Super small twists vid FINALLY!

This is my process for doing small twists. Of these I had 600ish. I started with the front of my head and then moved from the nape of my neck up. They took 15 hours over 5 days. I started them June 1st and they lasted until July 14th. So about 6 weeks of wear. I was able to swim with them (in the ocean 3 times and in the pool twice) and wash them each time after that. That made it a lot more difficult to take them out though.

Super small twists are my favorite summer style.

Super small twists: the process.

I did them very similarly to the last time this time around. I banded with twice as many scrunchies, and blow dried in sections on warm and then on cool. This was the result:

I wore pigtail puffs for a day before I started. After starting I would pull it back in a ponytail or a bun.

I find it easiest to do it section by section, I usually kept mine to at most a 3"x 3", but I prefer 2" x2" sections. When I wasn't twisting or I was doing another section I would braid the other sections as seen above. I found that easier than using clips or pins to clip off sections and prevent loose strands. I t also kept my hair stretched out so the twists wouldn't start off shrunken. Im my experience the shrinking starts about 3-4 days in and the best way to stretch them back out is to band. They'll never go back to being as straight as when I started, but they will lengthen out a little.

It seems like there's a lot going on in the pics, but really I only deal with one of the components at a time. I prefer to use as many clips as I did to optimize visibility in the back, but I've seen curly vids where they only use 2-3 clips for the whole process. I use at least 6 at all times.

1. the bottom right
2. the bottom left
3. the loose halved side
4. the first side in the front that's done
5. the other side in the front that's done
6. the hair in the part I'm not dealing with
7. the line of twists I'm currently working on

And the end result (drumroll please...)

These were taken today (technically yesterday) about 2 weeks in, and I plan to keep them in for 4-5 more weeks. I wore the twists pinned up (seen above) to an interview earlier today actually. I hope I get the job :D.

Btw, my touch up method for my ends (they get frizzy and dry every 3-4 days) is to just put a dab of Elasta QP Olive Oil & Mango Butter to each end. I do this at night before I go to sleep. It takes about an 1-1.5 hours so I only do once a week. I hate the smell of the stuff, and it's kinda gooky at first, but after I wake up my ends are wonderful (I hope you can see in the pics)

More pictures... lol I have no explanation other than I was bored. These are a week in and before the touch-up I did last last night for the interview.

Random pics done. The video should be done and up in a day or two. Let's see if my computer wants to cooperate...

New Growth

I am like a post fiend today, but while pulling back my hair I noticed that I have a grey hair right in the front-left of my head right around the hairline. I usually either pluck it or leave it alone, but I realize now that I can use it to measure my new growth. It has a distinct definition between black and grey (I got my hair dyed black [semi-permanent] that last time I got a perm). I want to get my hair dyed again, but I am afraid that it will damage my hair too much. I kind of want to try henna and indigo, but I haven't found anywhere around here (R,VA) that sells henna or indigo. Let alone 90% of the products I want to try.

Anyone know of any places in Richmond close to VCU that sell that kind of stuff?