3 single braids on each side of my head. Pin them as they dry and I get the MOST fantastic stretch. I only do this with a watery leave-in and no oils or butters till after it is dry!
Wow!!! This sounds like an awesome method and it avoids forcing the hair into a cornrow when it's in a super shrunken state. I may have to give your method a try. Do you have tightly curly/coily hair as well?
So nice to find someone with similar hair type! I’ve just watched a few of your videos and I finally saw that your hair is low porosity. Although I can follow a lot of your tips like low manipulation, stretching out wash days (I’m currently at monthly), and definitely not adding in hair extensions, having fine, 4c, medium dense, high porosity hair genetically makes it even more of a challenge to retain length. But I did it once and I’m determined to do it again. I’ve been natural for 9 years but had a major setback after having my daughter 3 years ago from literally just not having the time to care for my hair the way I used to. Now I’m pregnant with my second son so it’s going to be a challenge again, but I think I’ve created solid habits I can maintain. The biggest thing for me is protective styling but just with head scarfs. I just can’t bring myself to wear wigs, hair pieces, etc. I’m not comfortable with it, never have been. Also, us high porosity girls must use heavy oils and butters to keep any kind of moisture. Now one thing I’ve just gotten into is incorporating Ayurvedic herbs into my regimen. I’ve been using fenugreek EVERYTHING the last month (masks, teas, oils and butters) that I make myself using Curly Proverbz recipes and so far, I’m loving it! I just started using a Henna/Aloe tea and I’m excited about trying the mask on my next wash day. Anyway, sorry for the long comment. Thanks for representing us fine hair girls with coarse hair. I literally think you’re the only one! God bless you,
Hey Beautiful!!! First things first, thank you so much for joining us on this week's livestream! It was an absolute pleasure to connect and share tips and tricks with you and the rest of our beloved Curlfriend Crew! Also CONGRATULATIONS on baby #2!!! 🎊🎉 You must be so excited for your little bundle of joy to arrive!!! 😍🙌🏾 As for your gorgeous natural hair, Your fine, 4c, medium density, high porosity hair sounds absolutely beautiful! Protective styling cannot be overstated for fine natural hair!! It simply is the very best thing that we can do to retain our length. I actually really love wearing wigs and hair pieces but I can understand why some naturals really don't like it. I, myself, can't stand wigs and hairpieces every now and then because the feeling of something foreign on the scalp can be annoying at times, lol!!!! As for your fenugreek regimen, it sounds amaaaaazing! I'm going to check out Curly Proverbz when I get some free time today to relax and unwind. Thanks for joining our Fine Natural Hair ROCKS community! I deeply appreciate you, Curlfriend!!! 🤗💛
Thank you so much!! It’ll actually be baby number 3! Two boys and one girl. My oldest is 23 with my 10 month old granddaughter. So it’ll just be the younger 2 keeping mama busy. I’ll be protective styling with scarfs for the foreseeable future! :-) Thanks for the reply and I’ll definitely be watching more of your content! Be blessed!
Thanks for checking out this video Beautiful!!! I totally understand not wanting to use a ton of heat due to the fear of damage. Other than my Revair, I typically do not use any heat either. My only exception to this rule is when I go to my hairstylist for a trim. At that point, she will use a flat iron to get a good full look at my ends.
Hey Regina! 😄 Thanks so much for stopping by Fine Natural Hair ROCKS and checking out this video! I'm super excited about my new length retention and 7K is super exciting as well! Thank you so much for your support 🤗
As for your regimen, I feel like a heat regimen works well so long as we're careful. Your regimen is also clearly working super well for you because your hair looks AMAAAAZING! 😍🙌🏾
Hey curlfriend🙋♀️. I often stretch my hair with heat and braid or twist outs. As a fine- haired natural, it's safe to say I use heat maybe once a month and heatless stretching techniques for the rest of the month.
Thank you so much, Allyson!!! 😄💛 -- your 6 twists air drying method sounds awesome! You probably get a nice twist out by the time you're hair is dry too 😍
Me too!! I think there is always a place for heat stretching hair, especially if we are using safe heat tools like the Revair. What's your favourite heat tool to use?
