OMG, I love how chunky your twists are people! :notworthy Ooop2 I want your medium ones to be mine NOW!!!
I am so jelly of all the pretty twists in this thread. My hair doesn't look good in twists. It's too thin.
Glam, my twists are skinny too but I find small ones look better than thick ones. Also dunking them in water after doing them helps them puff up and look less spaced out.
Twist each strand clockwise before crossing them over anticlockwise. The way Mook's Hair shows on her video. Sorry I never have the link when I need it but hopefully she'll be on to give it.
Dry
After 4 weeks I start to redo them one by one, so no idea how long they'd last without me bothering them, but I have HIH so I use the excuse to tidy the base to redo them.
These are 4 weeks (8 washes) old.
What products do you use?
I don't use any products when twisting or after. The only products I ever use are shampoo and conditioner and ACV when washing.
I think what makes my twist not unravel unless I wash them is the fact that after I do them, I dunk them in water so the ends shrink and form coilies that when pressed together, interlock. So I wet them and let them drip dry. At first the ends sort of look like
stretched springs due to the weight of water, but as they dry, they sort of shrink like a
contracted spring/coil. I think the fact that my twists are small and kinda match the size of the coils makes this "locking" easy to do. I don't think it would work if I made thicker twists.
After a few washes, the twists do get thicker. You can see what they look like when I finish them and how wavy they are, and then you can see a slight thickening from CWing them in this pic.
Then after several more washes, you can see how much fuller they look:
As someone mentioned, braiding the base does keep it neater for longer, but I don't mind the puffing at the base so while I've done the braid to start, I often don't do it.
By not using products and simply CWing whenever my hair feels dry and baggying nightly, I find my hair doesn't lock up after many washes and many days of wearing the twists but rather unravels with easy. In fact when I wash my hair I usually have to redo some coz they unravel like this: