Wash day - Crochet braids

Hey hairlistas!! Hope we all good???
So I'm about 11 weeks post and my hair be giving me serious attitude and I'm like "Hey hair, I own you ooo!! So don't mess with me!!" That's when I decided to put my hair in a protective style.
So after a lot of deliberation (which style to do or not to do), I settled on crochet braids. I've always wanted to try it and after watching a few vids on Youtube on how it's done, I thought "heck, why not??" But I had to wash my hair first. Here's how that went:

-Detangled with VO5 moisturising conditioner and put my hair in four sections. Then I applied coconut oil and prepooed for an hour.
-Washed with Dudu Osun Black soap
-Tea rinsed with Green tea and mint
-DCed with Vitale Olive oil mayonnaise and Kuza Coconut Deep conditioner (new product, used it a few times already and I'm in love) for one hour
- Rinsed off DC and T-shirt dried for 30 minutes.
-Appiled leave-ins: Motions Leave-in conditioner and ORS humidity control serum. Detangled and put hair in eight sections to air dry.
Once my hair was completely dry, I began the installation process. Here's what I used:

- 2 packs of Xpression Ultra braid in colour 33
- Rat-tail comb (for parting the cornrows)
- Bobby pin (for installing the crochet braids)
- Scissors (for cutting the extension)
- Spray botte containing water (to make the twisting easier)
Using the scissors, I cut the extensions into 3 equal parts. I then "feathered the extensions to get rid of the blunt cut. I put my hair into cornrows like this:

I started the installation using a bobby pin. You can watch a video describing the process here.

And here are the results:

Close up

I'm so excited with the results!!! (Seriously, I was doing back flips when I was done). I inserted the ends of the braids in hot water to prevent them from unraveling. I think I did well for my first time. Crochet braids are a great protective style, here are some pros:
- Less tension on the scalp, especially if you are trying to preserve your edges, like me (which is the main reason I chose this style).
- Gives better access to hair for things like moisturising and sealing etc.
- You can wear the braids down without worrying about your real hair
-Easy to remove than actual braids
And here are a few cons:
-Tedious to install. I started around 1AM (yea, I'm a nocturnal person; being a student does that to you) and didn't finish till about 11AM (took a few breaks of course)
- The corn rows do show, but I tried my best to cover up as much as possible
-May not last as long as actual braids
- Another con people complain about is that the hair might be heavy, but I'm not experiencing this
I plan to keep this style for at least four weeks. Let's see how it goes.
Cheers, Fatee