sorry for the long break

Many things have happened with with my hair since my long break. My hair has gotten healthier, longer,  and shinier. I didn't realize I'd been away from here for so long until my cousin said I should youtube my hair success and failures. I don't like the idea of youtube there are millions if not billions of videos on there already so nothing I say or do will make a difference but at least this way I can express myself and be ok with out potentially negative comments.

I stopped using the term going natural a long time ago. I was born with this kind of hair so I'm not going natural, I'm returning to my form of natural. I didn't decide to do this as some tribute to my culture, I did this for me. I hated what the relaxers were doing to my hair and I decided only I could change what was happening to my head.

Right after this I'm going to be posting pictures of what my hair looks like now and some pictures of it along the way. Do I have this down pact? No, but I know what works for my hair  and what doesn't. Some of my friends love Shea Moisture products and I do think they are great but my scalp is so dry after using it. I liked beautiful textures as well but didn't want to deal with the sulfates. I know shampoo my hair once a month but I pre poo and condition once a week. Remember water is the best moisturizer, if you find a product that says moisturizer you need to make sure water is the first ingredient.

I make my own pre poo. I use 8 oz. coconut milk, 1 tbl spn each of the following oils, olive oil, jamaican black castor oil with peppermint infused, pumpkin seed oil (i found this at wholefoods). I leave it on for an hour, its very messy so be prepared.  I always put my hair in sections and then rinse in sections that way my hair stays detangled.

I make my own leaving in conditioner. I use 8 oz plain yogurt, 1 tbl spn honey, 1 tbl spn  molasses, 1 large egg, 2 tbl spn liquid aminos (or coconut oil), and 1 over ripe banana (or avocado). I leave it in for about 30 mins and rinse out. I then use a leave in conditioner, personally I prefer Kinky Kurly Knot Today but again what ever works best for you. I then use shea butter. I've been opting to stretch my hair over night and then style the next day. I don't use a lot of heat on my hair.

If you want pictures of the stuff I use from my kitchen let me know in a comment or message or whatever works on here and I will gladly post pictures of the products I use.

I was told only listen to people with the same hair goals as you and make sure some of those people have the hair you want. If you decide I'm not the one to listen to that's fine but don't listen to someone who's hair isn't growing because its damaged.

Pictures next