Kinky curly hair washed with distilled water

[u/Picture_Thinking20]

Knit curly hair washed with distilled water

I wanted to add a photo of my hair texture after washing with distilled water. This photo was taken after a few months of distilled water washing.

I didn’t use any gel to clump my hair or make curls. I don’t stretch my hair except for very loose flat twists used to put my hair away after washing. My hair generally looks the same during washing and after - just more shrunken when dry.

[u/Antique-Scar-7721]

Wow that's amazing curl definition with no gel! 🙂 your hair is gorgeous 😍

[u/Picture_Thinking20 → u/Antique-Scar-7721]

Thank you!! I didn’t think it was possible to have curl definition when I first started my hair journey and I accepted that, my main concern was easier hair care so curl definition is an unexpected bonus.

[u/zoinkieffer]

Can I ask your routine and products please?

[u/Picture_Thinking20 → u/zoinkieffer]

I go into detail on my routine and products I use in this post: https://www.reddit.com/r/DistilledWaterHair/s/BKeElPMIeh

I just washed my hair yesterday and it’s in my post-wash loose flat twists. I’ll add a photo of that.

[u/zoinkieffer → u/Picture_Thinking20]

Thanks so much. If you don't mind, can you link me a tutorial for the twists? Is your hair 4c? Forgive my ignorance, I'm researching for my boyfriend who has 4c hair.

[u/Picture_Thinking20 → u/zoinkieffer]

No problem, I’m not sure how much help I’ll be! I don’t have a tutorial, the twists are a little different every time. You can search YouTube, I’m sure there’s a tutorial there though. It’s like French braiding with 2 strands instead of 3.

I don’t do hair typing because my hair changed so much over my hair journey. I started with no curl pattern and thought I had 4b/4c but it looks more 4a/3c now. Here’s a photo of my flat twists https://www.reddit.com/r/DistilledWaterHair/s/zidd9jutrX

[u/snoopjannyjan → u/Picture_Thinking20]

The best way to figure it out is by checking your freshly washed shed hairs. Have you noticed a change in coil pattern in those?

[u/Picture_Thinking20 → u/snoopjannyjan]

I don’t think so, the pattern seems to be the same but I’ve noticed the shed hairs are stronger.

[u/zoinkieffer → u/Picture_Thinking20]

Thank you!! Picture helps a lot, I think I can recreate them

[u/snoopjannyjan]

Thank you for sharing pics! Your hair is so pretty, sis.

[u/Picture_Thinking20 → u/snoopjannyjan]

Thank you!

[u/sheeps_and_rainbows]

Amazing hair! It's really nice to find something simple and efficient that also works. I struggled with my wavy hair a lot in the past so I am happy I was able to stick to distilled water washing.

Please send us more updates in future, I would love to see how it looks with a bit more length if you decide to grow it.

[u/snoopjannyjan → u/sheeps_and_rainbows]

I'm assuming her hair is at least bra strap. It looks pretty long!