How to spurce up corn rows/ flat twists

I mastered flat twists years ago, but thought they were not professional enough to be worn to work for the most part.

Well enter my laziness at not wanting to spend a few hours installing mini twists and the return of the flat twist. I had an idea to transform the flat twist into a bun like style that would be professional and much more protective than my mini twists.

With the mini twists I usually still touch the hair and change up the style.

 With this bun like style I planned (and succeeded) at not

touching my hair for an entire week. This made the style truly protective.

 

So I played with this style and LOVED it, it will be added into my hair routine so feel free to also think up something like this to leave your hair untouched and protected.

 

* FYI this flat twist resulted in the cutest twist out.

 



Hacks for Straightening Natural Hair

Every few months I get tired of pretending to love the shrinking power of my natural hair. During these times I think of ways to switch up my look. Often I explore a straight style. 

Over the years I have learned a few tricks that result in straighter hair and love to share the wealth. 

To get from this :

To this: 

I use a blow dryer and a flat iron.

Tips:

1. Use a a heat protectant and make sure the hair is moisturized. 

2. Pull on the hair during blow drying rather than using a comb. 

3. Use a flat iron to follow a rat tail comb as you straighten the hair.

4. Limit passes with the flat iron. 

5. Part the hair in really small sections, this can be very difficult if you have thick dense hair and little patience. 

Dry hair breaks and that typically isn't the desired effect, hair also burns which would ruin my growth goals.  I find that pulling my hair while I dry it results in more stretching than using a comb. If you have ever attempted to straighten very curly hair without a comb I have just given you the best tool you'll ever use. Using the comb prevents the hair from remaining tangled and staying a flattened curly mess. Lastly to limit the potential damage I try to only go through the hair once or twice.   

Below are my most recent results. 

~Curls and love!

How the pineapple method saved my twist out

I finally tried the pineapple method for my twist out  and I have a new love! Check out my results. 

 

Solving two natural hair problems (inability to make a pony tail and tight hair)

So for months on end it has bothered me that my hair is long enough for a ponytail but will not go up due to the thickness and shrinkage. It has also bothered me that some people wear their hair so tightly it is obviously doing damage. I wanted to offer some ways to combat these too issues. See my videos from Youtube below.