Blow - Out - or is it?

I am one of those naturals that likes BIG HAIR the bigger my Fro, is the better! The "Internets" are full of different methods of achieving  the heat-less "blow-out" with some naturals using the banding method, an old twist-out, any old stretched out hairstyle will work. The best method for me is really Old School which is THREADING. I call it old school because  saw my aunts doing this when I was young to keep their natural hair "straight" and soft.

I started off with freshly washed hair after my protein and deep conditioning treatment, I always work in sections, but with this method I use smaller sections, I used my Aloe Vera Spritz as a leave-in and then sealed with a Shea Butter mix. This for me is the FIRST round of stretching the results from the first round is soft hair but it hasn't quite reached that big blow out stage that I like, so I thread a SECOND time to get the "blow-out" effect. For my second round of threading I use black wool/yarn and I kept this hairstyle as a low manipulation style for 2 days. When I remove the thread I get my  big almost Diana Ross look that I love. 

To get the blow out effect on hair that is already stretched out from an old twist out or an old actual blow dry all you need to do is put a little cream in your hair. I used some of the Nubian Nature Carrot Hydrating Cream and thread it.  If you are going to spray your hair with your spritz and seal with a butter or oil make sure you don't use too much spritz, just spray enough to make your hair slightly damp, if you spray too much your hair will revert to its natural curly state and then you wont get that big blow out effect. To maintain this style over a week you can either wrap you hair around your head with pins, put your hair into a big loose bun taking care not to put too much pressure on your hair line make sure you tuck the ends in to keep them straight or you can continue to thread.

What I like about this method of stretching on my hair is that no heat is used as I try to use as little heat as possible on my hair, also my hair is not vigorously brushed and pulled in different directions by a stylist who really doesn't know how to handle natural hair, which means there is very little breakage and no damage to my hair

Try the heat-less blow-out and try and compare how your hair feels when you do it this way to how it feels when you use heat.

XXX

Isabel