Style Points: Styling Mini Twists

Hello ladies! Yesterday I reached the 1 week mark for my lovely mini twists! I am enjoying this low maintenance protective style. My husband asked if I can do it all the time because it looks pretty :) He is so sweet!

 I would like to share with you a few pictures of styles I have been doing with my twists!

• All of my styles have been up so that my ends do not rub on my clothes.
•  Every style is protective and cute because my overall goal is to retain length as my hair continues to grow.
•  If you have not read the post I wrote when I first put them in a week ago, you can read it here!

I achieved this style by looping my hair around 3 fingers and pinning the ends under. In essence it is just a loose pin curl. This is a very simple way to add flair to the front of any style- you know the Pentecostal touch :)

This style is the front swoop I just described along with a high bun. Notice that my ends are tucked under away from the sun as much as possible. For a modest addition, I added my new metal braided headband that I picked up from an Aldo accessory store. Its one of my new favs!

This is the close up of my high bun! As you all know this is a favorite style of mine. With the summer heat- it has really become a go-to style for me! It keeps me cool :)

To create this style,

• I put 8-10 flexi rods in my hair that was moist with leave in conditioner, aloe vera gel and jojoba oil overnight
• In the morning, I released the flexi rods and separated the curls
• I left a few curls out in the front
• I then pulled the rest to the side with a banana clip
• I secured loose pieces with bobby pins
• Total style time: 3 minutes!

Style Points: Mini Twists on Blow Dried Hair

Hello ladies! I wanted to share with you how I achieved this style in addition to why i made this style choice.

My objective: a long lasting, cute and versitile protective style. I generally have a difficult time wearing the same style for a long time so I needed something I can still "style". Of course I need something protective but more importantly (to my self esteem) is for it to be cute! Lol :)

My long term goal: to achieve and retain more length! I am inspired to grow long hair and to retain all the growth God gives me! I am very blessed to have hair the length it is. I want to be mindful of how I take care of it. Faithful over a few things right?!

Now that we have established my objective and goals for this style.. Let's talk about how I did this!

What did I do?

• STEP 1:
• Washed my hair with tea tree tingle by trader joes. 
• Conditioned my hair with bioinfusion olive oil deep conditioner
• De-tangled my hair in sections with the conditioner in. I did this while I was still in the shower. Once I de-tangled a section, I twisted and clamped it. When I finished de-tangling and twisting, I rinsed out all of the conditioner with the clamps in. 
• I left my hair twisted and clamped while I rinsed out the conditioner so that I wouldn't have to de-tangle all over again after my shower 

• STEP 2:
• Blow dried my hair with Shea moisture curl enhancing smoothie and jojoba oil in small sections. 
• Twisted the sections so that it would stay stretched. 
• I chose to blow dry my hair (only the 3rd time in over 2 years) so that it would be as stretched as possible and to get a smooth cuticle for a smooth style!
• However, because I didn't completely dry it, I ended up with some frizz. So you want to blow dry until your hair is completely dry. 

• STEP 3:
• Twisted my hair in small sections.
• I used Shea moisture curling enhancing smoothie to seal my ends. It worked very nicely! 
• Total twist time = approximately 5.5 hours 

I plan to leave this style in for 4 WEEKS!

For your reference and convenience, I posted a video as a recap to this post. Watch for the final results and other tips!