 Hey co-friends, I'm Bianca Renee and you're watching Bianca Renee today and today as you can see from the very large hair I'm up to something. I'm finally getting some twists done to my hair protective style for the summer Giving my hair a little break and I'm so excited to see how it looks I've always done braids, but I've never done twists. So today I'm going to have a very talented celebrity hair stylist in my hair Kamara Brown also known as raw intuition is going to be doing my twists today. So right now I have Very stretched out curls. I did not want to straighten it So I don't have any heat damage before doing a protective style If you want to see how I stretched my hair make sure you watch my previous video, but without further ado Let's get started. Hey guys, my name is Kamara Brown and today. I'll be doing some Senegalese twists on Bianca It's gonna be really cute. I'm using Rasa Afri braiding hair the pre-stretched. So right now I'm starting with the back and I'll be making my sections going across from ear to ear When it comes to Senegalese twists because braiding hair can be a little bit heavy. I don't like to start all the way Down at the edge. I like to kind of have some room So you'll be able to lift it up and down without it tugging so much at the back of your hair I'm gonna section the hair Pin the rest away that I'm not using just so it can be out of the way. I Like to use a magic finger shine jam This is kind of one of my favorite products to also use to just sleep the hair and gather it all together It's a pomade. So it kind of just melts as like an oil So it's not as thick as like an edge control. So it's really great for braiding So you want to split the section half like this take your braiding hair and meet it in the middle And I'm gonna start with the right side. I'm twisting all the way So it kind of has a firm grip on The root of her hair while I'm holding that I'm taking the left side and I'm twisting it. You just want to make sure you have a strong grip On both sides so it doesn't become loose. So once I get that grip. I'm gonna cross over and just start to Gradually twist all the way down to the end But at the same time making sure that you continue that that grip that you have so What I like to do is I'll Twist then after a couple of sections twisting I stop to reposition myself and grip again twisting all the way to the right and Twisting all the way to the left and Twisting them both together. I hope that makes sense. It kind of can be a little bit confusing But the more you watch the video you'll kind of understand Just you know how I am twisting just to make it make it stay Basically just kind of like ringing the The hair just kind of like twisting it to the right I've twisted both sections to the right and right now. I'm just going to twist them together So when it comes to doing this style, you just want to make sure you have like a really firm grip and you're constantly twisting But you don't want to forget to like take moments to kind of twist each section Like this Because if you don't then you're just gonna end up with a regular twist So you want to make sure that both sides are twisted to the right and then you twist them together So hopefully you guys can see that I'm gonna try to do it a little bit slower, but I'm twisting one section to the right Making sure it's smooth. That's why I use product so I can make sure that each section is smooth Twisting it to the right and I'm having this left strand and I'm also going to twist it to the right While holding what I just did so I could have a nice firm grip and then I'm gonna twist both together That's what creates this firm hold and you know firm twist So I put a little question on Instagram asking you guys behind me questions So while I have the professional with me, let's answer some questions. Does doing this damage your hair's texture? No, no, no, it's why it's called a protective styling protecting your hair. So it's actually the opposite Can I swim with them? What would you say? So I wouldn't recommend, you know, recommends is swimming with them because for instance Bianca's hair Is really curly and so I'm sure when it reacts to water It's just gonna start frizzing up then that will start showing more and so the style wouldn't be as sleep crisp As you would like it to be like for me I purposely get braids for vacations where I know I'm gonna be in the at the beach or swimming a lot Just because I don't want to have to wash my hair and worry about Styling it in a wash and go every day But then I also know that I'm gonna they probably can get frizzier faster So if you want them to last long then I just put it up in a bun while you're in the water But if you're on vacation and you just want to be carefree You also could use braids for that reason of just like that might get a little frizzy But at least I'm not washing my hair every day How long of a break do you need to give your hair between braids if you're a curly girl if you're going through Thinning or you feel like, you know, you have finer texture hair. I wouldn't suggest you wearing your braids For a long period of time because it's just gonna add more weight and yeah more tension and it's gonna break But you know if your hair can hold up a protective style a little bit longer I say at least make sure you go About