Braids Challenge Continued 18/15

If you remember my braids challenge to do 15 new styles by December this makes sense. I am now at style 18!

What I needed:
Towel
Boiling hot water
Kettle to boil water.
A perm rod.
A hair band/ elastic.

I got this style idea from this picture in a Fotki album. My version -

1. I pulled out 9 braids and plaited them together.
2. I secured the rest of my hair in a ponytail.
3. I braided the bang and tucked it under then secured is with a black band.
4. I then braided the bang.
5. I put the braid bang on a purple perm rod. (After thinking I realized that the perm rod would have been enough in the end.)
6. Anyway, I then dipped the rod in boiling hot water. I did this by filling a mug to the brim. I then leaned over and dipped the rodded plait in the cup of boiling hot water three times then caught the water dripping from the rod with a towel.
7. I let the hair dry.
8. I then removed the rod and unraveled the plait.
9. I notices that I had a little too much hair out for the bang so I separated it in too and secured some of the curls to the ponytail.

http://public.fotki.com/NappyRina/hair-styles/dscf8309.html