I saw Curlee’s Bantu-Knot out results on NaturallyCurly.com a few weeks ago and just had to get an exclusive. I’m incredibly jealous- his hair is AMAZING!
Here’s what he had to say:
When I did this it was at night, and I did not cover my hair, in hopes that it would dry over night. That was not the case, so I took the advice of Autumn from curlychronicles on youtube and took them down and let them dry that way for a bit. But of course my impatience with my hair got the best of me, and I used a blowdryer on them while they were hanging loose, and then I set them back up in the knots. The last step was taking them down and pulling them apart and fluffing. I didn’t really like the results the first day, it was a bit to feminine for me. But about two days later when it got fluffier and less defined, it looked better in my opinion. But if you’re looking for a loose curly fro pattern, this definitely works. I found it to be pretty time consuming personally, so I don’t think I would do it too often. The pictures were taken over the course of the first day.
I've never tried bantu knots before, mostly b/c I didn't know how to do them, but from your description & other tutorials, it doesn't seem too hard. Your hair came out quite nice, it's awesome!
P.S.- you look pretty suave in a button- down. 🙂
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wow, i love it! it makes me SOOO angry that i cut all of my hair off. i am mixed with half dominican, and the other half black and white. i'm growing it back out now, i cant wait to see what it looks like this time next year…
I just decided that I want to transition from permed hair and rock my natural. I really didn't want to cut my hair down short so Im trying bantu knots. It turns out okay on my permed hair, but im really exited to see what it will look like as more of my natural hair grows. 😀
At first I wasn’t sure how I felt about it but now I’m really feeling it. He and the hairstyle are very cute! I think I might try it tonight.
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mmmmmmm, he is fine!
Nice! I hear him on finding something that’s not too time-consuming.
Nikki, Kimmaytube did a great tutorial that combines flat twists and Bantu knots to give a cute “knot-twist-out” (“twist-knot-out”? lol) that resembles Corinne Bailey Rae’s hairstyle. I’m spreading the word because this technique worked REALLY well on my mostly CNapp hair.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuhamqzKbNI (part 1 of 2)
he’s a cutie!
You are too CUTE!
CurlLee I hate you
Now that’s how I want my bantu knots to look. Unfortunately they did turn out that way lol. But I might have to try his routine.
His hair is fab!
Your hair looks great! I have to try this also, it just takes so long for my hair to dry!
lol at the feminine comment… i think it turned out very nice.
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Wow, this turned out great and it looks really nice.
His hair looks sooo good. Okay, I’m just about ready to give it a shot. Digging it.
your hair is gorgeous!!! I can only sit and wait until I get another 2 inches to try this bantu-knot thing. I’m a believer now..I’m loving all the results I’ve seen thus far!
yet another amazing set of pictures that have me convinced that the bantu knot out is the first style i’m trying as soon as i take my braids out.
Wow amazing hair. So nice!
With practice it gets easier. If I work really fast without interruptions, I can twist my hair up in about an 1hr and 15mins. When I first started this it would take 2-2.5 hours.
That’s what my hair looks like when I bantu knot it.