you care for your twists
2. How long did you leave them in
3. Did your hair lock
4. What products did you use
5. Did you twist on wet or dry hair.

 

[temfash]

I had mini twists in for 2 weeks and a twist-out for a week , I made sure that I wore them stretched throughout the period I wore them i.e buns, updos e.t.c. because I wore the twists stretched take down was a breeze no locking. I don't twist on wet hair because my hair shrinks when it dries thus causing knots and tangles. I twist with a moisturiser and spray lightly every few days with Taliah Waajid protective mist bodifier spray/infusium 23 leave in and seal with an oil. I never wash my hair in mini twists that's a recipe for disaster for my fine hair HTH

 

[Chameleonchick]

For those who had experience with mini twist
1. How did you care for your twists
I cowash weekly and shampoo bi-weekly. If my hair smells before wash day. I will use an aloe Vera and spearmint rinse anger co washing.
2. How long did you leave them in
4 weeks max. I tried 6-7 weeks and it took too long to take down.
3. Did your hair lock
No just much harder to take down. That is why 4 weeks is the max.
4. What products did you use
Water with peppermint or spearmint for a spray. Jojoba oil, elucence conditioner and the shampoo.
5. Did you twist on wet or dry hair.
Below shoulder length wet. Past shoulder length dry.

Let me add that when my hair was shorter I could cowash everyday if I wanted to. Once my hair got past shoulder length it could no longer do that.

 

[Ms_CoCo37]

I'll start off by saying I just installed my first set of twists, so my reggie is untested, but here goes:

1. How did you care for your twists? Every night I spray my hair with my tea spritzer (horsetail, nettle, linden flower, lavendar, and rose hip plus lime and bergamot EO). I lightly spritz my whole head, and I focus more on my ends for moisture. Then I'll seal my ends with my concoction of oils and wrap them like I would if my hair was straight.


2. How long did you leave them in? It will be 1 week this coming Sunday that I will have had them in. It's a short period of time, but so far so good.

3. Did your hair lock? Of course it's a little soon to tell, but it hasn't started locking yet. If I see any twists that are starting to get frizzy (especially at the roots) I will re-twist as needed.

4. What products did you use: I twisted with Whipped Shea Butter Creme, and sealed with oils that I whipped up (courtesy of Naptural85), I also spritz with various teas instead of straight water.

5. Did you twist on wet or dry hair: No, I wanted to see length so I did a light blowout prior to twisting. If I twisted on wet hair my twist would reach my neck.

I hope this helps!

 

[FoxxyLocs]

1. How did you care for your twists - spritz w/leave in every other day, seal ends with heavy butter

2. How long did you leave them in - 4 wks max; usually 2 wks
3. Did your hair lock - no; I did actually (purposely) lock my hair with twists as my starting method and it took 2-3 months for my hair to start locking

4. What products did you use - depending on how lazy I am, how neat I want the twists to be - sometimes I just use a leave in conditioner, sometimes I add a product with hold (darcy's vanilla twisting butter, i forget the name) + a little bit of gel.

5. Did you twist on wet or dry hair - usually both. i start twisting while it's wet, then i finish the next day so the other half is damp or dry.

 

[Nonie]

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I have 4b fine natural hair and I would like to try mini twist . My concern is, I fear my hair will start locking.

For those who had experience with mini twist
1. How did you care for your twists

rere32 I care for them as I would my loose hair, only it's less work as there is no combing. Baggy every night. Shampoo, condition and ACV rinse twice a week. Mid week wash involves a regular conditioning; end of week wash involves DCing. I don't use leave-in moisturizers.

2. How long did you leave them in

Well...I put the twists I have in in August 2010 and I just redo one at a time as I feel like it. So really, all twists have been redone many times, but I have not undone them to wear my hair loose since 8/10. Because I like to play with my hair, I don't know exactly how much time lapses between my redoing a particular twist, but there was a time I managed to keep my hands off my hair and I posted a photo of my twists after 4 weeks and 8 washes and they still looked fine. My photos are missing or I would upload it again. I have no effin idea what the heck is going on with Fotki. I was giving them time to put back our photos but it seems as if they have lost them and really effed up but are not coming out to tell us.

Anyway, here's how my hair looks today:

3. Did your hair lock

No my hair had never not locked from twists. I think these are the reasons why:

• I don't use any product on my hair so there's no gluing effect;
• I twirl each strand before twisting which keeps the hair in each strand separate from that in the other strand so that undoing is easy. See the videos below.
  • A slow demo of how I twist: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-PPsh1_Np0
  • A demo of how easy it becomes once you master that method of twisting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jff-Uqfb_SA
  • A demo of how easy it is to undo the twists when you twist the way I do: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jff-Uqfb_SA
  • This video shows you how easily I finger comb hair fom a twist because the strands slide easily out of a mass of them (no matting or knotting): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5iU4NgNGgI

• I redo my twists so get to remove shed hair;
• I do avoid putting conditioner at the base of my twists where it's easy to get caught and that residue cause matting;
• I do an ACV rinse or spritz my twists with one when I want to style them (as they are easier to stretch when wet) and this means my strands are kept smooth (cuticles closed) which also helps in preventing tangles.

I do find that my hair is easiest to work with after it has been washed. You can see how easily the strands separate after washing (pics below), so I tend to redo a more twists after my hair dries following a wash, just because my hair feels so good to work with.

4. What products did you use

I do not use any leave-in moisturizers when wearing twists. I shampoo with any moisturizing gel-like shampoo whether sulphate-free (like Giovanni 50:50) or sulphate (like Garnier Fructis) applying it directly to my scalp and massaging it. I squeeze the sud through my hair and continue to do so as I rinse.

To condition, I apply any moisturizing conditioner to my twists using the relaxer style (meaning I take a few at a time, apply using fingers by smoothing from close to base to the end...and I do that till I have a good chunk of twists with conditioner on them, then I braid them to get them out of the way. Alternatively, I will cornrow all of them forward in a forward French braid, then starting from the back, pull out a few twists, apply conditioner and so on till all are covered. I leave them hanging to let conditioner drip to ends where it's most needed and not to my scalp. I also skip about on inch of hair at the base onto which I don't apply conditioner because I try to keep it off my scalp. I don't worry about the hair at my scalp coz it is stronger than my ends and it has sebum from my scalp to take care of it). For DCing, I use reconstructors: either Aubrey's GPB or Nexxus Emergencee. I follow the directions on each bottle to a T. With Emergencee, I use the old directions that said to leave on for ten minutes. I don't use heat to DC. In both cases, I shampoo after the DC and then use a moisturizing conditioner (eg Aussie Moist, Humectress Mask, Organix line of conditioners, etc).

I end my wash with an ACV rinse made of about a 1/4 cup of ACV to 2 gallon of water and 20 drops of EOs of lavender and rosemary. I usually dunk my head in it and massage my scalp to my heart's content. I do keep a spritz of the same solution in a spray bottle and if I don't feel like doing a CW to restyle my hair, I spritz my hair to wet it for easy styling with it.

Other than that, I baggy nightly to retain moisture in my hair or when wearing hats/wraps...or I should say, when I'm being good to my hair I do that.

5. Did you twist on wet or dry hair.

I twist on dry. I braid my wet hair to airdry and stretch. Then I twist on stretched hair. Then I usually CW the twist (not putting conditioner on my scalp) and rinse and let them drip dry so that the twists can hang straight. I used to have an image that showed what I mean but once again, Fotki done eaten my image.