Onesy's Hair Diary, Jan 04
You know Onesy from a previous interview. After she has already cooperated in an interview, she is now also keeping a diary especially for the visitors of kroeshaar.com.
To start the new year off right, I've decided to finally sit down and start writing my hair diary for kroeshaar.com.
summer hairstyle afro my hair from behind
Bantu, Twist, Cornrow Combi
Because it's winter now I don't want to do too many different things with my hair. So no afro for a while. I often have to get up early for work (which I cycle to), and then you can't get on your bike with a head of wet hair.... So lately I've mainly been doing twists. In the pictures with cornrows at the front, but normally I also twist my hair at the front. I've also wanted to dye my hair for a while (with red strands) and I thought it would be easier if I braided/twisted my hair so I could easily dye strands. It didn't turn out exactly how I wanted, but it didn't fail that much either.
Normally I take really good care of my hair. I wet it every day and wash it with conditioner (Motions Kids Detangling Conditioner). Sometimes I wash the conditioner out, but often I don't. My hair gets really soft if I leave it in for a day. I comb my hair in the shower with an afro comb while running water over it. If I don't do that, my curls disappear and I get the real afro effect. I recently bought the frizzy brush and it does indeed work well in combing out hair, but I get the same effect as with the afro comb, so I don't use it on dry hair.
Cornrow-Twists combination
Since it's winter now and I mostly twist my hair, I don't wash it that often. I like it better when my twists have a bit of length, so I don't wet them as much as possible. To get them as long as in the last picture, I blow-dry my hair first. I actually don't like doing this, because heat is of course bad for your hair. That's why I followed your tip to braid my hair into a few cornrows first to get some length. That works indeed. And I recently saw another method to get your hair a bit longer without heat (on the nappturality forum they call it 'banding'): wrap a piece of cut-off pantyhose (or an elastic band) around a lock of hair and twist it around it until the end of the lock. Leave it overnight and the next day your hair will be stretched. see http://public.fotki.com/lydicarol/nh_album/hairstory_part_ii/winter_2003/ for more info on that.
I also regularly point my own hair, because I am not so happy with the result of the hairdresser I went to. If anyone has a tip about a hairdresser who can handle frizzy hair, I would love to know!