Featuring my niece - WARNING super cute!

My niece, nephew and son playing in the sprinkler.

Hello everyone!  So, my niece, nephew, and grandma (my mom) are spending the week with me.  Grandma drove them down and my son is tickled pink to have them.  Today we made pizza and ran through the sprinkler and I asked my niece if she would allow me to do her hair.  I co-washed with Hello Hydration and then I decided to do some two strand twists.  With the conditioner dripping from her hair, I detangled her hair with a wide tooth comb and she said to me surprisingly that "it doesn't hurt when you comb my hair".  I told her that the key is that I'm detangling her hair with the conditioner still in her hair.  After rinsing the Hello Hydration conditioner out of her hair I smoothed some Mop Top over her entire head and then sectioned her hair into four parts.  Each section I then added 1-2 pumps of Mop Top daily conditioner with some jojoba oil and then some Mop Top medium hold gel.  Using only my fingers, I then started to section her hair for medium twists.  She ended up with about 30 twists.  From start (co-wash) to finish it took 55 minutes and she didn't seem to mind me twisting her hair.

I really like, no scratch that I love these twists!  She has never had her whole head twisted before.  Usually she wears a fro or braids, but this is the first time she has had her whole head two strand twisted.  My mother took pictures and posted to facebook.  The hubby took pictures and sent them to her parents via his phone.  I took pictures because I really wanted to post on my blog.  This poor girl just wanted to watch Dora and every adult in the house was demanding she stop and smile for the camera.  

Picture of the back of her head.  Check out that shine.

Trying to watch Dora with my son.

Tomorrow we are going to the MN Zoo and the zoo has a fountain splash park so I plan to have her wear the twists until Friday if they hold out.  Then if possible I will do a twist out, we'll see.  I parted the front so that she can wear them with a part in the middle or the side.  She really likes them parted in the middle with one or two twists in her face.  Her curls are to die for!  I just pray that my hair will have this kind of look when it gets longer.  

When we went shopping today I got a compliment about how "pretty my daughter" was and I had to correct the nice person that she was my niece.  I'll be honest, I've been wanting to get my hands in her hair since I went natural.  As I was co-washing her hair, I started to educate her about reminding her mama to detangle her hair with the conditioner still in it and that leaving conditioner in her hair will help keep it moisturized.  If possible I will try and take pictures as the week progresses and post later.  Until next time...

Blessings!