This week, I decided to get my hair out of the way and put in mini twists. I also used the opportunity to dust (trim) my ends.

My twist with some honey blond kinky extensions

The Back

My mom and sister really loved the results.

My sis insisted I do hers ( she's a new natural but she hides her hair under weaves).
She went to the market immediately and bought two packs of kinky extensions...that's when I knew she was serious!

That evening,I helped her take down her weave, clarified her scalp with "Alberto Culver Balsam Shampoo in Mandarin Limited Edition"(gifted) and co washed with "Suave Naturals Apple conditioner".

I sealed with castor oil. I didn't want to layer products in her hair.
I stretched her hair by gathering it up on her head and braiding. I didn't want her hair to be super stretched to give fuller twists.
The following day, I twisted her hair.

TWISTING.

- Starting from the back, I made square one inch sections in her hair.
I spritzed with a little water to soften. Then I applied castor oil and combed through with a wide tooth comb.
I used castor oil because unlike grease ( petroleum jelly), it provides hold, shine and seals in water without clogging the scalp.

- I took a small piece of extension ( half the thickness of the sectioned hair) and wound it around the hair at the roots.Winding helps reduce hair breakage and makes take down easy.

Kinky Twist Extensions by Nobel. Price N700

- After winding (about three to four rotations), I twisted as usually by crossing one piece of two parts over the other.
Please do check YouTube for tutorials on twisting if you are a beginner.

See how thick the sections are? You can go smaller or bigger depending on the size you want

I did this all over her head. It took me all of 8 hours.Here are the pictures. What do you all think?

Finished hair, side view

Finished hair, front view.

 Kinky twists with extensions is a long lasting protective style (more than four weeks) if put in, maintained and taken down properly.
When putting in kinky twists, make sure it is not too tight at the roots. Due to the rubbery nature of the extensions, it would contract and become tighter pulling the hair from the roots.

Here are some pictures of Kinky Twists I sourced online.





MAINTENANCE

-Depending on how long you have the style in for, it is important to clean the hair and scalp at least once a week if you are the gym type and once in two weeks if you aren't ( like me).

-Cleansing the hair is simple.
Dilute your shampoo with water in your spray bottle.

-Spray the roots and scalp, then spray the hair.
Allow to stay for a few minutes.

-Put clean water in the spritz bottle and spritz again. Squeeze to get excess water off then pat dry with a towel.

-To condition, mix in your spritz bottle, water, conditioner, aloe vera in part ratios of 4:2:1 and add a teaspoon of olive/coconut oil. Mix thoroughly and spray hair.

On the other hand, you can purchase commercial dry shampoo and braid spray for maintenance.

TAKE DOWN.
-Spray each twist with the water,condish mix and take down by carefully untwisting with oily fingers.

-If you reach a tangle, be patient and work at it until it untangles.Tangling can be reduced by proper maintenance during the period the twists are in.

-When you are done with that twist, spritz hair again and detangle with fingers.

-After you have taken down and detangled a sizable portion, loosely twist that portion to prevent retangling of the hair.

STYLE TIP: You can take it down for a mini twistout.

If you have anymore questions,comments or experiences with kinky twists, please do share.
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