I put mini twist in ONE time, let’s just say I’ll be celebrating my 1 year loc anniversary soon😂

When I was younger I would leave them in for 6 months bc we couldn’t afford to get it done more AND nobody knew how to take care of it 😂 the growth over those 4 years was def insane

I'm a huge supporter of Black women taking care of and rocking their natural hair. Our hair is so beautiful, unique and versatile. In my humble opinion, Black women generate a different type of beauty when we rock our healthy natural hair regardless of the length. One of my favorite pics of you is your KZfaq channel profile pic. Beautiful picture of you.

I did the same thing a few months ago. I swear by mini twists for growth but the thing with them is the longer they stay the better they look to me. I was at 3.5 months and realized the back of my hair was locing so I had to take them out lol. Thank god for the african pride prepoo cause it saved my hair that day.

Im a 3 month protective style warrior 😂 i used to have take downs similar to this video but now my takedowns are a breeze. Heres What ive learned from leaving my hair in 3 months at a time over 7 times already… Dry hair locks Moisturized hair doesnt Thats why when you get locs you just shampoo and retwist because any moisture is prolonging your hair from locking I currently have mini twists in im on month two and they still look moisturized and will be easy to take down due to my moisture routine. Next time spray your hair daily with water and aloe vera or leave in conditioner. Add oil and glycerin every other day and thank me later q

Your mini twists still look good after 3 months 😍.

Now sis lmao you knew that even 2 months was pushing it with mini twists. You were about to be loc gang with me lol I started mine with mini twists.

I definitely recommend cleansing and moisturizing (biweekly) while in mini twist especially when keeping the style for so long because if not the breakage will win 😂

Thank you for being so honest about what happens when a protective style has been in too long. ( I've done that 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️) and what happens when you destroy the bathroom during wash day!!!!😂😂😂

Girl, I kept braids in for 4 months. NEVER. AGAIN. 😭😭 I am thoroughly traumatised. The longest I go now is 2 and a half months. I cannot go through that take down again. 💀

The way I RAN to this video lol... Just installed my mini twists over the weekend... braided the roots down about 1.5 inches before twisting thinking I want them to last about 2+ months then I watch the first 5 seconds of the video and LOL

I’ve done mini braids on myself. 6 months with shampoo and conditioning once a month. Refreshed the edges every 2 months. When you braid your own hair, it just hits different. I wanna get all of the wear out the braids.😆

2.5 months with mini braids and I’m definitely not going further than that with my type 4 hair!

ok but imagine Isi with locs 😍

No cap, the growth you got was insane. I love that 😍😍😍

My mum used to have that yellow red and black pattern you have on your gown as a Nigerian wrapper , it’s exactly the same😊felt all nostalgic.Thanks for the video.

Yass Isi with the new video. 😊Hope the Mother’s Day dance was a good ol jolly time!!! Even after all that struggle, the hair is still popping and flourishing

Last time I did mini twists I liked them so much I ended up loc’ing my hair😭😭

This was so fun to watch 🤗 I pray you’re truly as happy & joyful as you seem 🫶🏾🥰

The VOLUMEE from the new growth in these mini twists is giving siss 😁✨

I’ve been off YT for a while but I came back because I’m thinking about letting my hair loc. But there is never any good examples of my 4c hair. I started following you because of that. Your experiment gave me the knowledge I need to go forward. Thank you

Finally I've been waiting for these ...my favorite type of videos ❤❤...missed your new content on hair

It was a dare between my mom and I. 7 months with small braids. I used my hair only for braids. The takedown was hell as my roots were interlocked with each other. I normally leave them for 3 months and I'm okay, but 7 months was a lesson learnt. Also I tend to keep my mini twists in for max 6 weeks. They are washed and moisturised weekly after the 2 week mark. I found that helped with separating the hair so it does not tangle together.

I love watching your wash day videos ❤I’ve learned so much on how to take care of my type 4 hair because of you so thank you 😊

Isiiiiiii!!! So nice to see another video from you!!! Love since 2016 always 💗 Whenever I do a protective style with added hair, 2 months with scalp care was good for me. A regular mini (smedium) twist style would last 2-3 weeks before I wash my hair.

I love watching your hair content. Give us more!!!!!❤❤❤

Lol the way I got so happy at that length check! Girl you betta inspire us😂💕

I love seeing your growth! We have similar texture so you’re definitely my hair goals.

I had two strand twists in for 7 weeks. I braided the roots and twisted the rest of the way down. My hair was flourishing and grew out super quick. The roots started to mat together 🥹 It took me 4 days to take them out. It was brutal...and I had crazy shedding BUT my hair was thicker and so much healthier!

