Embracing My Roots: Braid Out

So, I started a new, fun regimen for my curls called the braid out. I was watching Sarah's videos on YouTube and I came across the one she did on her braid out and thought it looked fun. First, I washed my hair with my KMS shampoo and conditioner (I wanted my hair to feel really clean). When I got out of the shower, I put two quarter sized amounts of my Curl Enhancing Smoothie in my hair and combed it through. I then sectioned my hair into five parts, two in the front, two in back, and one at the crown, just like Sarah's video describes. I made sure to keep my hair really wet, adding my newest purchase, Organics Lock and Twist Gel to each section. I added about a quarter sized amount to each section, again, combing it through, then I started braiding. In Sarah's video, which I'll post at the end of this, she "french-braids" her two front pieces, explaining that she isn't very good at french braiding. Well, I'm worse, so I just did two simple braids at my temples, making sure they were very tight.

When I was finished braiding each section, I added perm rods to the bottom (another genius idea from Sarah's video) and rolled the bottom of my hair up into the braid. I love this idea because when I attempted my first braid out, my hair looked stringy and the bottoms were not curled whatsoever. After I finished my braid out, I just went to sleep. I didn't wrap it up or anything, it stayed perfectly unharmed throughout the night.

The next morning was such a pleasant surprise when I unbraided each of the sections! Sarah uses Aquage in her video to revitalize her curls, but I don't like Aquage much (it makes my hair feel very wire-like). Instead, I just took a little bit of my Carols Daughter Curl Definer and ran it through all of my hair (make sure not to comb it through, it'll ruin the pretty waves!) I was very pleased with the results, even though it makes my hair look considerably shorter.