Natural Hair: Protective Hairstlyes; African Threading

[orgullonegro]

Ayiti!!! merci!!!

[MrsMendoza81]

how long can you leave it in?

[UTubeuzername84]

u did a great job of explaining this technique, thanks!

[20009b]

love the tutorial. how do you do voice over. You have amazing patience. I admire this video. I subscribe. Thanks. I did similar sty;le this weekend but with real thread. I am going to try this method, since i have the lock look is versatile especially in the cold month.

[nicolesgrowth09]

nice hair very beautiful

[locceddiva1920]

When I was transitioning waaaay back in 1996, I used to do yard braids. As you know, I didn't do a big chop at once. Glad to know it's still a cute option.

[localnorganic]

@locceddiva1920 i am looking in to some other things-- cause you know a girl has to have options-- lol

[Naturallylovelycurls]

I really like this. I am going to try it. Thank you for sharing.

[localnorganic]

@Naturallylovelycurls you're welcome

[ggbeanbean]

looks so great

[localnorganic]

@ggbeanbean thanks

[blahblahblahman]

OMG I couldn't do this! It seems very tedious and like it would take a long time. You see, I went natural for four years about 5 years ago (since then I've relaxed again), and I remember as my hair got longer and longer (down to the middle of my back), I would spend 6+ hr braiding/twisting sessions in the mirror. I got lazy and relaxed because I can't deal with spending that much time on my hair.

What is your daily regimen? Maybe if I knew an easier way I could go natural again. :D

[localnorganic]

@blahblahblahman

what do you now that i have it in a this protective style or just regularly?

[BlkCoffi]

How long have you been natural?

[localnorganic]

@BlkCoffi 1. 5 yrs

[Vanurse09]

Great video I've never seen that technique before, I didn't realize that you could do other styles with yarn. Stay blessed!!

[caprisunchikrox4eva]

are u haitian?

[localnorganic]

@caprisunchikrox4eva yes iam

[caprisunchikrox4eva]

@localnorganic thats great! so am i!

[Niafloda]

We do the same thing in Nigeria. My mom would use hair thread which is much thicker than sewing thread. She would always do this on large sections of hair. I never thought to do it on smaller sections. This seems like a great protective style that offers stretching of the hair. It prevents excessive tangling and unwanted locking of hair for long term protective styling.

[localnorganic]

@MissAvail ok thanks i will fix the link :)

[localnorganic]

@MissAvail maybe 6 hours idk - i took my sweet time lol.

[NotoriousLYNappy1]

lol...love that voice over tongue twister in the beginning.

Great job with this vid, I was def looking out for it.

Did you use the purple thread?

[localnorganic]

@NotoriousLYNappy1 yes the front section of my hair is purple. hopefully in upcoming vide's guys can see it more. thanks for teaching it to me :)

[cjcaress69]

question - wouldn't the yarn be drying to the hair strands? It seems like the kind of material that would suck moisture out no?

[localnorganic]

@cjcaress69 i get my hair DAMP with a spray bottle every 3 days. to to counter act this. i leave this style in for a max of 3 wks -- i have to  wash my hair by then

[NotoriousLYNappy1]

@cjcaress69

just another tip.

100% acrylic yarn is recommended over wool yarn because wool yarn will loc up your hair

[starissexi]

I like that style!!!! Cute im glad i found you!!!

[llittlewomen1]

me likey how long can you keep it in can wash it etc ?

[localnorganic]

@llittlewomen1

i like to get my hair DAMP every 3 days with a spray bottle. max time i keep it in is 3 weeks. i have to wash my hair by then