Rag Tie Curls!

We have been doing rag tie curls with L's hair for awhile. She loves having curly hair and asks me to do her hair every time she takes a shower! She sleeps in them fine and wakes up all curly in the morning! She does have natural waves (she was that curly when she was a baby!), but her hair usually stays in the curls for 2-3 days. The curls stayed much longer when her hair was shorter and better in the winter (less frizziness from the heat!). First, I cut several strips of fabric 1"x6", I'm not sure how many I use, less than 12 I believe. I do her hair when she gets right out of the shower, so the hair is really wet. 

First you wrap the end of the hair around the middle of the strip of fabric.

Then you roll it down toward the head and tie a knot. I tried to show in pics, its a little awkward at first, but it gets easier. Its basically like rolling a regular or foam curler, but the strip of fabric is the "curler". 

I make sure to section the hair in an alternating pattern, so you don't get one straight line of curls. I usually do larger curls and then in the morning, I separate them into smaller curls. I once did a lot of small curls and it basically turned out really frizzy. When I'm done rolling all the curls I have her spray them with hair spray and then spray them in the morning again. I use this natural hair spray, its not the strongest hold, but it is natural, so I can deal with that!    

This is what it looks like in the morning. It does relax a little more as the day goes on. I carefully separate those big curls into smaller curls, do a little spritz and she is ready for the day!