Updated Bantu Knot Twist-Out Tutorial

Bonsoir tout le monde!

I'm a day late I know but I spent the whole of Tuesday recording a new Youtube video (currently in the editing phase) and taking photos for you guys!

Today is an updated Bantu Knot tutorial as many of you will know that a have a prior post describing my method. However from then to now, the products I use have changed so I thought I'd do an updated post.

Here are my essential three products that are a must in my opinion when doing a Bantu Knot Twist-Out. The first is Aunt Jackie's Girls Curling and Twisting Custard. The struggle I've had with other puddings I've used before such are the ORS Olive Oil Smooth n Hold Pudding is that they're water based. Instead of leaving my hair with a defined curl, I end up achieving extreme shrinkage and don't get the look I want. However this product does quite the opposite and is perfect for Bantu Knots. It is a pudding thick enough to give a good curl definition but doesn't weigh down your hair. I picked this product up from my local hair shop for £3.85 which was a bargain for such a big tub. 

The second product is Dr Miracle's Edge Holding Gel. My search is ongoing for the perfect edge control for 4C hair but I'd heard good things about this edge control and decided to give it a try. This edge control has a very good hold and doesn't have any heavy build up either. It's easy to slick using a styling brush and doesn't leave you having white edges like other edge controls do. I picked this edge control up for £2.49 at my local hair shop and I'd say this edge control has its best hold on straightened hair.

The final product is an Afro comb which I deem to be a black girl's essential. I use this to tease the curls out from my Bantu Knots and give it its final look!

So to begin with, I sectioned my hair into three and further sectioned it to apply the curling custard for the Bantu Knots. I applied I pea-sized amount of curling custard to my hard and worked it through to get the best effect. I then twisted my hair before wrapping it around itself pretty tightly finally securing it with a rubber band. I repeated this over my whole head and gelled the front of my hair using the Dr Miracle Edge Control and held it down with a bandana. Here is the final result:

I let this stay overnight and took it out in the morning. I took out the rubber bands and gently teased my hair using my Afro comb, the before and other pictures below:

Unlike other twist n hold gels or puddings, the curling custard didn't leave my hair feeling crusty nor did it shrink my hair since I did this look on my straightened hair. It left my hair looking healthy, glossy and shiny with a good curl definition. 

 And that's it! I'll have a full tutorial video up on Youtube very soon so stay tuned.
Until then, feel free to contact me if you have any questions or any other hair tutorials you want me to do. See you guys,

Au revoir x