Knotless Braids Review ✨
- Olivia Martin
- Jul 31, 2020
- 5 min read
Hey everyone! I'm back and I hope all is well and everyone is remaining safe and healthy! For this post, I wanted to talk about my first time ever getting braids and I don't mean braiding my natural hair. I got knotless braids for the first time about a month ago and I wanted to share my experience with you all! The anxiety, the many many hours I sat in the chair, the nervousness, the excitement, everything all here in this post. Without any further ado, let's get into the braids!
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(Only God knows how young me and my siblings were but this was the best pic I could find of me with french braids)
I have always done my hair naturally. I have always worn my hair in curls, some protective styles like ponytails or buns, or I would go to the shop and get it straightened. My mom braided my hair when I was a little bit younger and she would give me french braids but, the older I have gotten, my hair has gotten thicker and it has grown longer, and honestly, it's not something my mom really wants to deal with and I don't blame her.
I would say it took me until my junior year of high school to wear my curls and allow myself to wear them down. I grew up and I would always wear my hair in pigtails or big puffy ponytails but black women wearing their curls have always had a bad rep for some odd reason. Before I went to a predominately white school, I went to a Detroit Public School where a majority of the students were black and I didn't have to worry about my appearance or competing with other people based on the color of my skin. When me and my family moved and I started going to white schools I was always questioned just for being a black girl or looking different or not having straight hair like white girls. And it is sad it took me until my junior year of high school for me to actually wear my curls without any remorse, but I'm glad it actually happened. I had to embrace being different and looking different and not caring what white students or teachers had to say about my lavish curls.
From that point forward I have continued to nourish my natural hair, take care of it, and surprise people with how I can change styles everyday. Just can't believe it took me 20 years to get braids.
What really inspired me to get these braids would have to be my arms being tired of combing my hair and me having to style my curls every day. Having to wake up every day and have plans, I have to do my hair but, it would start to become a lot, especially going to college, it was starting to become tiring. I have also seen multiple black celebrities that I follow, like, and respect like Zendaya, Jordyn Woods, Normani, Beyonce, Justine Skye, and Gabrielle Union, and I have seen the styles that they would get done to their hair and I fell in love with them!
I mean... y'all, look at these styles and look at them!
I knew that this was something that I wanted to do when I started watching YouTube videos about which braids would be better for my hair, braids that wouldn't cause too much tension to my head and I would watch videos about knotless braids vs knotless box braids and what really pushed me to get the knotless braids was seeing Zendaya and hers. The style is too cute and Zendaya loves to wear her braids, her locs, her curls, and her bobs. But me seeing those knotless braids... I fell in love.
I watched videos on Youtube on how to maintain them, the pros and the cons of them and I talked to my mom and told her how serious I was and she told me to give my Godsister, Tayjia a call because she's a licensed cosmetologist. I gave her a call and booked an appointment and waited for the day. My mom purchased the packs of hair for me. I think she brought 12-13 packs and I only used maybe 9 or 10.
It wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. My Godsister was a good person to talk to. Some people may not actually talk to you while they're doing your hair, nails, or eyebrows but my Godsister was great company and she also knows how to keep her clients entertained.
I would say it took about 6 hours... 6 long hours but it was worth it because they came out great. Very pretty and I loved the color! I'm a firm believer in the color blonde being made for Black women.
A couple of pros about having the knotless braids would have to be that it was easy to manage. All you have to do is wake up in the morning, take off your scarf, do your edges and you're good. Secondly, you can style them however you want! In a bun, on the side, or in the middle. And one of my favorite things about getting these braids would have to be not worrying about my hair sweating out or my hair not acting right today when it's curly.
One con for me would have to be how frizzy my hair started to get and I really don't think mousse does that much but that's just how my hair is.
Overall, it was a pretty good experience. I was happy with them and I was happy to take my hair down and let it breathe but, I do miss the braids. That's alright because I just booked an appointment to get them again :)
Thanks for reading this post, tell me some of your favorite protective styles in the comments down below and give this post a like!
If you guys ever need anyone to style up your hair check out my Godsister Tayjia's Instagram account @stylist.tayj
Tayjia's schedule is Mon-Friday 8:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m., Sat 8:00 a.m.- 12:00 p.m., and Sunday's she closed.
Tayjia prefers for people to book her through her Instagram which is down below!
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