Just a last minute style I decided to do before wash day. I took her twists out since they were super messy, applied product and did some banding with a braid at the end. She loves it! (Excuse the messy part, I didn't use a comb, just took the twists out and made it as even as I could)
The last time I posted about banding was 2.5 years ago and when her hair was banded it was only to her ears!...I wasn't sure what to do to her hair tonight so I'm starting with this. I also finally caved on buying As I am double butter cream. I found it in a 8oz jar for about $12 if I recall correctly (didn't wanna buy the big jar for double the price quite yet). So a review on that should be coming soon as well!
I have banded a few times in the past but once I took the bands out the next day her hair wasn't as moisturized as I anticipated it would be. When I banded last night I used different products which left her hair much more moisturized than in the past. So when I took her bands out today I decided I wanted to try styling with adding a leave in conditioner on half her head and then on the other half to just leave as is from banding the night before....when I applied the leave in conditioner to the one side I noticed her hair start to shrink and curl, making it a bit more difficult to style as I wanted (since her hair is still pretty short). The side that had no reapplied product was much easier to work with, although I did have to be more gentle when grabbing sections of hair to ensure no breakage since it was a bit more dry and had a few tangles close to her scalp.
In the end I will choose just to use better products and more of it when banding so that the next day I won't have to add any more.
Purpose:
To elongate curls without the use of heat.
How to:
I band on freshly washed and detangled hair. I apply an oil on damp hair and put a leave in conditioner on after. I then begin to band the section I am working with. Once that section is done I move to the next and continue till her whole head is finished....in the morning I take the bands out and style.
