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  • I have wanted to blog for such a Long time but unfortunately I just could not find time to do so.
    In February I straightened my hair and was surprised at the length I had retained since starting my long term transition to natural hair. My hair shrinks up so much that my hair always looks very short but I love it all the same. I also love the versatility of natural hair. I have so many styling options and almost all of them look great. look at the hairstyles below the first one was just twists which I later decided to do bantu knots on. at first I thought it was a fail but I actually liked it a lot! The second one is a twist out which was done one wet hair.

    twist bantu knot out

     
    Twist out!
    Twist Out!
    
    I have a setback!!! My best go to hairstyle since I became fully natural has been the high puff. It is a great protective style for the ends but if overdone or done too tightly then the hair around the hairline begin to suffer because of the constant pulling. I had to learn this from experience. I would not say that my hairline is damaged but most of the hair especially on the sides is only a quarter of the length it used to be. So I am trying my best to do hairstyles that will not pull and damage my hairline. If you ladies have any suggestions I am all ears :)

    Thanks for reading and God bless you
    Joanne.
    

     
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    I finally undid my braids at 5 weeks post installation. I had missed my hair so much. I thank God that there was no damage done to my hair and my hairline is still intact.
    A week after undoing the braids I decided to give flat twists out a chance. So I went on you tube and Watched lots of videos on how to get a perfect twist out. I had tried them before but they just never looked like the ones I saw in the videos.  This time round I did things a little different. First of all I did the flat twists on freshly washed and conditioned hair. Then I detangled each section very well after applying a little cantu Shea butter leave in and coconut oil, these two products made detangling very easy for me.
    I even improved on my flat twisting skills yay! I really love how this one came out and I cannot wait to perfect it.
    The Gahl length retention challenge has also come to an end and I will be sharing my progress on my next blog post. I am really excited to find out how much length I retained in three months.
    My selfies still have a long way to go(*wink*)
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