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Lately I've been doing a lot of twists as my protective style. They are easy to put in, easy to take out and last for a good little while.

Last weeks twists: on Tuesday of last week (8.24.10) I washed my hair, and then did a placenta hot oil treatment. I left the hot oil treatment in all night and rinsed it out before work the next day. The hot oil treatment had my hair feeling so soft and amazing! After rinsing I parted my hair to braid for stretching (so I could wear a bun to my interview). During the stretching I put Cantu shea leave-in and the growth oil on the individual parts to let it dry.

During the drying my hair felt great. It was soft and moisturized (I couldn't keep my hands out my hair all day!). The next day I took it down (in the evening) and brushed it back into a ponytail. I used 100% african shea butter mixed with E.V. Coconut Oil on my edges to slick them back (a hot mess by the way). Friday I was going to re-wash but decided against it because my hair is not used to being washed so frequently. I ended up doing some more two strand twists, they were way bigger than the last ones I did. After finishing the two strand twists I curled them with flexi rods to have a little curl in them for Sabbath. Here is what I came up with...

I actually don't like this pic but I liked the hairstyle

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I wore these twists until Tuesday. I took them out Tues afternoon and washed and did a baking soda deep condition (which was amazing by the way). I put about 1/2 c. of Olive Oil Cholesterol and 1/2 c. Panteen Pro-V Ice Shine conditioner in a small mixer, then eye balled about 1/4 c. baking soda and mixed it all together. It turned into an amazingly creamy conditioner.

I got the inspiration from sheacocoaluv on YT.

 I decided to do my first protective style which was flat twists in the front and two strand twists in the back. I did this on wet hair which is why I have the shrunken look, but I actually like it a lot! I pull on my twists to see my length and am happy with what I see.

I'm getting better with the twists! :o)

length check on 9.2.10