Hair Experiment: Flat Twists w/ Two Strand Twists

As I said in my last post I've been wanting to do more natural styles and use less heat so I finally did. I tried this style early during my transition but this time it came out much better. The style was done on freshly washed and conditioned hair and it was still wet/damp when I started twisting. The products I used were 100% coconut oil, Eco Styler Gel and Shea Moisture Curling Souffle. I'm not sure if the Shea Moisture actually did anything but it's been sitting on my dresser neglected so I just wanted to use it for something.

For this style, I made a part across the top of my head from ear to ear to separate the front and back. Then I did two strand flat twists in the front of my head followed by loose two strand twists in the back. I actually like how it came out and I'll probably do this style again because it was really easy. I can't give an accurate time for how long it took because there was a while when I was just staring in the mirror trying to figure out exactly what I wanted to do. I also did a little experimenting with the twists going in different directions before I finally settled on something so I'm sure it took a lot longer than it should have.

In the future, I'll probably try to flat twist the hair up towards the crown of my head instead of down towards my neck. Here are a few pictures of the results.

My flat twists are getting much better if I do say so myself.

Pardon the stuff in the background...lol

View from the back.

Au Naturale

Did I spell that right?

Anyway, it's been almost two years since I decided to go natural (June 2010) and at this point I'm almost fully natural. In fact, why not just go ahead and say I am fully natural. Okay, so technically I still have some relaxed ends here and there that will probably get cut the next time I decide to trim my ends or whenever the mood strikes which could be anytime. Either way it's safe to say that my hair is about 99% natural at this point.

I still wear my hair straight pretty much ALL the time because whenever I try a natural style I hate the way it looks on me. For some reason the styles I try never look how I picture them looking in my head. Maybe it's because I do everything myself. I don't know. I want to start going to a salon but I haven't found one so for now I'll just do what I've been doing. I really want to try doing more natural styles I just need to find ones that suit me but I'm working on it.

That's pretty much all for now, just a little update. Here's a few pictures of the fro just after washing and adding some highlights. Peace out!

Freshly washed hair. I'm not sure if this was before or after adding my leave-in.

See, you barely notice that I still have some relaxed ends in there.

It doesn't seem like it but you can see the highlights better with the hair straight.