@@FineNaturalHairROCKS I like the comb or brush hair dryers! Do not care for the Revair, dries out my hair like crazy! And there's very limited products you can use with it long term because any products with oil supposedly can destroy the inner tube of the dryer 🙄😒
Congrats on 7k and growing 🎉💛🎉 Your braid out looks good and has awesome definition without curl cream. I normally do two French braids or a blow out to stretch my hair out. I try not to use heat that often. Have a Blessed Week 🙌 🛐“Thy word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.”💛💛💛
Hey Beautiful! Thank you so much for the love, Curlfriend! 🤗💛 I love your idea of two French braids to stretch your hair out. I've done that in the past, but for some reason, I haven't done it lately... I may need to try it out again. Thanks for watching this video. I hope you have a blessed week as well 🙏🏾💛💛💛
OMG CONGRATULATIONS on 7K 👏🏾 I am so happy for you ❤ The braid out came out perfectly! I usually do the same thing with my hair and go in wig mini braids or twist for the extra stretch.
Thank you so much!! 🤗😍💛🙌🏾 I’m going to try giving it a double stretch next time! I love how it looks kinda blown it with the double stretch method like how you mentioned. Your hair always looks sooo good, healthy and shiny too! 😍😍😍😍
After washing and deep conditioning, I grease my scalp, add leave in and put my hair in a low bun overnight and halfway through the next day. That stretches my hair enough to style. I do not use heat.
I don’t often stretch my hair ( lazy ) but when I do and it’s braided I little bit of oil to detangle or sometime if I have an old conditioner. Congrats on 7k (it can only up ). This show is on what channel ? I see a little more representation but it could be better. I think there is still work for black wowen to embrace natural hair.
Hey Beautiful!! 💛 Thank you so much for the love on 7K and for checking out this video! Your regimen is always so on point btw! 😍🙌🏾 As for the show it's called "The Mane Problem" and it's right here on RUclips. This is the episode that I was talking about re: problematic messaging around natural hair --> ruclips.net/video/Fe9N7TzvIlc/видео.html You're totally right though about the world needing more representation and Black women needing to embrace our natural hair more.
@@FineNaturalHairROCKS I just watch an episode and I found it disappointing. There making the lady happy but it doesn’t go had a deep as I would want. There so much work to do (for Black wowen and their hair )
@@psr076 Yes! I felt the exact same way. It was really disappointing to see that type of messaging in 2023. For some reason, I thought we were beyond that... hopefully the show's messaging will improve over time.. :S
Okay. I don’t understand. How can you have type four hair that is fine? I thought type four meant thick hair. 🤔????? My hair is fine and I guess 3A (10%) and the other 90% is 3B. ******** I never use heat. Not in the last 6 years. I don’t own a hair dryer or curlers. 😊
Her hair strands are fine aka an individual strand is very thin and hardly visible alone. Her hair density is thick aka when you part your hair but don't see scalp (normal texture, not stretched).
@@alicemayfield3891 you're welcome, but @Island Girl is right too. Hair type is different from the thickness of our individual strands whether they're fine, normal or coarse, which funnily enough has nothing to do with texture.
Hey Beautiful! The Curlfriend Crew is absolutely right that you can have type 4 hair that is fine. Check out this video if you're interested in learning more about it: ruclips.net/video/wntUH47XNgY/видео.html
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Curlfriend, what's your favourite way to STRETCH your fine natural hair? Sound off in the comments 👇🏾
3 single braids on each side of my head. Pin them as they dry and I get the MOST fantastic stretch. I only do this with a watery leave-in and no oils or butters till after it is dry!
Wow!!! This sounds like an awesome method and it avoids forcing the hair into a cornrow when it's in a super shrunken state. I may have to give your method a try. Do you have tightly curly/coily hair as well?
