Oh, Hand In Fro disease, how you haunt so many of us.
Imagine my glee when my idle meddling in my hair turned out to be a useful styling aid. I had just deep conditioned with Tresemme Curl Moisture conditioner (on sale for $1.27 at Duane Reade, what!), honey, baking soda and coconut oil. I let it sit for 45 minutes, rinsed it out and slathered on shea butter.
There I was, sitting at my kitchen table, studying public policy as my fingers crept into my fro and started twisting. I did a few finger twists, then caught my reflection and went, aha! Why not just do this all over my head?!
And so my new favorite style, based on ease of styling, was born. I just grabbed random sections of hair, no parting, no combing, and curled them around my finger. Repeat and repeat.
Then I threw in a side parting because I've been getting bored with Poofy and shaving her in any form is not acceptable. I need more styling ideas, my attention span is suffering.
Anyway, here are the pictures of the end result, large finger coils with shea butter, with a side parting. I just like the texture of it :)
13 comments:
love it! your hair is growing big...i wanna play in my hair too now. Maybe getting (or making) more accessories can salvage boredom?
Don't you love when you come up with styles "by accident"? It looks great. :D
Gorgeous! I was doing finger curls in my hair while writing a big paper for law school. No product nothing. And I'm a tight 4b. Low and behold, I had twist all over and wore it like that to school the next day! The next morning I unraveled them (after putting in some shea butter for much needed moisture) and I had a style!
Z your hair looks fab! I only part with my hands when I do coils or twists. And HIH is AMAZING for texture.
I love it, so cute!!
looks great! love that you let the part in it, nice :)
That is the BEST HIF result I've ever seen! After a stressful day of absent-minded HIF, my hair looks like you threw a poodle in a dryer.
- savvy
This is too cute!! I will have to try this when my hair gets longer.
I just had a hairgasm. That is seriously cute.
@Curly Film Chick, I've been using headscarves so far this week :) Randomly, when is your spring break? We should meet up.
@Milan, thanks!
@The Star, I will totally be attempting the unravelling- didn't occur to me, I just washed them out.
@Savannah, thanks!!
@Amma Mama, =)
@Danyelle, lol, it reminds me of my dad's old school afro pictures!
@savvybrown, *dead* That image is so wrong, yet so funny
@Ash, thanks! How long is your hair now? I did finger coils on Poofy when she was shorter, was more time consuming, though...
@bettie, hairgasm! I shall steal that term :) thanks!
love it! verrrryyy cute =)
Super cute! I love it when accidental styles work out wonderfully :)
Alice
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My hair is maybe an 1- 1 1/2 inches in some places (if I'm lucky). I bc'd almost a month ago.
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