Curlformers vs Flex rods

So since I took that vow to never apply heat to my baby girl's hair a few months back, I was on a mission as to how one could achieve beautiful curls without heat. This brought me to the discovery of curlformers. Depending on the results that your looking for curlformers and flex rods can produce two different style of curls. Flex rod curls to me tend to be a bit tighter and controlled while curlformers tend to be more lose and free. If installed properly both heatless curling mechanism can create beautiful volumizing curls. How do you use them?, well its very simple. With the rods you can wet the hair with water, wrap lotion, hair smoothie or etc, then just take the rod and carefully wrap your hair around the rod and bend the rod to hold the hair in place( hair can be wrap horizontal, vertical, or diagonal ). The curlformers are as easy as 1 2 3, just take the hair damp or dry and place it into the hook needle and pull though the curler.  For my wedding I curled my daughter's and my niece's hair with flex rods and needless to say I was pleased with the results. Whichever you choose it is a personal preference, so have fun creating fun and stylish curls.

I curled the girls hair with flex rods and a bun in the back 

FLEX RODS

CURLFORMERS

Protective styles and new products

My goal is to attain more volume and thickness for Niah's hair 

I've added some new products to my daughter's hair regiment, which are Cantu shea butter no dip hair and scalp oil, Shea Moisture yucca and baobab thickening shampoo and volumizing conditioner. What I love about these products are they make her hair very soft and moisturize. You can find any of these hair products at your local beauty supply stores, Walmart, Target, or Walgreens. Lately I've been doing a lot of protective styles and extra tlc, because I want to simulate rapid growth. My goal for her hair is for it to double in length by this time next year and most importantly for it to be healthy. What I've notice about her hair is the back growths a lot faster than the front so,every now and then I trim the back so it can be some what even with the rest.  

Mini twists and length test

One of my favorite protective style is mini twist. I like these because there fun and very easy to do, plus this style can last for awhile with care You can keep protective styles in for awhile just remember to co-wash in between, she had her twists in for three weeks. Below are pictures of a few other protective styles.

Twist out and bun  (always add accessories for a finishing touch) 

Bigger twists which  I eventually twisted out  and accentuated with a bedazzled headband

Heart front beaded mohawk with twisted ends 

                                                                                 

Don' t forget to moisturize your scalp and massage your scalp for 30 minutes at lease twice a week  :)

                                               HAPPY SCALP= HEALTHY HAIR