They're still on the fuzzy side though. I'm thinking maybe I'm not braiding tight enough and/or small enough. So my next go round, I'll try to do a couple extra braids, braid a lil tighter and see if that helps any.I plan to keep this set in for 2-3 weeks. I'm going to really shoot for 3 though and I'm going to try still washing my hair weekly with the braids in.
I do blow dry my hair so that I can stretch it and braid, which is another reason why I want to shoot for leaving these in for 3 weeks. I use my KBB Hair Milk as a leave in and blow dry on the low heat setting. Once I've completed it, I add a lil more of the hair milk to my hair and seal with an oil (this time I used jojoba oil).
***Veering off the current topic of discussion.... I will say though, that stretching my hair has greatly reduced the "fairy" knots (which I need to do a separate post on), hair that tangles on itself and forms knots, that show up in my hair.
My hair is growing into a stage in length where if I wear it in it's natural kurl pattern state in like a wash n go type style, it tangles on itself. So after July, I had to nix wash n go's and started employing styles that stretch my hair: braid outs mainly.***


4 comments:
Your cornrows are improving! I think that you shouldn't really do them smaller or tighter. Smaller cornrows can last longer but taking them out can become an issue. I think if you are intending to wash every week or so, the size that you are doing in this second run is good.
Well done!
Thanks for your suggestions Jc. I wasn't looking forward to braiding more than 9 cornrows anyway! LOL.
Congrats on the cornrows. You're definitely making progress. Have you tried banding for stretching out your hair without blow drying? If you band smaller sections and/or use more elastics you can get it pretty stretched out without heat. I soak my elastics in oil to make them slippery and prevent them from drying out my hair.
Wow Moni. Thanks for sharing that. I will have to give that a try! Yeah, b/c I really don't want to blow dry if I don't have to especially not frequently.
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