I thought I'd shake things up a bit. I've put away my fro - temporarily - and am now sporting some two-strand twists. After all, it IS Friday, right? I've had twists before - of varying types and lengths. One set was done with the aid of some added hair for length. I had these done at an African World of Braids shop downtown by the lovely Fatima. the whole process took about 3.5 - 4 hours. They didn't last that long and they were quite expensive. Now, it wasn't the fault of Ms. Fatima that they didn't last long...something about the added hair irritated my skin so I took them down.
I had another set done this past December at a lovely shop in Raleigh, Sophia Sunflower Salon. Love love love this place. The entire process didn't take nearly as long, granted I didn't have any hair added this time. I would probably have gone back to Sophia's place to have my latest set of twists done except I was anxious for new style and wasn't sure when she would be able to get me in (ok, so I never said I was a patently patient person - at least not when it comes to a hair style change or PURSES, but that's another story). So, I did them myself. It took me about 3 hours. Not too bad, I watched a movie and part of another one. Result? Well, they aren't nearly as neat and perfect as they would be had I gone to a salon but it didn't cost me anything but a little time and effort. One of my coworkers said they were cute...make that two (another coworker just walked over to check them out - all POSITIVE!).
So, the plan is to leave the twists in as long as possible - I'm hoping for through the weekend but I tend to get antsy, lol. The general consensus seems to state that the longer they are left in, the better the twist pattern for the twist out. Man, I hope I don't start unraveling the twists anytime soon. Anyways *eyeroll*, my plan is to leave them in and then untwist them, being careful not to disturb the twist pattern, and rock a twist out! Two styles in one?! What a bargain.
I had another set done this past December at a lovely shop in Raleigh, Sophia Sunflower Salon. Love love love this place. The entire process didn't take nearly as long, granted I didn't have any hair added this time. I would probably have gone back to Sophia's place to have my latest set of twists done except I was anxious for new style and wasn't sure when she would be able to get me in (ok, so I never said I was a patently patient person - at least not when it comes to a hair style change or PURSES, but that's another story). So, I did them myself. It took me about 3 hours. Not too bad, I watched a movie and part of another one. Result? Well, they aren't nearly as neat and perfect as they would be had I gone to a salon but it didn't cost me anything but a little time and effort. One of my coworkers said they were cute...make that two (another coworker just walked over to check them out - all POSITIVE!).
So, the plan is to leave the twists in as long as possible - I'm hoping for through the weekend but I tend to get antsy, lol. The general consensus seems to state that the longer they are left in, the better the twist pattern for the twist out. Man, I hope I don't start unraveling the twists anytime soon. Anyways *eyeroll*, my plan is to leave them in and then untwist them, being careful not to disturb the twist pattern, and rock a twist out! Two styles in one?! What a bargain.
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