So nice to find someone with similar hair type! I’ve just watched a few of your videos and I finally saw that your hair is low porosity. Although I can follow a lot of your tips like low manipulation, stretching out wash days (I’m currently at monthly), and definitely not adding in hair extensions, having fine, 4c, medium dense, high porosity hair genetically makes it even more of a challenge to retain length. But I did it once and I’m determined to do it again. I’ve been natural for 9 years but had a major setback after having my daughter 3 years ago from literally just not having the time to care for my hair the way I used to. Now I’m pregnant with my second son so it’s going to be a challenge again, but I think I’ve created solid habits I can maintain. The biggest thing for me is protective styling but just with head scarfs. I just can’t bring myself to wear wigs, hair pieces, etc. I’m not comfortable with it, never have been. Also, us high porosity girls must use heavy oils and butters to keep any kind of moisture. Now one thing I’ve just gotten into is incorporating Ayurvedic herbs into my regimen. I’ve been using fenugreek EVERYTHING the last month (masks, teas, oils and butters) that I make myself using Curly Proverbz recipes and so far, I’m loving it! I just started using a Henna/Aloe tea and I’m excited about trying the mask on my next wash day. Anyway, sorry for the long comment. Thanks for representing us fine hair girls with coarse hair. I literally think you’re the only one! God bless you,
Hey Beautiful!!!
First things first, thank you so much for joining us on this week's livestream! It was an absolute pleasure to connect and share tips and tricks with you and the rest of our beloved Curlfriend Crew! Also CONGRATULATIONS on baby #2!!! 🎊🎉 You must be so excited for your little bundle of joy to arrive!!! 😍🙌🏾
As for your gorgeous natural hair, Your fine, 4c, medium density, high porosity hair sounds absolutely beautiful! Protective styling cannot be overstated for fine natural hair!! It simply is the very best thing that we can do to retain our length. I actually really love wearing wigs and hair pieces but I can understand why some naturals really don't like it. I, myself, can't stand wigs and hairpieces every now and then because the feeling of something foreign on the scalp can be annoying at times, lol!!!! As for your fenugreek regimen, it sounds amaaaaazing! I'm going to check out Curly Proverbz when I get some free time today to relax and unwind.
Thanks for joining our Fine Natural Hair ROCKS community! I deeply appreciate you, Curlfriend!!! 🤗💛
Thank you so much!! It’ll actually be baby number 3! Two boys and one girl. My oldest is 23 with my 10 month old granddaughter. So it’ll just be the younger 2 keeping mama busy. I’ll be protective styling with scarfs for the foreseeable future! :-) Thanks for the reply and I’ll definitely be watching more of your content! Be blessed!
I just braid my hair to stretch it. Sometimes, I leave it in twists or braid
Yes! I love this method sooo much! It's really healthy to use too! 😍
Thanks for this! I have about an 80% shrinkage rate, so my hair is more manageable, but I don't like using heat a lot because I'm afraid of damage.
Thanks for checking out this video Beautiful!!! I totally understand not wanting to use a ton of heat due to the fear of damage. Other than my Revair, I typically do not use any heat either. My only exception to this rule is when I go to my hairstylist for a trim. At that point, she will use a flat iron to get a good full look at my ends.
I blow dry … most times on heat. With lots of heat protection. Your regimen is clearly working b/c your hair is thriving!!! 🎉7kYESSSS!!
Hey Regina! 😄
Thanks so much for stopping by Fine Natural Hair ROCKS and checking out this video! I'm super excited about my new length retention and 7K is super exciting as well! Thank you so much for your support 🤗
As for your regimen, I feel like a heat regimen works well so long as we're careful. Your regimen is also clearly working super well for you because your hair looks AMAAAAZING! 😍🙌🏾
Hey curlfriend🙋♀️. I often stretch my hair with heat and braid or twist outs. As a fine- haired natural, it's safe to say I use heat maybe once a month and heatless stretching techniques for the rest of the month.
Hey Beautiful! This is so awesome! Your hair must be extremely healthy 😍🙌🏾
Yes it is healthy but there's still room for improvement
Congratulations on 7k, I use about 6 twists to air dry and stretch my hair on wash day
Thank you so much, Allyson!!! 😄💛 -- your 6 twists air drying method sounds awesome! You probably get a nice twist out by the time you're hair is dry too 😍
I like to heat stretch my hair....works great!