a month, you know wearing a protective style getting a shampooed and reinstalling it I think sometimes we get caught up in like oh, it's protecting. So let's just leave it in there forever Yeah, no, you got to make sure you take it out So we say like a month and then take it off for a month and then maybe go back in yeah Or even if you okay save you're wearing locks right and you want those to be really lived in and you don't want to take those out because the Ideas to make sure that they Have that like lock and texture look you at least want to redo the perimeter of your hair So that you're not pulling they're finding your hair and the back as well So it just depends on what protective style you're wearing Is it normal to get itchy bumps in your hair when you get braids done? No that means that you are Probably allergic to the hair to the hair or how the style was installed Put too much tension on your scalp which is causing you to kind of break out How long is recommended to keep them in your hair as far as this protective style like these twists I say they can last you a good four to six weeks And then you can take them out and figure out what other protective style you would like to do again I'm hoping to keep mine in for a full month. We'll see if I have to make any curly content for you guys How often do you wash your hair with braids? So when it comes to actually shampooing your hair, I recommend um Dry shampoo spray That's kind of what I suggest to my clients because just like swimming You know if you get in the water if you drench your hair in the shower with water It may mess up your style and it won't be as sleek as you you know as you want it to be So a good dry shampoo spray. I like tropical roots. They have a really good shampoo spray There's a brand called can be they have a nice foam That basically you can spray it on your hair and it basically takes off all the residue and all the Buildup so something like that that's just focusing on your root and not actually You know the style of the hair will be better So I'll look for these products and I'll link them in my Amazon store and put them in the description box for you guys So you would say like because this isn't real hair It doesn't really need to be like taking care of like washed and deep conditioned even though our hair is like intertwined but it's not like How we usually have to wash our hair once yeah like that No, it's just really important that you clean your scalp because you do want to make sure you continue to oil and moisturize your hair These are called Senegalese twist, right? Yes, they're called Senegalese twist, you know, it's interesting I feel like there's just so many names for things depending on where you are My parents are from Jamaica and in Jamaica. These are called rope twists And I can see why they're called rope twists because they look like So here's a little update three weeks in Tomorrow was right. I did go swimming with my twist and they did get a little frizzy especially on the top So I have noticed that braids will do better with swimming in the pool because it's a looser type of style We also end up using nine packs of braiding hair and that cost me about 50 bucks just for hair Because I wanted a lot of smaller braids I wasn't able to put my hair up in the style because it was just too heavy But you want to be able to put your hair up on a ponytail go a little bit larger with your twist or your braids or even do Crochet that way it's a lot lighter and you can put your hair up. I love this look I just want to do it again, but it does not last as long as just regular individual braids for me Okay So cute. Here's the perfect length We still have one final step. We'll show you what that is. We're gonna dip the hair to seal the ends, okay? So Bianca hair is pretty long. I don't know if you can tell where her like Blonde is so we're not gonna go all the way up Because we don't want to cause any frizz in our hair, but we're definitely gonna seal the ends. So I just bought some water and Now we're just gonna dip the ends It's pretty hot so when you do this step you want to just be careful tilt your head to me So I don't if you guys remember me doing a video maybe a couple months ago on the define me foam this is Kamara the Creator and Venter of this foam. It has amazing hold. It's lightweight and It will smooth down any little flyways, and it's also good for wash and goes you could use it on wigs Everything everything It's really great for braids because it is such a a strong hold It just gives a nice finished look So you don't have any flyaways and everything that's just tamed So I really enjoyed doing this If you want to get the define me Moisturizing texture foam for yourself. We actually have a promo code to use code Bianca. You can get 10% off I love this not only for my twists, but also for my wash and goes I will link my video in my description box. Make sure you check it out How do you feel Bianca And how do they book you you can book me at rawintuition.com that's our a WW intuition Com and you'll be able to see more photos of my work and you can book online and I hope to see you guys And if you guys also go to Kamara make sure you tag me so I can see yeah, but here's the finished result So cute perfect length. 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