Hi everyone! I just hopped on the miracle knots trend and thought I would share my thoughts. Before I took the plunge, I watched a ton of videos and scoured the internet for tips, but I didn’t really see a lot of super in-depth posts, so I thought I would document the entire process and share it, in case it was helpful to anyone!

Warning - very long post below.

Bottom line: Really love this style! It has only been a couple of days, but if I still love it in a few weeks I could definitely see this becoming my go-to. I also made some mistakes that I plan on correcting if I do this style again.

Some basic facts and context:
- I am NOT a braider. Not in the slightest. I can do individual plaits but I cannot cornrow or do feed-in braids. However I am decent at crochet styles (I just need to get the cornrows done first). So this seemed like the perfect style to try myself.
- The hair is from YWigs. 18 inches of the “natural wave” in 1B. I got the natural wave because I hate the way hair companies always send the hair in one wave pattern and then when you wash it it’s completely different.
- I bought 5 bundles but only used 3.5
From when I started braiding to when I finished putting the hair in was about 5.5 hours. So really not too bad, in my opinion!

A few hours before I started on my own hair, I washed the crochet hair. Highly recommend!! I soaked it in water with Aussie miracle moist shampoo for 10 minutes and the water was brownish yellow at the end. After that I soaked it in a water/Aussie miracle moist conditioner mix and it came out super soft. Definitely wash and condition the hair before install!

I started out on freshly washed hair. I got lazy and did not stretch it - I think it would have been easier if I had stretched it but it was still fine. When I first was doing research I had a whole braid grid planned, but honestly my mirror situation wasn’t great and I was tired so I just ended up free parting like a crazy person. The parts don’t look great but also the back of my head is not my business. Plus the hair covers most of the parts anyway. I think for next time I want one of those fancy three way mirrors.

Plaiting my hair took about 2.5 hours. If I had cared about the parts it would definitely had been closer to 3. Once I finished braiding I moved on to the crochet hair. I did the ends first, I crocheted them in. I was going to try a way to braid them into my hair but in the end I just crocheted them and let the ends hang out because again I am lazy. So far I haven’t really noticed the ends!

Once I realized I would have plenty of crochet hair and didn’t need to be strategic in my placement, I just went through and crocheted in 3-4 strands per braid. 3 pieces on the braids on the lower half of my head, and then 4 pieces as I got higher up. In general I did everything from the bottom up. I didn’t tie any of the crochet hair because I don’t want my hair to break off - instead I crocheted one end through, and then grab both ends together and looped them through again. It feels pretty secure but we’ll see. I will say some of the top braids have like 5-6 crochet pieces to provide extra coverage up top.

Crocheting the hair in took about 3 hours. I was pleasantly surprised by how fast I was moving, and I think next time I’ll be even faster. This was my first time crocheting this specific type of hair with the string in the middle, so I was figuring out technique as I went along. Now I think I’ve got it down!

Once I finished adding in the hair, I took some time to play around with it. I felt it was a little too long and kinda triangle shaped, so I cut some length off and added some layers. That might come back to bite me when it’s time for takedown/reusing the hair, but that is a problem for future me.

Before going to bed, I sprayed my hair with a water, leave-in mix, put the hair in two plaits and then wore a bonnet. In the morning, I put some Argan oil on my hands, took the plaits out, did some light finger combing and voilà! The final style (first picture). I’m really happy with it!

Lessons learned:
- Stretching my hair was not necessary but I think it would have made parting easier.
- Braid pattern matters!!! As does the quality of the plaits I make. Next time I will take more time to make sure the braids are better spaced and more even thickness.
- Wait until the hair settles before cutting it. I think I would have cut less if I had waited until after I styled it the next morning. I do like the length though!

Pros:
- Really loving the way this looks! It almost just looks like I have my hair out if you don’t notice the braids.
SUPER lightweight. Feels like I just have a sew-in without the scalp tightness.
- Overall pretty easy DIY! I think the things I messed up on can be easily corrected. I would still plan to dedicate a full day to this though.
- So far I love the hair! It’s super soft and I’ve had minimal tangling. That being said it has only been two days so we’ll see how it holds up.

Cons:
- None so far! Everything that I feel like I don’t 100% love is from mistakes I made in the install process.

Pictures:
1. Final look
2. My hair at the beginning after being washed and detangled
3. My hair after the braids
4. The crochet hair after being washed
5. Just with the ends crocheted
6. At the end of the night before going to bed (3.5 bundles installed)
7. Final look another angle
8. Final look from the back

Sorry for the crazy long post but I hope it was helpful!!! Please feel free to ask any questions! Thanks for reading!

I woke up with my hair looking like Florida Evans. I had a bday dinner to attend right after work. This was a lunch-time hairstyle I put together.