Me too!! I think there is always a place for heat stretching hair, especially if we are using safe heat tools like the Revair. What's your favourite heat tool to use?
@@FineNaturalHairROCKS I like the comb or brush hair dryers! Do not care for the Revair, dries out my hair like crazy! And there's very limited products you can use with it long term because any products with oil supposedly can destroy the inner tube of the dryer 🙄😒
Congrats on 7k and growing 🎉💛🎉
Your braid out looks good and has awesome definition without curl cream. I normally do two French braids or a blow out to stretch my hair out. I try not to use heat that often.
Have a Blessed Week 🙌
🛐“Thy word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.”💛💛💛
Hey Beautiful! Thank you so much for the love, Curlfriend! 🤗💛 I love your idea of two French braids to stretch your hair out. I've done that in the past, but for some reason, I haven't done it lately... I may need to try it out again.
Thanks for watching this video. I hope you have a blessed week as well 🙏🏾💛💛💛
OMG CONGRATULATIONS on 7K 👏🏾 I am so happy for you ❤
The braid out came out perfectly! I usually do the same thing with my hair and go in wig mini braids or twist for the extra stretch.
Thank you so much!! 🤗😍💛🙌🏾
I’m going to try giving it a double stretch next time! I love how it looks kinda blown it with the double stretch method like how you mentioned. Your hair always looks sooo good, healthy and shiny too! 😍😍😍😍
After washing and deep conditioning, I grease my scalp, add leave in and put my hair in a low bun overnight and halfway through the next day. That stretches my hair enough to style. I do not use heat.
Ohhhh, this is a very unique regimen that is clearly working well for you! 😍🙌🏾 How often do you grease your scalp?
@@FineNaturalHairROCKS Every 10 days. I'm trying it out for 2 months to see if I like it.
I don’t often stretch my hair ( lazy ) but when I do and it’s braided I little bit of oil to detangle or sometime if I have an old conditioner. Congrats on 7k (it can only up ). This show is on what channel ? I see a little more representation but it could be better. I think there is still work for black wowen to embrace natural hair.
Hey Beautiful!! 💛
Thank you so much for the love on 7K and for checking out this video! Your regimen is always so on point btw! 😍🙌🏾 As for the show it's called "The Mane Problem" and it's right here on RUclips. This is the episode that I was talking about re: problematic messaging around natural hair --> ruclips.net/video/Fe9N7TzvIlc/видео.html
You're totally right though about the world needing more representation and Black women needing to embrace our natural hair more.
@@FineNaturalHairROCKS I just watch an episode and I found it disappointing. There making the lady happy but it doesn’t go had a deep as I would want. There so much work to do (for Black wowen and their hair )
@@psr076 Yes! I felt the exact same way. It was really disappointing to see that type of messaging in 2023. For some reason, I thought we were beyond that... hopefully the show's messaging will improve over time.. :S
Okay. I don’t understand. How can you have type four hair that is fine? I thought type four meant thick hair. 🤔????? My hair is fine and I guess 3A (10%) and the other 90% is 3B.
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I never use heat. Not in the last 6 years. I don’t own a hair dryer or curlers. 😊
Not all type 4 hair is thick. You can have fine strands in any hair type. I have 4c hair that is very fine and low density.
Her hair strands are fine aka an individual strand is very thin and hardly visible alone. Her hair density is thick aka when you part your hair but don't see scalp (normal texture, not stretched).
@@nedume.2223 Thanks for the response. :)
@@alicemayfield3891 you're welcome, but @Island Girl is right too. Hair type is different from the thickness of our individual strands whether they're fine, normal or coarse, which funnily enough has nothing to do with texture.
Hey Beautiful! The Curlfriend Crew is absolutely right that you can have type 4 hair that is fine. Check out this video if you're interested in learning more about it: ruclips.net/video/wntUH47XNgY/видео.html