How I keep my natural hair stretched

This is how I stretch my hair.
For shorter hair, smaller sections will work better (12 sections or more). For longer hair, 4 sections will work just fine.

This method will stretch your hair from root to tip so no need to blow dry or flat iron for the sole purpose of checking or trimming your ends.
After doing this you'll see it if you have split ends and/or if you need a trim, like me, I was due for a trim when I made this video, lol.

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[xenosxable]

Great music!!!! Nice hair...I liked your video.

:)

[MissMETE0R]

@xenosxable Thank you very much

[Iheartnihon]

When you said you needed your toe, i got lost, lol

[MissMETE0R]

@Iheartnihon ah ah, I need it to roll my thread around it, that's it, lol

[maxrobinzak]

I love this technique much better than banding to stretch the hair. You have very fun and informative videos! I do have a question - can I thread my hair every night or will this cause damage to my hair. I found that banding the hair was causing a lot of breakage. Which is better for the hair , yarn or the weave thread?

[MissMETE0R]

@maxrobinzak I've never tried with yarn, so I can't tell, I suspect yarn would be drying.

I don't think threading your hair every night would cause any damage, just be careful with the amount of tension you put your hair through, it doesn't have to be tight at the base of the sections. You should be alright.

[b118ers]

"nappy" hair to me looks healthy natural and cuter than the fake barbaric weaves I don't know who ever tricked us into trading that for harmful chemicals or buying someone elses hair. I still can't get my hair around how generations of black women got stuck in that mentality. even after deciding to cut off my relaxed hair and go natural about 5 years ago, I still got pressured into putting on weaves or heat straightening my hair till I just decided enough is enough. Thanks for posting this.

[FashionJungle9]

this hair routine brings back memories my mum use to do this hairstyle for me when i was kid. I even got called once spider head because of it lol, really made my hair grow

[dolorescia]

best way, my mum used to do it on my head being young, ever since my hair is soft, best african tip!

[ellaloves2praise]

THAT LOOKS VERY TIME CONSUMING - I NEED STRETCH AND GO FOR MY 4C HAIR.

[sweetbiella]

@CeaJaii agreed. When I used to be in Africa the person doing my hair used to do this.

[CeaJaii]

its very popular in africa , my mum used to do that to my hair too , i so it too with mine

[jemjtt]

I had this wen I was growing up. I now do it to my two year old, snd her hair is almost mbl. She has type , 3c/4a type hair and lots of it. I really like this...we called it twining wer im from..

[fuyukazemi]

@rececup87 the point was to stretch it not give it a style, also it's an alternative to braiding, and would work for people with shorter hair since braids don't always work for everyone. Also there are some people who don't like braid outs, so again something different to do.

[momolicious21]

Thanks for the video! I will definitely try this! :)

[virgivane]

This is something my mum is always done to my hair when i child. She make like 20 or 30 small ones and then tie them together creating different styles. I never got to see the real texture of my hair because it was always stretched. \this is very common in my country, Equatorial Guinea.

[bgdcz1]

Mann... My Mom used to do the ALLL time when i was little. it was probably my signature hair sytle. oohhh the memories.