Flat-twistout using my homemade butter -Pictorial

So after wearing my box braids for about 5 weeks(that's too long for me), I decided it was time to get them out of my head. Once they were out, I wasn't too sure how I was going to wear my hair, but I definitely knew that I didn't want to subject my hair and scalp to any more stress. So I finally pulled myself together and made a mixture of hair butters and oils that I've been meaning to do for ages.

 So I put everything out on my kitchen counter after trying to get the original recipe from a post I saw on Tricia's Naturals. Since I failed to find the post again, I turned to YouTube and Google as usual, but ended up doing my own version.
 
 

Procedure:

Since this was an experiment, I was using little portions. Using a double boiler method, I poured hot water in a medium glass bowl, and placed a small plastic bowl on top of the water.

 I kept adding the butters and oils as I went on, not knowing what to expect and when I got impatient, I used my hand mixer to finish the job.

 When I was satisfied with the consistency, I poured the mixture into a small plastic container.

Since I did not want to waste any of my precious butter, I scraped the warm leftover mixture from the bowl and electric mixer and applied it directly on my freshly washed hair.


 
 I washed my hair using Dudu Osun Black African Soap, which I recently discovered...............

 .........and then Deep Conditioned the hair for 5 mins with Herbal Essences Hello Hydration Deep Conditioner.

  

Hair was really smooth but I also lost quite a lot of it-due to my carelessness(I kept the braids in my hair for much too long which really irritated my scalp). So I made four matutas/two-strand twists, tucked in the ends and went to bed.

Next day I unraveled the hair and couldn't believe how smooth and curly my hair still was, so I decided to put in some flat twists.

Not as neat as I wanted them to be since the butter made my hair quite slippery............

 And after 2 days of wearing flat twists, it was time to unleash them :)

 

 I was clearly very impressed with the results.....................

.............and had to find a way to style it

 I reached for my flower.............................

 tried a bun too

but at last, I just let it be. It was a success!

Keep smiling!