Hair

Twist & Shout

My mom, who is natural, wanted to try out a new hairstyle. She was tired of rocking a fro and straightening her hair and was therefore interested in trying other styling options that would allow her to enjoy some versatility without costing too much money, time, or effort.

Since her hair is coarser than mine, I knew I needed to start by imparting moisture. I therefore started this style on freshly washed, air dried hair, and began spraying it with good ol' H20. I then applied a light setting lotion called SET (Extra Hold) by Hair Play to small sections of hair prior to doing a simple, two strand twist:


After her entire head was twisted, she allowed it to set overnight. She slept in a loose bonnet and untwisted the hair the next day. Here are the results:

Twist out, hair down

Twist out, hair half up, half down

My mom was very pleased with the final outcome, as she loved the volume the style afforded. However, she found that her hair felt a little dry, so now she is working on finding solutions to keeping her hair full of moisture without losing the body and lightweight feeling the setting lotion provides. I would suggest that in the future, she spritz the hair with a moisturizing spray (Even ol' skool Stay So' Fro might do the trick!) to maintain the moisture balance without losing the style. Since these pictures were taken, I trimmed her ends to eliminate any splits and give her hair a cleaner shape. All in all, I thought she looked beautiful, and her hair came out fab!