I recently tried a straw set on my natural hair.
I got the urge (as I often do) to try something different with my hair, and I’d been wanting about doing a straw set for as long as I can remember. The thought of installing tiny drinking straws all over my head made me put if off, until I walked into Bed, Bath & Beyond a few weeks ago, and stumbled upon some Milkshake straws. The rest is history…..
I grabbed my jar Curl Enhancing Custard from Obia Natural Hair Care and decided to give it a whirl. When I originally reviewed the custard I was not much of a fan, then I spoke to Obia and she gave me some tips on how to make it work. I’m really glad I decided to use it.
Though time consuming, this style is pretty inexpensive since one pack of Milkshake straws costs less than $5. I cut the straws in half and used 95 total.
My hair is still holding up on Day 6 and overall I’m pretty pleased with the results. I did massage in a bit of moisturizer yesterday but so far so good.
Check out my experience with installing the straws, my progression from Days 1-3, and how I’ve been maintaining the set in the video below. Thanks so for watching
Have you ever tried a straw set?
You look beautiful! is your hair 4a, b or c. I have 4c and not sure how it would look on my if I mustered up all then patience to do a straw set.
I love this! Now that I’ve got enough lenghth on top I may have to try this! I’ve def got enough products in my aresenal to use and I can get some of the cheap straws at dollar tree since my hair is shorter.
Loving the site Vashti….. 🙂
Hey Judlyn, thank you 🙂 It’s almost ready..still working out some kinks. Thanks for stopping by. I appreciate it 🙂
lol..I feel you. You have tons of beautiful hair. Thank you 🙂
It turned out gorgeous, but I know that I would probably never do it as I just little to no patience to do a set after pre-pooing, shampooing, detangling and DCing. My sets are as quick as I can make them and even a simple 8-12 braid/twist set takes longer than I’d like. But again, your hair turned out beautifully!! And you look gorg!
Yep! Straws! 🙂
Thanks, it does take time and patience, but I can’t complain because the results were really nice 🙂
Oh wow, so you used actual straws? Sweet.
The results are beautiful but it looks to labor intensive for me. What can I say? I’m lazy haha I do like how defined and tight the curls are, though. Looks like you can get good wear out of them.
Ok. You did great if you used the smaller straws. Mine died after 7 days because it rained, although in not sure it could have last much longer either way.
Ok, no prob. Looking forward to seeing it 🙂
I haven’t tried one yet but I hope to soon esp since your post 🙂 Thanks Vee
I did using smaller straws. It took me 3.5 hours. It came out really cute but it was really time consuming and only lasted 7 days. I used Cantu for naturals coconut oil moisturizer.
Lol..thanks Zee. Go for it, but take your patience with you. 😉
Omg!!!! I LOVE it !!!! Vee thanks for the inspiration:)