This is my band-to-out routine that helps me go from band-to-naughts to an afro without any friends. The first thing I do is coat my fingers with some oil, and this helps to maintain shine in my hair, as well as, of course, minimize that friend. As in taking down the band-to-naughts, I'm just really careful to only split the hair, where the hair actually wants to be split. You really want to take your time with this, because you can really damage your ends if you don't. You can twist your ends just to maintain more of a curl, it just takes a lot longer when you do. I go through section by section with an afro pick to ensure that I'm really stretching those roots, so I can get a little bit more volume. I do this section by section all around my head, and when I'm done, it looks like this. From here, I just use my fingers to pat my hair. I look at my hair from every angle to make sure it's perfectly browned, sometimes it takes a little bit more time, but when I'm done, I am very satisfied with the afro that I got.