In this video I’m trying bantu knots on my natural hair for the first time, and I’m not gonna lie—I was excited but also nervous because my hair is really long. I started on freshly washed hair with leave-in already in and my hair detangled, because I personally find it way easier to style when it’s damp/wet. I’ve seen people do bantu knots on blown-out hair, but I wanted to see how it would turn out on wet hair first. My parts were definitely giving “best I can do,” but I sectioned my hair into three main sections and did different sizes: two knots in the back, four in the middle area, and then six smaller ones at the top/front. While I was doing them, my camera died and my hair started drying, so I had to re-wet with water and twist as tight as possible so the curls would come out defined and so the knots wouldn’t unravel while I slept. Sleeping in them was a whole task—my head was hurting because I did them so tight, and I genuinely didn’t know how to lay down comfortably. The next morning, I took them down and some pieces were super cute, curly, and bouncy… but overall my hair was still wet from the products, so the final look didn’t come out how I wanted. My biggest takeaway: I’d try bantu knots again, but I’d leave them in for a few days until my hair is fully dry—especially since the smaller, drier knots gave the best results.