Flat Twist Out Fail!!

So it happened. I had my first Bad Hair Day since deciding to go natural. And to make things worse, I had no backup plan and I had to go to work, and with my hair being so short now there was no slicking it back into a ponytail. I have no one but myself to blame because I ignored the cardinal rule. "Never try a new hair style when you have somewhere to go". What is so funny is that I had just discussed with my cousin, how I never unveil a new do when I have somewhere to go and always to a test run first on the weekend. The reason I felt obliged to do ignore the rule in this case was that I was using a tried and true style from my past that I had not used in a while; not with my current product regimen and definitely not on my two textured mane. The flat twist out had been a go to style of mine when it was time for me to get a relaxer to hide the new growth. So I thought I would just do it this week and figured "What could go wrong???" Well, this.....

I shoulda called in sick lol!

You may not be able to tell from this pic but it was so bad. It looked like a shaggy helmet on (Yuk!) and I was so glad that I work at a job where I can limit the number of interactions I have to have with other people. But, I'm not giving up on my flat twist out yet! Maybe with some tweaking (on the weekend of course), I can make it look as good as it used to. So my post today is to serve as a cautionary tale. Maybe by sharing this story I can save one person from having to go out looking like this. and if i can change one life then my pain was worth it (dramatic enough??).

Moral of the story: "NEVER try out and unveil a new style without doing a dry run when you have nowhere to go"

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