Crown of Glory

A few days ago I decided to experiment with bantu knots. A while ago when I had my loose natural hair, my beautician told me how bantu knots could give me a nice “twist-out, crinkly” effect on my hair. So I thought why couldn’t this be done on SLs? I tried it and the first time didn’t come out so well. I did it on dry hair and did not use two strand twists; instead, I simply twisted the hair on itself using a swirling motion with my fingers. I also did not use any products (i.e. setting lotion). Furthermore, I let my hair air dry instead of sitting underneath a hair dryer. As you can see from the 1st set of Bantu Knot photos, the hair turne dout ok, but the curls weren’t as tight as I like them. Also, by the end of the day, you could not tell that I had even styled my hair at all. If you are viewing this post in a reader and cannot see the images, click here to access the post on http://bloglorious.com.

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You may have noticed in a number of my previous posts that I love curls. For the most part, around the time of my monthly re-tightening sessions, I also have a roller-set done. So far, the only method that has been done on my hair is setting with very small perm rods. I am usually happy with the results, but the curls don’t last that long on my hair and I would also want tighter curls. I’ve been researching other methods for a while, but I still haven’t decided the route I would like to take. So far, I’ve been thinking about Soft Spike Curlers and Wrap-A-Loc. Thanks to the likes of Brunsli and Goodnapps, I have been able to get good comparisons of both techniques…. I think I’m leaning toward Wrap-A-Loc for my hair length right now. As it grows longer, I might prefer a looser curl, maybe even Caruso, as BlaqKofi does so beautifully. I’ll be sure to post pics once I decide and also once I find my camera (I recently moved and have no clue where it might be ).

Here are some updated pics of my sisterlocks. These pics were taken from earlier this year up to now.

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