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Natural Hairstyle: Connected Rubber Band Twists with Puff


1BlessedNatural: Natural Hairstyle: Connected Rubber Band Twists with Puff

Happy Monday, my blessed naturals!
I'm back with another new rubber band twist and puff style! This one was inspired by Little Sister Natural's rubber band twists and one of Alicia Keys' styles. My hair was in need of some serious TLC! So, this weekend I washed, deep conditioned, detangled, and banded it. I used the Fab Curls Moisturizing Shampoo and Tropical Coconut Conditioner by Suave Essentials, and my hair was loving it!

If you look closely at the picture, you will notice that one side of my head is twisted and the other side is loose, lol. I didn't decide to twist them until I got to like the second or third row of rubber bands. I only kept the rubber bands for a day or so to keep my edges lol.

For the past couple of days, I've been wearing the same style but without the rubber bands. The other side was two-strand twisted, and then I just did a big cornrow down each side toward my ear.  Here are some pics of both styles:

1BlessedNatural: Side view


  
1BlessedNatural: This pic taken after I removed the rubber bands and twisted the sections that weren't fully twisted

1BlessedNatural: without the rubber bands


What natural hairstyle are you wearing today?


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