If you saw mw this week you would have noticed my yarn locs looking rather short with a little bit of purple peeking out at the ends, that's because I set them with pipe cleaners. I have never used pipe cleaners to clean pipes, I have always seen them used in an arts and crafts/ project type setting, and what is natural hair and all its trappings if not a project, right? So since I was busy I sent my mother and my sister on a mission with specific instructions to retrieve black pipe cleaners at Samaroo's (Abercromby St., POS 40 cents a piece). The reason I wanted the black pipe cleaners was so that I would be able to have them in for an extended period, which would include leaving my house, so that the curls would set. I, however, ended up with purple pipe cleaners (there was no black). One night I decided to try out one and ended up doing my entire head. I tried it with the entire length of the pipe cleaner, but it was too long and wasn't covered by the loc, so I cut it in half so that only the ends were showing the purple. I was a bit apprehensive to leave the house with the purple in, but they turned out awesome! I left them in for three days and went about my daily routine. When I took them out this morning the spirals were super tight and I couldn't do much with it so I kinda pulled my fingers through them to stretch them a bit and the curls stayed! I slept, put them up in a ponytail, tried out different styles and they still stayed! I didn't even have to go through the discomfort of dipping them in steaming water, or waiting for them to dry (these things take forever to dry). I am completely pleased with the results. My next project: crotchet hair/weave/something! I'm excited!
Selfies at work with my cute hair!
Close up of the set
The perfect spiral
They came out so great!
Extended curls
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