Stretching Natural Hair with African Threading
A safe, heat free way to lengthen or stretch natural hair for wear and styling. Via NaturallyCurly
African Threading Up Close
A Damn Salon stylist demonstrates the Nwele technique. Here, thread is wrapped around the base of a section of hair.
Thread is wrapped around the entire length of hair from root to tip using a special technique.
Mushiya holds up a finished Nwele next to the model’s loose hair
A side by side comparison, Nwele-stretched hair and shrunken coils on a model.
Elongated and smooth two-strand twists after removing the thread.
Mushiya of The Damn Salon explains the Nwele process to show attendees while rocking a Nwele/two-strand twist out of her own.
Before You Style…
Make sure to detangle hair well before wrapping the thread around each section. The Damn Salon offers a great detangling brush to complement the process and create perfectly smooth sections.
I just washed my hair from a flat iron style. It did not return to its natural style is one wash enough to tell if I have damaged my hair. ☹️
Hello Tamara,
Lovely blog!
I’ve done the African corkscrew threading hairstyle twice this year (picture is on my blog), and each time I had it in for 3 weeks.
I’d recommend threading, it’s the best protective style that I have ever done as my strands were locked in.
On take-down days, my hair was smooth, and I could even still smell the leave-in conditioner that I’d applied before my hair was threaded. It’s important that the hair is well moisturized and oiled prior to being wrapped in thread, it’s almost like marinating chicken in spices and then covering in foil paper 😀
Super easy to manage too, all I did spritz with a water and glycerin mix.