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Saturday, October 20, 2012
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Is Natural Hair Overrated?
It's been two years since I decided to stop relaxing my
hair. I recall being frantically glued
to YouTube sucking in all the information I could tolerate about all things
natural hair. How to wash, co-wash,
pre-poo, no-poo, dc my coils, and all that.
Making sure to use Shea Butter, EVOO, EVCO and all the needed essential
oils. Whew!
Fast
forward to last week, when my daughter said, "Mom, doing my hair is so
much easier now that it was before. We
should have learned how to do our hair a long time ago". I couldn't be upset, because she was
right. Even at the age of thirteen, she
confirmed what I had figured out not too long ago. Natural hair wasn't as hard to maintain, as
it seemed.
One evening, after a family swim, I just didn't feel like
going through the wash, condish, deep-condish, leave-in, seal, and all, for
four heads. Well, three, since I trained
my thirteen year old, and put her on her own.
I decided to cut the routine short, just using Kinky Curly Come Clean
shampoo, and Knot Today Leave-In, with the Curling Custard. That was it.
If you've used this line before, you know the results were awesome. However, more importantly, I did my hair and
my two youngest girls, and they have a LOT of hair I might add, in an hour and
a half. I felt so proud that night. There were no tears, no long conditioning
sessions, none of the usual.
That night I pondered that, it was just too easy. I felt guilty that I didn't take hours doing
our hair, as if I had left off part of a regimen that may cause our hair to
fall out or something. However, it
didn't and our hair was just fine. I
thought, hair is hair. Why all the fuss? Maybe this natural hair thing just overrated. I suppose it depends on whom you ask, but from
my perspective, natural hair can be just as hard or just as easy as you want it
to be. Find your own groove. I'm keeping it simple. How complex is your routine?
Monday, April 9, 2012
All I'm Changing Is My Mind & Hair
Wow. It's hard to believe that I'm one month away from my one year big chop anniversary, yay! So happy to have come this far. Truly, my journey started from the time I began transitioning 8 months prior to the BC, but the BC was really the defining moment for me.
So far, I've added Kinky Curly products into my rotation, which is really laughable since I don't really rotate a lot of products to begin with. However, I really liked the results, so I'll keep using it along with my Shea butter, and other Shea Moisture products. I'll share pictures and will give a more detailed update next month. Now on to the interesting 11 months I've had so far.
This natural hair quest has been a learning experience for me, and a good one. I have had to weed through a lot of things, people and hype to get to my own comfort zone but it has all been worth it. I have concentrated on learning my hair enough to be able to get the results I want most of the time. I can't really say I have bad hair days either which is cool. I accept my hair for what it is and what it does, and can generally work something out in a pinch. I was like that before, when I was relaxed, so I knew I'd do what I had to do to get to this point. That is just me. It's a victory in and of itself! Perhaps I'll go out of my comfort zone soon to experiment more with other styles. That will definitely take me to another level, since being complacent is so much easier.
I have also pondered how I should flaunt my newfound "naturalism". I've seen a lot going on out here in the natural hair community and had to take a step or two back. Heck, I wanted to go natural but didn't intend on losing myself to a new set of 'requirements' in the process. It is so easy to be caught up, but trying to follow it all really didn't feel like me. I was my own person before going natural, and even though it was intimidating to change at first, I did it and survived. I have determined that I don't have to be a part of everyone's group, do what they do and wear what they wear to prove that I'm proud to be African American or Natural. Whether I wear a face full of makeup, huge earrings, boho styles or not, isn't mandatory or even the point. When you see me, you can pretty much get the point without ever asking.
I don't look down on others that want to continue to relax, wear weaves, wigs, tracks or braids because that is their choice, just as this is my choice. Hey, I wasn't always natural! I do not look for acceptance from anyone other than myself, because I know, that's all that really counts at the end of the day.
Although there can sometimes be pressure to following behind others and do what they do, I'm glad I haven't lost myself along the journey. I truly know that I can continue to be me and do me, like I always have, while growing and getting better with each day. I changed my mind and then my hair, but that's it. That is all I'm willing to compromise. If it's not me, it's cool, I'll settle on what is, and be okay with that.
So far, I've added Kinky Curly products into my rotation, which is really laughable since I don't really rotate a lot of products to begin with. However, I really liked the results, so I'll keep using it along with my Shea butter, and other Shea Moisture products. I'll share pictures and will give a more detailed update next month. Now on to the interesting 11 months I've had so far.
This natural hair quest has been a learning experience for me, and a good one. I have had to weed through a lot of things, people and hype to get to my own comfort zone but it has all been worth it. I have concentrated on learning my hair enough to be able to get the results I want most of the time. I can't really say I have bad hair days either which is cool. I accept my hair for what it is and what it does, and can generally work something out in a pinch. I was like that before, when I was relaxed, so I knew I'd do what I had to do to get to this point. That is just me. It's a victory in and of itself! Perhaps I'll go out of my comfort zone soon to experiment more with other styles. That will definitely take me to another level, since being complacent is so much easier.
I have also pondered how I should flaunt my newfound "naturalism". I've seen a lot going on out here in the natural hair community and had to take a step or two back. Heck, I wanted to go natural but didn't intend on losing myself to a new set of 'requirements' in the process. It is so easy to be caught up, but trying to follow it all really didn't feel like me. I was my own person before going natural, and even though it was intimidating to change at first, I did it and survived. I have determined that I don't have to be a part of everyone's group, do what they do and wear what they wear to prove that I'm proud to be African American or Natural. Whether I wear a face full of makeup, huge earrings, boho styles or not, isn't mandatory or even the point. When you see me, you can pretty much get the point without ever asking.
I don't look down on others that want to continue to relax, wear weaves, wigs, tracks or braids because that is their choice, just as this is my choice. Hey, I wasn't always natural! I do not look for acceptance from anyone other than myself, because I know, that's all that really counts at the end of the day.
Although there can sometimes be pressure to following behind others and do what they do, I'm glad I haven't lost myself along the journey. I truly know that I can continue to be me and do me, like I always have, while growing and getting better with each day. I changed my mind and then my hair, but that's it. That is all I'm willing to compromise. If it's not me, it's cool, I'll settle on what is, and be okay with that.
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Free Hosting!
Okay people, I know this has absolutely nothing to do with natural hair but I just HAD to... I wanted to let you know that I just discovered how I can get free hosting for my website. I'm excited because I've been paying a lot for it, for a while now. This is perfect for any website not to mention free without ads! Definitely worth a try!
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