Down and Out with Kinky Curly Products

After Syd had her hair in box braids for 2 1/2 weeks, she was ready for a few days of big hair. I'm a huge fan of her huge hair, so I was more than happy to oblige.

After the box braids were removed, Syd washed her hair. I wish I could tell you what kind of shampoo was used, but there is more than one open bottle of shampoo in the shower right now and I didn't think to ask her which one she had used.

While her hair was still soaking wet, we applied a pretty generous amount of Kinky Curly Knot Today and detangled her hair. This didn't take long at all because her hair had just come out of the box braids and it hadn't had much time to tangle up.

After this, I took a small-ish section of her hair and applied Kinky Curly Curling Custard to that section. I then defined each curl by smoothing it from root to tip using the tightly curly method. When I had finished that section, I grabbed another section and repeated the process, continuing until all of her hair was done. When using Kinky Curly products with Syd's hair type, the hair should be soaking wet. So if a section of hair was starting to dry before I got to it, I just wet it again with a spray bottle of plain water.

This is what her curls looked like just after we finished.

Here's what it looked like after drying for a few hours.

And a few hours after that, it was time for bed. Unfortunately, Syd's hair is so thick that it STILL wasn't dry all the way through. I didn't want to cover up her curls with a scarf or bonnet before they were dry, and I certainly didn't want her to sleep with free hair that was still damp. So my solution was to split her hair in half and put it in low, loose pigtails. I gently banded each side with only a few ouchless bands. This kept her hair from tangling and exposed the middle of her hair so it could finish drying.

She slept on a satin pillowcase that night and when she woke up, her hair was dry. We removed the bands and very gently fluffed her hair to make sure the center part disappeared. 

We ended up banding her hair like that for 3 nights in a row because it was a pretty effective way to protect her curls while she slept. The hair probably would have looked good for a couple more days, but Syd played in the water, which meant the end of the style. :)

Oh...and here's a shot of her with her homemade hair accessory. She makes these with duct tape and plain headbands. I'll make a post about these in the next week. Super easy, creative, and fun!