My Best Braid-Out Ever!

Anyone who knows me knows that I am not much into styling my hair. I pretty much stick to a few basic styles, and that’s it. So, I decided to add more styles to the rotation.

I’ve attempted a twist-out many times. I got varied results. Then I tried a braid-out, and for me that works much better. I’ve been experiementing with different products for my braid-outs, and some have worked better than others. Most of the time I had to rebraid in large braids each night for it to make it to the next day. This photo shows my second day hair without rebraiding or doing anything to it last night besides sleeping on my satin pillowcase. AND…I took this picture after being out in wet weather yesterday and today. AND…the photo doesn’t really do it justice because I took it with my phone, but you get the idea.

Okay, so here’s what I did:

My hair was stretched out from wearing a bun. I gave each piece a light spritz of water. I did a few medium-sized braids using Lil’ Better Butter. I put a little coconut oil on them in the morning before I took them down.

Like I mentioned before, I slept on my satin pillowcase. No effort was made to preserve the style (because I was tired). I thought I would have to put it in a puff in the morning, but it still looked good.

The only downside is that everyone has been wanting to touch my hair now that it is down. The adults I politely reject, but I had a few little boys tell me that they love my hair as they were touching it and enjoying it. I couldn’t say no the babies.