But anyways...I finally took the time to shingle my hair last night. For those of you who may not have heard of "shingling" it is basically a detangling and smoothing process using teeny, tiny sections of hair and a lot of curl defining, moisturizing product. On soaking wet hair, you apply product to each section and spread it evenly with a fine tooth comb. When I say fine tooth, think rat-tail fine..or even finer. This goes against every curly-girl rule in the book, but is very necessary to achieve the definition of each curl.
Last night I had a little free time, so I shingled with my beloved Cantu Shea Soft Leave-in mixed with Extra Virgin Olive Oil. It didn't take me as long as I thought it would; I have to admit that I did get a *little* lazy in the back and parted much bigger sections. But my curls are more defined in the back, so they don't need as much work..LOL. In the end, I am pleased with the results. I learned that the front left side of my hair has *WAY* less of a curl pattern than the rest of my hair. It looks like a puff-ball against the rest of my curls. Shingling causes maximum shrinkage...my hair looks soooo short, but I am loving the curls.
Once it dried, I slept with a satin bonnet and one side was flat as a pancake this morning. I misted all over with my mini spray bottle filled with water, pulled at the ends with my fingers, and it fluffed right back out.
I must say I like it..sans the shrinkage...
Oh my. How long did this take!? It looks beautiful, but very time consuming! I would love to try this on my own hair, but don't have the patients (I tried once and the very front took 3 hours alone! I gave up and haven't tried since)
ReplyDeleteHow small were your sections??!! LOL
ReplyDeleteIt took me about an hour to do my whole head. I worked in four sections, starting at the bottom of each section and parting in parallel rows. I shingled a whole row at a time, instead of strand by strand.
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