No Frizzy Business

I was at work and selling a fellow patient her prescription when she asked me "Who does your hair?" I looked at her in dismay because I felt my hair needed some work done, (I was wearing a 4 day old twist out in a puff). I told her that I did my own hair. She then asked "Well how do you get it to remain so curly and defined?" Once again, I was taken aback because it appeared that she had relaxed hair and she was asking me things like what I would say could help her. I guess she read my face because she said "Oh, I'm natural, I just have on a wig. But I can never get my twist outs to remain curly. They always come out frizzy. What's your method?" I went over the process, which is not long, step by step with her to see what she was doing wrong and there were several things. So I thought, hmmmm, if this one natural lady is having trouble with twist outs, she can't be alone, (for I too, used to get unintentional frizz in my earlier days). So I am here to share my twist out method with everyone just in  case someone is having the same issues she was.

Step 1. Always make sure that before you start to unravel your twists, that your hands, (or at least your fingertips), are coated with oil. I personally use EVOO (extra virgin olive oil), but use whatever works for you just as long as you have enough slip not to tangle your hair.

Step 2. Unravel twists starting from the root and NOT the ends!!! This is very important because starting from the ends of your hair is more likely to create frizz. If your hands are well coated and you start from the roots, then your fingertips will be able to glide right down to the tip with no problem. This method will result in frizz-free twist outs.

(Day 1 Hair) not fluffed out

These are the only two steps that I use when taking down my twists and they are also the two steps the patient at my job got wrong.

Another thing to do, (and this is while twisting your hair), is that you NEVER want to borrow hair from strand to strand while twisting. I find that borrowing in braid outs is fine, but borrowing hair while twisting can result in tangles, which can lead to frizz.

Now when the lady talked to me I was on Day 4 hair and it looked like this.

(Day 4) fluffed out hair

My hair normally remains in the defined state without me fluffing for about 5 to 6 days. To help the style to stay defined at night I just use the pineapple method with a satin cap at night and shake it out in the morning. The end result is frizz-free and well defined hair.

These are just my methods and they work for me. But I figure there may be other ways to achieve frizz-free twist outs or maybe there are some Dont's that I left out. Feel free share your experience with frizzy twist out, leave advice for fellow naturals, or even leave your method that works for you!

Until next time,

Stay Natural

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