You’ve been taking care of your kinky twists for a few weeks or maybe a month or so and now have decided to take out your kinky twists.
Good news… it’s not as hard to take out kinky twists safely as you’re thinking. In fact, depending on the size of your kinky twists it should take you more than a couple of hours.
This post is going to discuss how to safely take out kinky twists.
Read Also: How to Take Care of Kinky Twists
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#1 Spray The Kinky Twists with Detangle Spray
The brand I chose to use was the one by Doo Gro.
#2 Cut the Kinky Twists and Untwist Them
I don’t do this all the time, but I was just ready to take out the kinky twists as quickly as possible so I cut them short so I would have as little as possible to untwist.
#4 Spray Your Hair with Detangle Spray or Leave it in Conditioner
I had used the remainder of my detangle spray in my hair during the pretreatment so I had to use Carol’s Daughter’s leave-in conditioner spray.
#5 Detangle Your Hair
Take your time and detangle your hair. I used the wide bristle brush because I was too lazy to try and figure out where I had stored my combs. This is important to do before washing your hair to ensure that it doesn’t become a tangled mess when washing it.
#6 Wash and Condition Your Hair
I used the Doo Gro shampoo and conditioner. Since I was being lazy I only left the conditioner in my hair for about 10 minutes and then jumped in the shower to wash it out. However, usually, I like to leave it in for about 30 minutes or so.
#7 Trim Your Ends
Each time I take out protective hairstyles I like to trim some off my ends. This is because my ends are damaged from dye and chemicals and a ton of people recommend doing it before installing protective styles. I don’t want to do the big chop so cutting my ends once a month is making the natural hair transformation a bit easier for me.
#8 Perform a Hot Oil Treatment
I was too tired after the washing and conditioning part so I didn’t perform my hot oil treatment until the next day. I usually, wouldn’t recommend this as your hair can be an awful mess the next day if you just put a bonnet on and leave it. However, this is a lazy guide so I am.
However, since I did just put my hair in the bonnet and told myself I would deal with it later, instead of doing my hot oil treatment myself, I had a friend come do it for me. We used some carrot oil and Argan oil for the treatment and Sulfur 8 on my scalp.
#9 Style Your Hair
Since I’m not getting my new protective style installed for about a week I decided to have some flat twists done so I can just wear my hair twisted out.
Closing Thoughts on How to Take Out Kinky Twists Safely
Overall, it only took me a couple of hours to take out kinky twists. You can alter things around by opting for a deep condition instead of a hot oil treatment. However, in my case, I hadn’t had a hot oil treatment in a couple of months so I was overdue for one.
The good news, however, is that even though I was lazy about getting these twists out this time I lost the minimum amount of hair. I think it looks like the normal amount of shedding that would have occurred honestly.
I don’t have curly hair but I think that Doo Gro Shampoo and Conditioner would work for any hair type. I also like your tip of having a hot oil treatment before having another style done on your hair. Great way to keep hair and scalp healthy.
My daughter has really curly hair so I think this conditioner would work great for her. Your hair looks great short or long.
Cutting them ahead of time is a good idea. One of the students in my class just had her hair redone, I asked her how long it took and she said , “so long we were late to my aunt’s wedding.” Hahahahaha
OOOh! What type of hair do you have? You have a very strong hair. Awesome!
I have a friend with a curly hair and I will share it with her. Maybe she might like this.
It sounds like a lovely conditioner especially for curly hair. It’s definitely going to make styling easier.
Ah the joy of taking extensions out after wearing them. This puts me back in the mind of being in the chair in the kitchen with my mother as we took down braids. She would do a variation of this as well, always making sure that she didn’t cut any of our hair intertwined in the braiding hair. I’m too impatient these days to get hairstyles with hair added, but I think the time is coming that I need to just bite the bullet.
Natasha,
When I was a kid my mom would never let me wear extensions and I couldn’t figure out why. Now I find it just gives me some extra time when getting ready, especially since I’m going natural. But taking them out is time-consuming. I avoid the really time-consuming styles though cause I’ll be done gotten impatient and just started cutting away lol.
I have to admit that I don’t know what a protective style means! Were the twists all your hair or did you have extensions added? It doesn’t seem to me you were being lazy, you did a lot of work to your hair!
Hi Jessica,
I had extensions in to protect my natural hair underneath from all of the day to day styling and what not.
Very cool I’ve always loved twists and think they are really neat. Never knew much about them though! This will be helpful to many I’m sure!
Very informative! I didn’t know it took quite so long to do all of that, but the end result looked great!
This post is great but it’ll take a couple of hours. I don’t have curly hair, but will suggest my friends.