Twist for Growth Challenge (Fall 2011)

[pookaloo83]

Hey guys.. Washed on Friday in my twists applied a hair oil to my wet hair and retwisted my entire head.

. I never take out all my twists... I wash in my twists always, and redo them individually.. so far so good...

Last set of twists were in for 1 month.. I just put new ones in this weekend... I didn't even have to use a comb, I just detangld with my fingers... I lost less hair that I usually do in a week so I was pretty happy..
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I'm gonna do this today. Was thinking of just washing and dcing in the twists and retwisting all of them instead of taking all of them down.

 

[pookaloo83]

faithVA I see you got skills! Looks cute. How do you use that comb thingie? I wanna get one of those and try it. Sometimes I wanna switch up from this banana clip.

 

[Tyra]

Today makes a week since I twisted last Tuesday.
I mainly just wear my twists hanging out or in a teeny bun.
My intention was to retwist every week, but I think I'm going for every two weeks instead. I don't intend on having any "cheat days". I know that if I take them down completely one good day, I'm going to fall off the wagon.

Still moisturizing daily with Hawaiian Silky 14in1. That's the extent of my maintenance until wash day, which will be next Tuesday. I'll just be co-washing in between time with a clarifying conditioner.

Pictures will come eventually. *sigh*. I hate trying to take them. My son is no help with it.lol.

 

[faithVA]

@faithVA I see you got skills! Looks cute. How do you use that comb thingie? I wanna get one of those and try it. Sometimes I wanna switch up from this banana clip.

Thanks pookaloo83. I'm trying to get some skills. This fuzzy head requires it. I was feeling real lazy Sunday so flat twist it is.

And thats just a goody barrette in the back. I was getting ready for bed and wanted to keep it stretched a little bit. I wore a banana clip the next day. Today I am wearing a scrunchy.

You could use an EZComb if you do like a french roll in the back.

 

[Curlygirly9]

I want to join! I will have pics and everything up later.

 

[pookaloo83]

So I washed and dc'd in twists. Once I rinsed out the twists, I put my hair into 3 ponytails. 2 pigtails and one in the back. I would pull each twist out the ponytail, undo and retwist with Qhemets new twist butter. Love it! My hair is moisturized and soft. But I smell like a walking incense but I don't mind.

I put my hair half up and half down. The part that was down I pinned up with bobby pins because I didn't like the way it looked.

Excuse my patient in the back.

 

[faithVA]

Curlygirly9[/USER];14311523]I want to join! I will have pics and everything up later.

Ok we will keep a look out.

 

[faithVA]

So I washed and dc'd in twists. Once I rinsed out the twists, I put my hair into 3 ponytails. 2 pigtails and one in the back. I would pull each twist out the ponytail, undo and retwist with Qhemets new twist butter. Love it! My hair is moisturized and soft. But I smell like a walking incense but I don't mind.

I put my hair half up and half down. The part that was done I pinned up with bobby pins because I didn't like the way it looked.

Excuse my patient in the back.

That really is a good idea. I definitely want to try it one day. I will put this on my to do list.

 

[yaya24]

Last night I cowashed my twists with Aussie moist.

After drying them with a t-shirt, I put my leave in on and then sealed with parachute coconut oil.

I am pleased to say that I experienced zero matting/ unraveling.. and my twists did not frizz up.

Yesss.
Today I have my twists back in a single braid.

1 week down 3 to go.

 

[13StepsAhead]

Last night I cowashed my twists with Aussie moist.

After drying them with a t-shirt, I put my leave in on and then sealed with parachute coconut oil.

I am pleased to say that I experienced zero matting/ unraveling.. and my twists did not frizz up.

Yesss.
Today I have my twists back in a single braid.

1 week down 3 to go.

WOW i wish I could say the same

My twist get super frizzy and a few start to unravel.

 

[discodumpling]

Took down my knots a day early cause I had to go somewhere. i'll take a pic of my super curly "chuch" fro when my phone gets a charge. I'll be wearing it out until Sunday...sorry faithva I have a busy weekend and it begins today!

 

[ecadnacmc]

Twist at 3 weeks, frizzy but it's amazing what headbands can hide.

 

[pookaloo83]

ecadnacmc How did you do that bun? with a donut?

 

[ecadnacmc]

ecadnacmc How did you do that bun? with a donut?

Yep. Made a sock bun and wrapped my twist around it. Secured with ouch less pony tail holder. No pins, no headaches.

 

[faithVA]

Took out 3 of the flat twists in the front to see if I could cornrow. I didn't do too bad. I don't know that I can cornrow the back but I can do most of the front so that gives me some styling options.

