Self-Installed Senegalese Twists w/pics!!!

[itsjusthair88]

So this weekend (and I mean the WHOLE weekend), I decided to try and self-install my own Senegalese twists using Kanekalon RastAfri 100% Afrelle, here's what I did:

• Friday:
  • Shampoo with Paul Mitchell's "Real Clean" (I think that's the name) Shampoo...it has sulfates, I know. Bad.
  • Overnight DC with a mix of: Nexxus, L'Occitane Shea DC, Coconut Oil, Aloe Juice, EVOO, Honey, etc.
• Saturday:
  • TWIST! (it took me all day, with frequent and long breaks)
• Sunday:
  • Re-twist a few scraggly ones from late Saturday
  • Curl the ends with boiling water and curl rods

And on to the pics (I make strange faces ALOT, I don't like pictures):

Frizzies Frizzies Frizzies! My hair is frizzy and I'm not good enough
to hide them...yet.

Here's the finished product...it's a bit thin for me.

The front

And there it is!







This is only my second time putting anything in my hair (the first time I put in kinky twists) I would like to keep these in for 4-6 weeks, fixing loose ones as I go. I am having trouble getting them close to my head AND I still have little bits of my hair sticking out of the twist, which look better now, compared to the first time, but still look bad, IMHO. I'm proud of myself, up next: conquer the cornrow!

 

[Lute]

looks beautiful .. i think the amount of hair is just right

 

[Ivonnovi]

That's a very Nice job!

I hear you on the l-o-n-g install, and then having to go back and fix a few but that's all part of the learning process.

When I first started doing my hair I would work in 4 hour intervals, yes it would take me 24hrs to complete but I quickly learned that after 4hrs my works was "not so on point". LOL


Edited to add: If you blend the 27 evenly through the darker shade, it will make for some very nice and subtle highlights. This is about the only reason I have an "Ace" comb in the house.

 

[itsjusthair88]

^^^^^Thanks!

 

[Naturalhaven]

I think it looks good! I need to master the cornrow also.

 

[klb120475]

Good job! They look great!

 

[itsjusthair88]

I think it looks good! I need to master the cornrow also.

I know!!! Once I master the cornrow I know there will be so many other PS's I can do: weaves, braids under wigs, crochet, styles cornrows, etc. I am itching to get a bag of braiding hair and lock myself in my room until I get it right! And thanks!

Good job! They look great!

Thank you!!!