Thank you for inspiring my next hairstyle ❤ finger coils were my go to for my shorter hair, then twist for growth, but now I want length retention so I will be doing mini braids 🎉🎉🎉

Mini twists looked really good. I kept mini twists in a 2 months and same as you they were acting like they wanted to lock. Watched an entire series taking them down🤣 but the growth was so good. COME ON LENGTH!!!💚

i started my natural hair journey a year ago, and girl you have helped me through so so much

I was inspired by your video of the installation of the mini twists that I decided to do my own! They took me 8 hours to install and I left them in for 6 weeks, took them down a few days ago

been waiting for this! ❤

i love me some mini twists omg! and the longest i've ever left a protective style in was a month and a half.

You absolutely eat every style up every time Isi. I feel that you would also look soooo bomb with locs! Would you ever loc your hair?

Gurl that new growth is beautiful and calling me to retwist or retie it lolll just come on over to the loc side😍😍

I'm loving the editing 😊

Thank you for this detailed video. ❤ You and your hair are gorgeous 😊

Thanks for the steaming tip ...I will try that next. Your hair has grown a lot thanks for sharing!

Girl we missed you! Would love to see you back on here more ❤️

Gorgeous hair girl!! My go to protective style is crochet faux locs, and I usually leave them in for 3 months. I love the style because all of hair is tucked away and the older it gets, the better it looks (imo).😊😊

Longest I kept in a protective was 3.5 months, i washed my hair every month while they were in. That helped with the breakage at the take down. Wasn't alot. Did a trim then too

Glad to finally see your view on mini Twists. I loooooove mini twists so muuuch !! Longest i went into a protective style was back in Uni i went 4months in braids. The growth i reappped!! maan it was something

Chile ive left my mini twists in for 6months 😅...the twist out from them is my fav and best twist out. My 4c hair just loves smaller twists cuz of my tiny coils.

I had braids for 3 months with a touch up around the perimeter after a month in a half...do not recommend 3 months either 😅 I had to stop after a few hours and start again the next day because I began to rip the left side of my hair out... so once I regrouped I took my time on the right side now my right side is about an inch longer than the left side. Please take your time during take down ladies! The new growth was insane though 😂

Appreciate the realness. My hair wants to lock too bad for twists of any size. Sticking with 3-5 day WNGs with ample gel to help separate hydrated and conditioned strands. Thanks again for the upload.

Your hair is beautiful. Thanks for the thorough video. I left some micro braids in for over 3 months while I was in nursing school. I regretted it cuz it took forever to take down and the tangling was real! I also needed a trim really bad 😢

Been waiting for the takedown video. Love mini twists.

Yaa…another video from Isi 🥰❤️

You have such beautiful hair😍💕✨

its the fact shell say dont do something and then boom she waiting half a year to take down her hairrr lolll

Wow now that method is so smart thank you !❤

I love ur hair. It looks so healthy. Longest protective style for me? 7.5 years. Lol yeah the lengthly takedowns and twistings, had me lock my hair. Couldnt do it. I was too busy with school and work. Now, I dont spend as much time or money on products or maintenance. I save time and money, use natural products and keep it simple. Love ur vid. This is nice.

love the quality of your videos :)

I’m about to be on year 5 of my protective style of locs 😎 come July. Loctician here and I’m LOVING it! 🥰

my longest protective style was for a year in head wraps . lol when i saw i should be covering my head but i misinterpreted for prayer and prophecying for all the time. lol. well i mean i talk to God all the time so i thought i was praying...... but yah a year my hair grew about 6 inches with 3 to 4 trims :D

I LOOOOOVE to see how happy your twists made you! I feel like that deep sigh before the takedown… that moment where you realize you gonna miss not having to do your hair. The natural girls’ constant war on the inside! 😂😅 I’m just saying… if you were to lock up, you’d have such a beautiful head of hair and most likely locs down to your low back in NO TIME!!! 😏

Yes! I got mini twists... to start my locs lol. Loved it!

This was a good video. I have left crochet braids in my hair for over three months and the breakage was more than expected. I used the African Pride pre shampoo cream with Aloe Vera to detangle my hair and it works pretty good. I said I will never leave crochet braids in my hair that long ever again! So I can relate to what happened with your hair but in a different way. Thanks so much for the tips on the hja9r steamer.

The longest protective style I had was this one, I left it in for two months! I loved it && i’ll be redoing it this week 🎉 14:13

I just brushed mine out after 3 weeks, and it was literally matted at the base and was half locs 😭 for waiting 3 months to take your hair down, it looks good!

Great video thanks for sharing your journey and hair update 😊❤.

Just motivated me to convert my medium twists to smedium twists. Took a couple hours so rip sleep but should be worth it.

This is crazy! I was literally thinking about you last night (but I did not remember your name 😅) and then today you just popped up in my recommended. glad to see you’re doing well!

