Flexi Rod Hair Stretching Technique

Happy Marvelous Monday to Everyone!!

This weekend I decided to twist my hair again.  I wanted to stretch it and twist it dry, so I knew I would need to band it, braid it, or blow dry it.  I didn't want to do either one of those so I decided to do a roller set.  Well, I quickly realized that I didn't have enough snap-on clamps for my magnetic rollers to do the set.  That led me to do a set using my flexi rods.  I must say that I was really pleased with the stretched results.  I washed, conditioned, detangled, and moisturized my hair.  Then, I proceeded to set it with the flexi rods.  I let it air dry overnight.  The next day (Sunday) I gathered my hair together "puff style" making sure to not disturb the elongated curls.  After church, I twisted my hair and believe it or not, I didn't have any tangles or snarls.  This was due to me not disturbing the curls and moisturizing my hair before I set it.  What stretching technique(s) do you use?

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Indulgenceiskey

 

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Two Strand Twists Meets Flexi-Rods

This weekend I tried something new. I did two strand twists on my hair and set them on Flexi-Rods and Voila!!












I actually like this style on me. My hair is very soft and mainly frizz free. It is also very shiny!! Today is day 2 of this style and it is still holding up. I used 54 Flexi-Rods and 2 regular organge rods (I ran out of Flexi's).

What's funny is that shrinkage still found its way into my hairstyle (I know..It's never going away). I did a length check and saw that my hair is Arm Pit Length fully stretched in the back (shown in the 3rd pic). But once I let that curl go, it BOING'd back into place!

What I did to acheive this style:

• Co-washed and detangled with Herbal Essence Totally Twisted
• Deep Conditioned for 45 min with Pantene Pro-V Nourishing Moisture Replenishing Mask
• Sectioned off hair with 2 cross sections(Front to back and Ear to Ear) that gave me 4 sections to work with (Braid the sections that you are not working with)
• Applied ABBA Pure Gentle Leave In and DevaCare One Conditioner
• Twisted hair and sealed entire twist with Knuckle Butter (My Own Product)
• Spiraled twists around Blue 7" Flexi-Rod (diameter 9/16")
• Let air dry over night
• Removed Flexi-Rods and carefully pulled twist apart ~ while pulling apart I had shea butter on my finger tips and palms
• Pinned up the left side of curls with 2 hair pins

Have you ever used the Flexi-Rods? Please share your experiences.

Until Next Time,

Indulgenceiskey

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