I personally prefer the way braid outs look to twist outs, at least on kinky hair. ? check me ‘fro outttt Why 3 Strand Twists Are Awesome Which I did! Just a few runs with my wide toothed comb, and I had the best looking fro I’ve had so far. …But by the time I got to work, it was limp and looking somehow, so I couldn’t resist the urge to ‘Fro It. It was fine when I left the house… Day 4 hair Simbi! ?ĭay 2 hair had less definition, but it was still alright.Īnd after 3 hours of wearing the wig, the back had no curlīy Day 4, the twist out had pretty much expired. I didn’t comb and I didn’t finger detangle either. #teamSwelly Maintenance:Īt night, I took different sections and braided the hair Simbi Style, taking care not to disturb my parting. Yes it swelled, but I liked the chunkiness. My Weather app predicted 94% Humidity on Monday so I prepared myself for the possibility that my twistout would be totally unrecognisable by the time I came home. (I bought my hair combs in July from Fashion Strings at NITC 6.
– I held the front sides up with 2 hair combs. – I oiled my hands with a little shea butter and carefully undid the twists, twisting in the opposite direction, very careful with separating the sections as too much movement can cause it to frizz and lose definition. – I had the twists in from Friday night to Monday morning. I used Cecees Curls Whipped Shea Butter (review soon) The Unraveling: Twist Out My leave-ins are humectant packed and I was trying to avoid frizz small, so I decided to do without them, and use just shea butter as a sealant and styling pomade. I did this on clean, damp hair, fresh from Washday. Still, it may be the thing to help you get it.
#Three strand twist how to
I saw a pictorial showing how to do a 3 strand twist without starting as a braid and it really confused me. Watch this really helpful video tutorial from Alyssa Forever, to see how it’s done. Nahhh, who am I kidding? Everything I’ve said may only make sense if you actually SEE it. tada!! ? Took me about 90 minutes, because I’m a bit of a snail
If your hair thins out down the twist, you can finish with a 2 strand twist or just twirl the end round your finger. And you repeat till you’re all the way down your twist. By so doing, the one that was originally on the left is now on the right, so you now make that one the leftest once more. Make the rightest the leftest, as in- move the section on the right to the innermost left. You can start it as a braid, so that your roots can firmly hold, and then you start the twisting.Īfter the braid beginning, you have three strands yes, left, centre, right- let’s call them A, B, C respectively. To 3 strand twist, you need 3 sections, like a braid. How is this possible? Isn’t that a braid, you ask? Nope, it isn’t. The 3 strand twist is a different way of twisting, with three strands. You’re definitely familiar with regular two-strand twists: twisting with two sections of hair. If you follow on Instagram, this is old news but here’s how I wore my hair last week, and a break down of how I was able to achieve it.