Hey Isi.... Chitown girlie (Hillside). I recently did a 4 month sprint with small two-strand twists. I felt so free and confident. First time ever rocking my natural hair on vacation and will be twisting my crown up in the next couple of weeks to enjoy Summer Time Chi ❤ thanks for your vlog 14:17

girl... congrats on starting your loc journey

I’ve tried leaving my mini twists in for three months but took em out at 2 months cuz they were staring to loc. I love mini twists but for some reason they take longer to do than they used to. It used to take me between 5-7 hours, now it takes me 2-3 days 😂🤦🏽‍♀️. The take down is the easy part if I don’t leave them in too long, but the new growth is crazy every time. That’s why I keep coming back to em 🎉

I do small/medium braids (fine hair so I cannot do twists-tangling galore) but for me, lightly spritzing the hair versus fully submerging in water helped with the longevity of the style. I would gently squeeze a water based moisturizer mixed with a little bit of oil or grease into my hair. For me, the more I wet my hair, the frizzier it became and the more it began to loc. so I don’t wet mine often. I’d spray my scalp/perimeter and ends occasionally. I re-do maybe every 3-4 weeks. I just take one braid out at a time and rebraid it-I never take all of them out at once. When refreshing I just add a little oil and undo. No tangling or massive clumps of hair. For me, the more water used, the faster the hair will shrink/expand and loc over time. The less water, with more lubricating products (oil/grease) the longer the style lasted and the easier the takedown was. Also, even though most naturals don’t takedown dry, when you have so much shed hair stuck in one place and wet it, it all shrinks upon itself and creates knots one will have to cut out, hence just using an oil to get them out easier, then use water or conditioner to detangle after all the shed hair is out

those mini twist looks so good

I keep all my protective styles in between 6 to 8 weeks. Before each style I prep my hair with leave in Conditioner, and oils. When I wash my hair before and after taking out protective styles I always deep condition. I never have matting or any breakage or excessive shedding. I take care of my hair even when in a protective style

i love your videos and love them even more once i heard you singing Teezo Touchdown😂

I just refreshed my twist. I had them in for a month. Pushing for another week, cuzz honeyy the weather is not weathering. 😭

I definitely needed to see this last week... I still haven't been able to fully detangle my hair. Left my hair in too long 🤦🏾😭

Hey 👋🏽 I watched your video when you did this protective style and I’m wondering what your next one will be 😅 but I’m Glad everything worked out lol. That was a lot of work! 💪🏽 and your hair did great after a 3 month almost “LOCdowN” 😂 but you gave it lots of love 💕 with that takedown.😁👍🏽

Your air texture is so bouncy and beautiful omg!!!

Omg your hair is beautiful 😢 that’s so much shedding tho , try green tea spray !

The longest is 2 months never again. Amazing content ❤

Heavy on the pre- tangling!!! 🙌🏽🙌🏽

I had starter locs for 7months before I combed them out. I had bad psoriasis on my headline and was just over IT but worth the growth 😂 thinking about doing it again

The patience >>

I love how real you are with your hair 😂

Isi sis, come through with the contraptions! My Amazon cart just got happier!

Your hair definitely looks more dense❤

End of November to the end of march is the longest protective style I had, versatile kinky straight sew in

finally , a wash vlog🥹

I keep my faux locs in for just about 6 months every time i get them done and its literally the best thing for my hair

Your playlist was almost identical to ❤😂 and hair is so full and beautiful 😍

😂 sis I knew this was a disaster since I saw 3 months, under such circumstances moisturizing and oiling is vital 💯

My current mini braids are in for 5 months now😂

I went off to college and my hair was transitioning. Got box braids and left them in for 4 months. Went to the salon and she was able to cut off the rest of the relaxer. We were all worried about my hair but it was actually thick and healthy

From experience, my hair starts locking at 3 months. By month 4, the ends in the back of my head start sealing themselves. Last I put some mini twists in, i ended up leaving them so long the take down was too much of a pain, so I just cut the hair 😂😂 But you know what, I am enjoying my new journey. The TWA has been a breeze to take care of and refreshing.

lol you should’ve just loc’d your hair up at that point!! Come on over to the loc side isi 😂 Either way your hair is beautiful❤️

I have had them in for about two months....I think 🤔. I usually wash my hair while in mini twists and then I moisture, detangle and retwist each twist. I retwist 1/3 each day. It takes hours but it is worth it. The growth is insane. I will do a full head take down soon. Thanks for the tip on using the steamer to help take down the twists!!

Now looking to watch your video after 3 days 🏃🏾‍♀️🏃🏿‍♂️

Your hair is so beautiful

I put mine in in the midst of your 3 months .. I tried to keep mine in for 3 as well and took them down after a month .. my hair was so hard it to take down I thought how did she keep hers in for so long and mine is giving me hell 😭 glad to know

By the way, you should try the Dark and Lovely Ouchless Detangle spray for the loc bit after having a protective style for so long. I removed a 4 month style in no time.

Whew now I don’t feel too bad about having mine in for 3 months. Taken it out now for my birthday 😭

If its one thing i know, its if you are going to do a protective style for a long period of time. make sure its a loose, simple, hair style with large parts.