Hair Diary || Back to Protective Styling ... But With Heat and Jumbo Twists?

So, after another summer of going wild (hair-wise, that is), it is time to get back into protective style mode. However, there will be some changes from my usual small/medium twists on air dried hair. Why?

1. I want to see my length more. My twists shrink a lot, if you haven't noticed already.
2. I want to be able to switch from a protective style to a loose style and back in one day. After spending hours to twist my hair, undo-ing those babies prior to 3-4 weeks is seemingly wasteful.
3. I want shorter detangling sessions. Long-term protective styles equate to hours of detangling while short-term protective styles can mean 45 minutes or less. However, the trade-off is more manipulation (re-styling) per month.

More details on these changes will be posted once I finalize them. In the mean time, here are some hair pics:

Twist out and pinkish (accidentally via "purple haze"
mixed with conditioner as a toner) hair.