 

[-PYT]

Washed my twists. Still looking good. Gonna put up some pics in a minute.

Hope they aren't too big, i'm doing this from my phone.

 

[SouthernBeauty]

I want to join! I will post pics of my twist tomorrow bc I am dc overnight.

Excuse the frizziness! Rinsed dc out of hair while in twist.

 

[FroFab]

I think its been four weeks of these twists. I'm like a PP that may just fall off the wagon if I take them all down so I am going to try to do the whole routine in twists then retwist individually. I have freshened up the front two rows to keep it neater but I think its time for the full head treatment. Think I'll try to incorporate the Nonie ACV sink head dip to ensure that my head is getting as clean since everything will still be twisted.

 

[skraprchik]

Does anybody else have issues with their ends tangling in the twists? It seems like 2 weeks results in my twists being a bear to detangle.

Also, I managed to get my twists in a little pony tail today! That is a milestone for me. It's been 14 months since my BC and I'm getting closer to my goal of having shoulder-length twists.

 

[pookaloo83]

-PYT Girrrl! After I wash in my twists it looks a mess! Do you massage your scalp when you wash? It looks like you didn't manipulate it at all!

 

[faithVA]

Washed my twists. Still looking good. Gonna put up some pics in a minute.




Hope they aren't too big, i'm doing this from my phone.

They do look good. My twists don't look nuddin like that when I wash them. Amazing

 

[faithVA]

@-PYT Girrrl! After I wash in my twists it looks a mess! Do you massage your scalp when you wash? It looks like you didn't manipulate it at all!

Glad to know its not just me. My twists don't actually look as good as hers going into the wash. Life's so unfair

 

[faithVA]

skraprchik[/USER];14323997]Does anybody else have issues with their ends tangling in the twists? It seems like 2 weeks results in my twists being a bear to detangle.

Also, I managed to get my twists in a little pony tail today! That is a milestone for me. It's been 14 months since my BC and I'm getting closer to my goal of having shoulder-length twists.

Not usually. I keep the ends pretty coated with shea butter. Are you sealing the ends of your twist regularly? and retwirling them if they unravel?

 

[13StepsAhead]

Co-washed last night with AO GPB, moisturized with Oyin Dew and Sealed with Oil mix. My twist are super soft today and I have some frizzies, but I'm pretty much use to that by now.

 

[NaijaNaps]

I've embraced my frizzies but get tired of people telling me they like my locs

I'm still rocking an almost 4-week old twist set - will be 4 weeks on Monday. I've washed and DC'd with these twists in and detangle/remove shed hairs/retwist every week and I'm really liking this process.

It keeps me from wearing twistouts which in the past have led to super-tangly, dry hair. I was really bad at moisturizing my twist outs because that meant one big poofy poof by the end of the day. So to maintain them, I didn't moisturize

Well I learned my lesson.

The other thing I like about this process is that I don't have to brush/comb my hair! I swear I was getting some breakage from trying to rake through my hair every wash day. The brush has not touched my hair in a month and I'm loving it!

So I'm thinking of doing a henna treatment this weekend. Has anyone henna'd on small twists?? Don't really care for the color depositing just more of the conditioning effects.

 

[ladykpnyc]

Does anybody else have issues with their ends tangling in the twists? It seems like 2 weeks results in my twists being a bear to detangle.

Also, I managed to get my twists in a little pony tail today! That is a milestone for me. It's been 14 months since my BC and I'm getting closer to my goal of having shoulder-length twists.

Yes, but to combat this I detangle by adding a little bit of a cheapie conditioner to a small section, detangle and twist. I repeat this process until my entire head is detangled, then I DC, Shampoo, and retwist.

Hope that helps!

 

[faithVA]

This weekend I am planning on trying the braided twists. It will be my first time. I hope it works out well. I will try to wash in them and see if it comes out any different.

 

[that1girl]

I shampooed with suave, DC with garnier fructis m minute undo for about 10 minutes, I detangled and retwisted in to small twist with Kinky curly knot today.

I've had a bit of a cold so i wasnt able to cowash as much as i would like. i also started taking a complete multivitamin and this hair,skin nails vitamin, and drinking a little bit more water.

Twist

 

[skraprchik]

Not usually. I keep the ends pretty coated with shea butter. Are you sealing the ends of your twist regularly? and retwirling them if they unravel?

Yep, I seal just about every other day. And retwist as I find loose ones. I still get the tangles even with the ones that have remained twisted the entire time.

 

[skraprchik]

Thanks for the tip. I'll try it when I remove them next weekend.