Happy New Month (as we say in 9ja cos we just have to celebrate everything). And you know what, we have every right to celebrate as we have made it through half of 2013 already. I was watching a Matthew Hussey video the other day, which I felt very inspired by. He encouraged his viewers to make the most of the 185 days left in the year citing that there was still a long time to achieve the goals you had written down in January. So do not be dismayed if you haven't attained some of your goals. Just keep focussed and I believe you will get there with hard work and determination. I am excited and believing for the best. Are you??
Anyways, So I went home* 2 weeks ago and finally received my curlformers that I had ordered from the U.S since February...( boy was I elated...in addition to sighting my KCCC and olive oil eco styler that my sis had bought during her last trip to the U.S which was like several months ago....I totally forgot about the later two as I wasn't allowed to take them with me as hand luggage).
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| 40 curlformers per bag in long and narrow |
Anyways, I had a formal dinner last Thursday and so thought it would be nice to use my curlformers. After much researching on youtube i decided to moisturize with my faithful yes to carrots argan oil leave in conditioner and set with lottabody setting lotion.
Unfortunately, I had left one bag in the UK and so I had to improvise as the set of 40 wasnt enough for my not so big hair. I had a set of 'arabic' curlformers which a friend had given me a while back, however they were short and so I had to use 2 per mini-section. I also filled in the gaps with flexi rods and used perm rods (for the areas where my hair was sticking out of the curlformers).
It was a whole day affair and after 3 hours of applying the curlformers and 1hr of hooded drying, I was good to go.
Co-wash- herbal essences beautiful ends conditioner
Styling- Yes to carrots leave in conditioner with argan oil, lottabody setting lotion (mixed one part lottabody with two parts water)
Accessories- hair clips, widetoothed comb, penman brush, curlformers long and narrow
I decided to curlform on freshly co-washed hair as I had shampooed the day before.
Step 1- Divide hair into 4 sections and co-wash with herbal essences beautiful ends conditioner.
Step 2- Twist hair into 8 sections i.e. 2 twists per quarter.
Step 3- Take down one twist (1/8th) and moisturize/ smooth with leave-in and then detangle with a wide tooth comb.
Step 4- Spritz section (1/8th) with lotta body setting lotion.
Step 5- Separate a small section from the bigger section (1/8th) and detangle using denman brush.
Step 6- Apply curl former to section
Step 7- Repeat all over hair
Step 8- Airdry x 6hrs or use a hooded hair dryer x 1hr (medium heat setting)
Step 9- voila
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| Had to pin curl the ends cos the curlformers were to short for me |
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| right sided view |
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| 4 hours later, post humidity and all |
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| me no likey :( |
So was it worth the hassle guys? What i'd say is if you live in a place where the humidity is lower you can get more wear out of the style.
I 'pineappled' my hair to sleep the first night and wore it with the frizz and all the second day. By the second night it had gone super frizzy and so I decided to bantu knot the whole thing, which was easy to do as I had all my sections already made out.
So I wore my hair in a bantu knot out days 3 and 4 and boy was it fierce. I'd do another style series with the pics of the bantu knot out later in the week, so stay tuned!!!!
xoxo
Miss Jay
