Out Your Natural Hair
African Threading is a great way to stretch your hair with no heat. If you're like me then you're looking for the best ways to achieve a stretched ‘hair-do' without applying the ‘dreaded heat' to your curls which could possibly ruin your hair texture. The benefit of my method is that you only have to unravel the hair when it's dry.
Once the product from the twists is dry, she takes the twists out for defined and stretched curls. You can wear the knots for however long you want, and then take them out for stretched curls when you're ready. It is very similar to the LOC (leave-in conditioner, oil, and cream) method used before styling hair.
Transforming wavy hair into a stick-straight style often involves the copious use of chemicals, hair dryers, and flat irons—all amped up to their highest, most follicle-damaging heat settings. NOTE: This step is important because it prevents your natural hair from shrinking a lot while drying.
Heat stretching for me is just about convenience and preference. The results are usually more defined so if that's the look you want, braids are the stretching style for you. Pin-straight hair cannot be achieved for all hair types without the possibility of thermal damage and the destruction to your natural curl pattern.
It is used to style hair and can be used to straighten or blowout the kinkiest of natural hair curls. Another great heatless alternative to stretch natural hair is banding. Here are four easy techniques to help you elongate your afro without turning to the blow dryer.
I get the best stretch when I use it. Looks how to wave formers like I blowdryed it. If you or your relative had relaxed hair, then you remember being at the salon and watching them wash, set and wrap their hair with it. Currently it has been making waves as tool to get heatless curls.
And because type 4 hair tends to be more delicate, you may not want to use heated styling tools for straightening your hair. Hair braiding and twists have been a favorite for naturalist because they are versatile, long lasting, and convenient. Only use one pass when you're flat ironing your hair to avoid overheating the strands.