Rope Twists Out

Just wanted to sneak a post in about how to remove rope twists/sister twists for a down and out hairstyle!

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Jane Carter Solution Review

We are so excited about the launch of our newest Jane Carter Solution product,Curl Defining Cream…it took longer than we anticipated but the end result is far better than we ever dreamed possible.

Eliminate curl shrinkage! Curl Defining Cream is light-weight, all natural product formulated to lengthen and define your natural curl pattern while drying to a soft, shiny, bouncy finish.

Water soluble, Curl Defining Cream washes and dries clean without leaving any film, offering the true luxury of “wash and wear” hair!

Sorry, this is the only pic. We were hurrying (this new gym and music schedule is really destroying hair time) and I thought I took more.

Product Description:
If you have curly hair then Curl Defining Cream was designed for you. Made from the finest natural ingredients, Curl Defining Cream enhances your natural curl, allowing you to enjoy your wash and wear hair naturally.

When applied to wet hair, it prevents curls from shrinking as it dries. Curl Defining Cream dries weightless without any build up. Rinsing clean from the hair, you are able to use it several times a week without the need to shampoo. Beautiful curls with loads of shine! We hope you enjoy Curl Defining Cream. Love the hair you wear! Curl Defining Cream was designed to stretch and define your natural curl pattern.

What It Is:
A curl defining cream

Who It's For:
Curlies wanting to define their curls

What It Smells Like:
This has a really strong lemon smell

How To Use It:

• Apply to very wet hair.

• Finger comb Curl Defining Cream through your hair section by section.

• As you work it from the roots to ends, be sure to allow your hair to remain in its natural curl pattern.

• Once you have applied it to your hair sit under the dryer for 10-15 minutes.

• Your can also add a little water to your CDC before applying it to reduce your drying time if air drying is desired.

Full Ingredients:
Purified Water, Extracts of Anthemis Noblis Flower (Camomile), Symphytum Officinal Leaf (Comfrey), Equisetum Arvense (Horsetail), Urtica Dioica (Nettle), Rosemarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf, Humulus Lupulus (Hops),of Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter), Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba), Seed Oil, Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil, Natural Vitamin E, Glycerin, Propanediol, Poly-quaternium-200, Citric Acid , Polyquaternium-37, Ceteareth 20 , Phen-oxyethanol, Caprylyl, Glycol, Sorbic acid, Fragrance.

Color:

Bright white

Texture/Consistency:
Really smooth and creamy.

Cost:
Retail Price: 34.00 for sixteen ounces

Our Review:
The first thing I noticed about this product was that it was incredibly creamy and smooth. It had the texture of whipped Honey Mustard (yes, that was the best thing I could think if).

The smell was quite strong of lemons, bonus points! I used this product to do a simple two strand twist out in Bunny’s hair and it came out super cute.

I like this product, I don’t love it. I think the price is bit crazy but to each his own.

To learn more about this or any of the Jane Carter Solution products, please check out the website right here: Jane Carter Solution.

-Disclosure: These products were sent to me free of charge from the company for the purpose of this review, the opinion of the product is my own.

Twist out

This is the last time you see this twist hairstyle, I promise! Luckily, we're not doing anything tomorrow other than school so I WILL find time to take her hair out, give her a really good deep conditioner, and stretch her hair.

Just wanna let everyone know that we are preparing for something really big. I've been planning this for a couple months actually and it's so grand that several other blogs are doing it too!

Here's a quick video on how I put a little life into that style one last time! Even though her hair doesn’t look nearly as nice as I would like it to, she still got lots of compliments on her hair and she’s happy so I’m not too worried about that.

And for those of you who are wondering, here's what I'll do in more detail:

I'll begin by carefully removing all the rubber bands and beads from her hair. It's easiest to cut the rubber bands so that's what I do.

After that I'll do ahead and put her hair into six braids, three on each. Her hair is quite matted so trying to detangle it would be impossible until it's wet.

She'll hope in the shower and wash her hair with Naked Moisture Whip Shampoo, focusing on her scalp. Once she gets out of the shower, I use VO5 conditioner to detangle her hair. Take one braid out at a time, covering it with conditioner, then using a wide tooth comb and my fingers to get any tangles out

Once I’m finished with that, I’ll rinse most of the conditioner out, add a moisturizer, and either band, braid, or twist her hair to stretch it out.

And I’ll finish by styling.

That’s it!

Dominique-Alexis

Maintaining a twist out

Maintaining a twist out is actually quite simple. If you recall from the post the day before, Bunny is currently wearing her hair in side cornrows and a twist out on the side.

The back - much less definition than I would have liked due to fact she accidently slept with loose hair

I've recently started using the Beautiful Curls line (their shampoo, deep conditioner, hair gel, leave-in conditioner, curl activating, oil, and curl refresher) because I'm doing product reviews for the company. I used the curl refresher, which claims to do exactly that.

The product I used
Full review coming soon!

I pull all her hair up into a high bun for bed time (this way her curls aren't crushed) and she'll sleep on her satin pillow case. However, on this particular night, her hair ended up coming un-bunned, which resulted in a curly rats nest when she woke up. Yikes!

There is no way that I could get her hair to last until the weekend so I'll be braiding it either tomorrow or the day after. I will definitely be re-twisting the top layer of hair to stretch what little definition she has left.

Bunny still loves it so I'm not too worried about it.

Hair Styles For Natural Curly Hair

When I first started on Bunny's hair, I thought the finished product would be a cornrow/braided headband design in the front with twists in the back. Sounds cool, right? Well, that never happened.

Bunny's before hair style was side cornrows going to two strand twists. I took all the twists out and she wanted to see what her hair looked like. She ended up falling in love with the style so, yeah, this is her style for the week!

The cornrows are quite fuzzy but her hair is clean and she's happy and that's good enough :)

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