Crown of Glory » Bantu Knots http://bloglorious.com A Young Woman's Journey to Embracing Nappturality, Sisterlocks, and Financial Independence... Thu, 23 Jul 2009 04:47:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Experimenting with Bantu Knots http://bloglorious.com/2008/07/experimenting-with-bantu-knots/ http://bloglorious.com/2008/07/experimenting-with-bantu-knots/#comments Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:44:30 +0000 Neci Baby http://bloglorious.com/?p=69 A few days ago I decided to experiment with bantu knots. A while ago when I had my loose natural hair, my beautician told me how bantu knots could give me a nice “twist-out, crinkly” effect on my hair. So I thought why couldn’t this be done on SLs? I tried it and the first time didn’t come out so well. I did it on dry hair and did not use two strand twists; instead, I simply twisted the hair on itself using a swirling motion with my fingers. I also did not use any products (i.e. setting lotion). Furthermore, I let my hair air dry instead of sitting underneath a hair dryer. As you can see from the 1st set of Bantu Knot photos, the hair turne dout ok, but the curls weren’t as tight as I like them. Also, by the end of the day, you could not tell that I had even styled my hair at all. If you are viewing this post in a reader and cannot see the images, click here to access the post on http://bloglorious.com.

The next day, I discovered the video below on the net, “How-to-Do a Wet Set Without Using Roller”. I’m so glad that I found it because it taught me what I was doing wrong (thanks Natural Southern Girl!). I used Motions Light Styling Foam and spritzed very lightly with Motions Light Hold Working Spritz once all the knots were in…. Finally, I can get the curls that I won’t without breaking the bank buying wrap-a-loc or Soft Spikes! :)

Also check out Creyole’s Bantu Knots.

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