Stylin': The braid out

One of my favorite go to styles after wash day is the simple braid out. This time around I used Miss Jessie's Curly Meringue to braid up the mane. I started with freshly washed/deep conditioned hair, then used Sofn' free's Gro Healthy Milk Protein & Olive Oil Strengthening Creme as a leave in and sealed my ends with Castor oil. I used a small amount of the MJCM and did between 20 and 25 braids. I kept the braids in the entire next day and when I finally took them down the texture was poppin!

Because I used so many braids and I didn't want to disturb the curl pattern I did little to no fluffing this first day.

I can't seem to avoid shrinkage. But I'm cool with it. I will say that the braids did help stretch my hair a good bit. Much more than if I were to do a wash & go.

That night I braided my hair in 9 large braids by reusing the Milk and Olive strengthing Creme, castor oil and MJCM. Tied my silk scarf on and the next day I was ready to take down the chunk braids.

I like BIG, full hair and curls. So after fluffing out the hair a little the 2nd day hair looked even better than the first day!