OMG, this is too funny. LOL. A plastic bag.
That is a new one. That is something I'd almost be willing to pay to see...almost. 
That was very resourceful of you to use the bag, but you must have had a noisy night. I hope you've graduated to the scarf by now. 
I tried this last night too and slept on it. this will definitely be a staple braidout method for me. also I'm transisitioning from barely texlaxed to natural
I use 4 braids though. 3 of them came out nice and wavy curly and one was just barely wavy. I guess I did something diff on that one....
I just qhemet products too and my hair came out very nice and soft. also my hair was already blown out. I'm going to have to try all methods for my hair as I likey!!!
Hello Naturals,
Please post pics of this method! I will try it next week after my wash day
Hey all
Just thought I'd share....
Some time ago I made a thread about my Satin Scarf Braidout with video tutorial - i.e. how to do a braidout with cornrows.
Alot of people indicated that they didn't know how to cornrow /french braid etc.
So I made a video tutorial showing how to do a braidout with regular single braids /plaits - No Cornrows.
It is fast and easy, but most importantly the results are much better than the normal braidouts.
for this! Let me tell you! This was definitely a lifesaver for me! I am one of those people that have a hard time cornrowing my hair so after I failed miserably the first time I decided from then on I would try braid outs using single braids only.
But again if you aren't very good at cornrowing your hair, getting that wave pattern to start at the root is extremely hard. But I tried anyway and either the curl pattern would be incomplete or frizzy, my hair wouldn't dry all the way or my hair would be extremely dry once I unbraided it. Not to mention that my ends would be without a pattern so they would end up sticking up all over the place.
I think these two things made a big difference. Also to make sure that my shoulder length hair got a full wave pattern from my roots to the ends, I used 8 strips of the silk with 4 at the crown and then 2 at the side and 2 in the back. The next morning when I unraveled my hair I found the curl pattern was almost perfect (like the wavy human hair in the store)!!! My hair was soft, moisturized and had a great shine without being oily!! 
I'm only five weeks post but now I feel much more confident that I might be able to stretch a lot longer than the 14 weeks than I'm used to!
OMG!
One of my biggest challenges is that I am just below shoulder length and on my way to APL so basically it was really important that the wave patterns start near my scalp and not a few inches down because I really only had a few inches to begin with!
So last Saturday night I saw Nina Pruitt’s video on how to do a braid out with silk strips and even though her technique is a bit different she shouted Tickin4gold/ZaneAndRob as being the person who she got the technique from!!! So the next day I go off to the store and get the two packs of silk hair wraps, came home and tried it.
Since my hair tends to act like Nina’s in a lot of ways ( my hair really enjoys coconut oil )I mostly followed her technique but honestly I think both videos are great! The two things that I definitely followed and found to be a great help was to make sure that my hair air dried at least 90% of the way and to make sure to moisturize as I braided.
When I got to work I got so many compliments about my hair that it was insane! Mind you I live in Arizona and as you probably know by now ethnicity and race go with Arizona like oil goes with water so you know my hair had to be ridiculously on point for these people to actually admit that my braid out was on point!:sweet:
So thank you very much for showing us "cornrowdeficient"people how to do this!
~Hera
Thanks for posting this and sharing your story. I am so glad this method is working out for you. Even though doing the single braids with the satin scarf is so much more easier than cornrowing, many people still don't get it. So kudos to you for not only doing it but for putting your own spin on it. Because that's what it's all about! 
I will take pics in the morning
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We're trying to get rid of some stuff and reorganize for our upcoming move.
Hair in scarves:
Hair After (She hates it but I think it looks
Front (attitude lol she thinks it's too big
Front w/o attitude cuz she says she changed her mind and likes it and is ashamed of having an attitude
Sides:
Back:
Excuse the mess in the background
thanks so, so much for sharing!
Hair in scarves:
Hair After (She hates it but I think it looks
Front (attitude lol she thinks it's too big
Front w/o attitude cuz she says she changed her mind and likes it and is ashamed of having an attitude
Sides:
Back:
Excuse the mess in the background
It looks goregous. And you did an awesome job with the braidout. Love it!cornrowdeficient huh?
I also love that you are reaping the benefits of this method. Keep doing what you doing girl the satin scarf/strip method will not fail you.
Your wave pattern must have been amazing with your 8 braids.
Next time post a pic, you know we love pics on here
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OP: I can't thank you enough for this technique!
LOL! Yes, I know so even though I'm not much of a picture taker, I still snapped two shots of the 2nd braid-out I did using this method.
Now just to give you some idea on my length, my hair is SL on the side and I’m a little past SL in the back. I'm also at about 9 weeks post. When I did my braid out, I did it rather tight because I wanted the curl pattern to drop or loosen as the days go by. Because of all of this, it made my braid-out about ear length.
Here’s a picture of the front……(If anyone knows how to resize pictures please PM me and let me know how because this pic is super big!!
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....and here’s a pic of the side / back.
This is the second time I did this and this time I just did a basic co-wash and while it was still wet, I worked in some Herbal Essences Long Term Relationship Split End Protectant followed with coconut oil. I put Lottabody Foam wrapping lotion in the front and then used a boar bristle brush to lightly brush it back and then wrapped the front. I let it airdry and then I braided it with the silk scarf strips and slept in it overnight. When I took it down, I separated them with Keracare Conditioning Headdress on my hands as I did it.
It feels so soft and smells so good! This is great! I love it! Thanks Zann!
I tried this last night and I must say I loved the results. I co-washed and then used my "leave-in" (V05 Strawberries & Cream) sealed w/ castor oil, applied HE tousle me softly mousse and let my hair get about 85% dry. I have to concentrate on the back a little more next time because the ends aren't as defined as the front. I also swept it to the side and did a little hump in the front as an experiment. I am getting married Saturday and I think this is how I'm going to wear my hair for the big day
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. Here's a pic from the wedding (click to enlarge): 
Thanks for the congrats! Everything was perfect, including the hair! It held up pretty good with the humidity too. I am partially texlaxed and about 11 months post right now so I was sooooo happy I could do something to really blend the 10 different textures
! Your hair came out gorgeous. 
I just watched that video the other day. I tried it last night and it turned out good. I came across this post doing a search on satin braidouts. I have a question. I'm not certain if this was answered already because I haven't read the entire thread. But when I was starting off, the scarf kept slipping. So my plaits didn't start close to my roots like I wanted them to. How do you keep the scarf close to your roots?
Oh that was YOU.
I hope the scarf underneath works for you. I know some people braid inside out and will put the fabric on top. But I couldn't tell you how they keep it from slipping...practice and skill I guess.
