Hello, my loves.
Today I'm sharing one protective style.
I used to grow my natural hair from shoulder length to tailbone length in one
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Starting on freshly washed wet hair.
I'm applying my favorite creamy curl butter.
The two hair creams that I prefer to use for this protective style is the aloe
whipped butter. by Camille rose naturals and my homemade curl cream.
I like to add as much as my hair needs by going by how it feels after I apply
it.
If there's a lot of slip in my hair and it feels like kind of like wet seaweed.
I know I added enough.
This is adding an extra layer of protection on your hair. On top of the water,
it helps to tame the flyways.
Then I detangle with my detangling brush to make sure all of the cream is evenly
distributed throughout my hair. For added longevity. Add a gel.
When I want the style to last a full seven days.
The gel that works the absolute best for me is my homemade flaxseed gel.
flaxseed gel contains omega three fatty acids,
vitamin B magnesium manganese selenium,
which helps us stimulate hair growth and prevent breakage.
This is why I love using flaxseed gel because it helps my hair to have the
healthiest looking and feeling hair growth.
It's pretty superior to any store bought gel I have ever used,
but you can use any of your favorite gels that you have on hand,
depending on what your natural hair needs to stay put.
I'ma going to explain this part as good as I possibly think I can.
I just want you guys to watch it and kind of follow what my hands are doing.
the first half of my head or the top half. I always flat twist that half.
So it's almost like a braid, but not really.
You're going to see what I do with the bottom half later,
take a small section at the top and start flat twisting.
I keep on grabbing hair until my hair is flat twisted to about behind my ear.
Now, once I've reached behind my ear.
Then I make three new sections where the flat twist ends in braid the rest all
the way down. I've tried flat, twisting all the way down before,
but my hair never stays in place with that method.
And it never lasts through the full seven days that I need it to.
instead I prefer braiding the rest so I can set it and forget it.
The braid locks the style in place in a way that I won't have to do anything to
my hair for the next seven days. It just stays put.
And this is essentially my version of how to do a twist braid on your own
natural hair. Twist braids are nice and simple.
They take a tiny amount of time to do and are excellent for people who don't
know how to do French or Dutch braids.
I generally do two twist braids on each side with a middle part,
but feel Free to switch it up and have fun with a parting. If that's your thing.
I switched up my flat twist braids throughout the week by adding hair jewels,
hair string.
I also do two different bun styles to kind of switch it up and make sure that it
doesn't get boring. And also so that it's just out of sight out of mind,
I can just kind of leave it alone and not touch it. First style that I do,
the two mini buns is the one that I do the most often.
pull out some ah dem baby hairs, make it look Cute. Consistency is key.
For tailbone length curls.
I did this hairstyle for about two to three weeks out of the month.
The other weeks I usually just wear washing n' go keeping it nice and simple.
flat twist braids are my go to protective style when I really want to gain some
inches. and get some healthy hair growth. using it with the flaxseed.
Gel is key.
The second style that I like to do is a single bun.
And sometimes if I'm feeling it,
I like to wrap it in a scarf and that just gives it a whole like nineties kind
of vibe, depending on the look that I'm going for at the moment.
to make sure that I'm making the protective style exciting, you know,
just doing something a little different, switching it up,
for more curly hair content, check out my blossom your curls playlist next.
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