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Natural Hair! It’s what everyone is talking about. Whether you have decided to go natural or not you know something about it or someone with it. It’s in the magazines, it’s on social media, you see ladies rocking natural hair when you go out, and it’s in movies like Black Panther and Jingle Jangle. Natural hair has blown up more than ever and I am so glad I decided to go on this natural hair journey. My journey was not silky smooth though. I had second thoughts. At one point I felt like I was ugly. I would wear my natural hair then flat iron it for a length check (which was not too often) and I remember getting comments from people like “Oh, I see you changed you hair back straight today… you should do it like that more often!…I like it like that!” … 🤨they really thought it was a compliment not knowing they were actually doing damage to my already bruised perception of my hair. 😩

How my journey started was by accident. I decided to go full force natural around 2013 . It started off as a long break in between getting my hair relaxed.. But because caring for my hair in it’s natural state was so foreign to me I used a lot of heat on my hair but just no relaxer on my hair. Then my hiatus from the relaxer turned into “You know what…I think I’m gonna do it, I’m gonna completely go natural”. I had been getting relaxers since highschool and I think at the time it was the only thing I thought I “could/had” to do. Everyone had a relaxer and guess what… your girl had one too! I remember getting my edges greased down with Vaseline or whatever protective jelly like stuff my stylist had. I also remember the awful burning sensation from the relaxer if it got on my skin. It literally would feel like the white creamy paste substance was eating away at my skin (it was 😩) . After finding out how damaging relaxer was and seeing how thick my hair felt when I went without a relaxer I wanted to see more of my natural hair so I did it! I went natural.

I transitioned for a while before I decided to finally cut all of the relaxed hair off. Oh but when I did can you say TRAUMATIZED!!!! I was excited that I was going to see my hair without a relaxer but boy was I sad about losing my long dead strands. In my mind I had a vision of what my curls would look like once the heat damage was cut off. Big juicy, curly locks! Nope! They did not! I remember feeling ugly and crying when my boyfriend, now husband, came to visit and asked “when are you going to the beautyshop?”. 😂 We laugh about it now but I was so angry that I questioned had I did the right thing. I knew deep down it felt right for me. It was just so different and the look was unfamiliar that I was absolutely lost. I was so lost when it came to caring for my curly/coily hair and I knew I wasn’t going to go back to a relaxer😫. So after a little crying and fussing I went to the good ole internet and looked up hairstyles and went to the salon for advice. I wish I could describe the relief I felt after seeing so many cute styles with the length of hair I had and actually talking to a professional. So I figured out how to make my 2 inch hair cute and I never looked back or doubted my decision since. 😊💜