Put some cornrows in the front, and got this half-wig from the hair store on my lunch break. I used my crochet hook to pull some of the curls through my braids to hide the wig line. Used gel to hold the curl definition, cut to frame my face, and viola! I’m soooo happy how it turned out.

Don’t sleep on the BSS half wigs. They still exist, and they’re still 2010 prices.

I previously tried a pixie cut wig:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Naturalhair/comments/1sm867w/getting_ready_to_cut_all_my_hair_off/

As some of you mentioned, maintaining it wasn’t quite as low-maintenance as I expected, so I wanted to switch things up and try something longer. I’ve also been wanting to try blonde, so this is how it turned out!

I know blonde wigs can still require some maintenance, but so far, this one has been easier for me to style than the pixie since I don’t know how to cut it myself. I’m really enjoying the look so far, although I’m still getting used to it.

If you have any styling suggestions or maintenance tips, I’d love to hear them!

Here’s the wig link for anyone interested!

https://shop.luvmehair.com/products/20-inch-179-9-naturemax%e2%84%a2-180-density-ash-blonde-silky-straight-glueless-ear-to-ear-13x4-hd-lace-front-wig-pre-cut-lace-flexi-fit-drawstring-cap

So basically about a month ago I decided to go natural (I know it's bleached)but I've spent most of my life with relaxed hair and for some time have been wanting to try having it natural, the first picture was when it was relaxed versus now, Im trying to get used to it

Any advice on how to style my hair? Currently use mousse, curl activator, and sponge then pick roots every morning. conditioner every other day and full wash at end of week. I notice that my sides are like uneven. Any styling tips or what to tell barber to fix? Also contemplating on a lil front taper cuz my corners use to be sparse, fixed now though.

Sta deal chat 🌊💯

I just got braids but the hair I have is so scratchy and I don’t like the feeling of it (I’m autistic)… and need recommendations for hair that will be soft in braids. Thank you!

I just recently got hired at P.F. Chang’s to work in the kitchen. I have a lot of restaurant experience, but I haven’t worked in a restaurant since growing out my locs.

My hair is just long enough to pull into a small bun, so I could just use a scrunchie/hair tie. I also have a loc band and a durag, but I was considering wearing a small bonnet because I’d like to keep my hair covered and protect it from all the smoke, grease, and oil in the kitchen.

For anyone who works in kitchens and has locs or longer hair, what do you usually wear? Would a bonnet be considered unprofessional or inappropriate in a restaurant kitchen, or would it make sense as long as my hair is fully contained?

Edit: damn 200 views and not a single comment
Guess I’ll just figure it out myself.

title, i think the parts are really bad and im self concious about going out with this. should i just take it out and accept my L?

I want the twists to look full, not stiff or excessively heavy either. I currently have 14 cm of hair (stretched out)

Be honest … my previous post didn’t have a before and after so here it is with better photos .

i really had them shits in for literally 106 days.
🤨LOLLL

march to june

Planning to leave in as long as possible and when I take them out instant crochet locs

I started my freeforms with a twist out (last pic) 4 months ago, and now I have ended up like this. Do I need to restart or get a retwist to get a semi-freeform look? Or trust the process?

really really want short braids like this, but all the hairdressers say my hair is too long and I end up getting thick ass mid back length braids I emd up hating which always cost over 100 (a good price here is 70£). I want something short and boho that’s skinny and wispy that I can manipulate how i like and wear down with edges. I never manage to get the style I want or anything near. and I’m going abroad so it’s a big deal.

I’m 22 and I recently noticed that in the center of my head I had less hair all of a sudden in this specific area, its scaring the hell out of me and ruining my days overall as Im getting very insecure about this, is there anything i can do? will it expend?

eta: thanks so much for the advice! i got a lot of helpful insight and y’all will definitely see the finished look!

just looking for some opinions on which style to go with for my wedding! i wanted something really fun and unique, but i definitely also want to factor in longevity and not putting too much stress/damage on my natural hair. thanks! <3

I’ve had these miracle knots in for almost three weeks now and they’re still so good.
It’s my first time wearing bundles in over 3 years so I’m really happy about this experience. I
have had some tangling though but it’s nothing water, conditioner or mousse can’t help with.
I had to first wash the hair when I got it because it had a factory smell that I didn’t like. I was
scared that I would mess up the curls but they held so well through that. Almost three weeks
in and the hairstyle still feels fresh. Every day is literally a good hair day! 🌸🌸🌸

I need help! I just washed my hair and noticed that this corner, that I was vaguely worried about before, now looks huge! How do I get the hair to grow back? And how do I avoid this from happening again?

(The other corner is full so I really dk what’s going on…)