Banding

While I was on one of my new favorite hair blogs, Mane and Chic, there was something mentioned about banding.  Interesting.  What is banding?  I followed the link that led me to a bunch of YouTube videos on banding.  Banding is an alternative to blow drying your hair.  The heat from the blow dryer can be very damaging to your hair.  I am having flashbacks of going to a Dominican shop to have my hair blown out.  It is a very painful process.  The heat that comes from the blow dryer feels like it is coming from hell.  I thought my scalp was going to melt.  The heat is treterous.  I like the end result of obtaining straight hair without perming, but the process that I go through is not worth having a straight hair style. I have a co-worker who braids and two strand twist her hair when it’s dry.  It is so much longer and gets less shrinkage.  I wanted to try to two strand twist my hair without blow drying, but I did not want to sit and blow dry my hair for a hour.  This banding technique sounds like the answer to my problem.  I may use this technique the next time I wash my hair.