How To: The Bantu Knot

This post is about how to style your natural hair. I usually wear my hair in weaves but I had decided to give the natural look a try for a couple days. I stopped relaxing my hair a little over a year ago. The bantu knot sounded like one of the easiest things to try so I gave it a go!

These are the steps I took. 

Step 1: Wash and Condition your Hair

I use Tressemme, it makes my hair super soft and manageable. 

Step 2: Blow-dry hair.

 My hair is super thick and curly so I had to blow-dry it to get some length and challenge the shrinkage.

Step 3: Press Hair. 

I still feel like I needed some more length so I pressed my hair out.

Step 5: Bantu Knot

Basically you twist your hair until it forms a knot. I used Olive Oil Lotion to moisturize my hair first. 

They look like this. (My pics didn't come out well =/)

Step 6: Time 

 I wrapped my head with a silk scarf and went to sleep. So they were in for about 10-15 hours. 

Step 7: Taking out the knots.

 I unravelled each knot and ran my fingers through and voila!

I'm pretty happy with the results. This is definitely a go-to look in between weaves! Have y'all ever tried the bantu knot?