My Natural Journey

[Prettybrowneyes]

Last Relaxer: Dec '06
BC: Nov '07
Current Style: Wash-n-Go

I have been natural for almost a year. I decide to go natural after going through all the ups and downs with the chemical relaxer. I always wanted long healthy hair, but I didn't know how to go about it. I trusted cosmologist after cosmologist to show me the way. I also tried things on my own. Finally, I decide to make a change . After a lot of reading, research, and support of my loving husband and family, I decide to go natural. In December '07 I stop relaxing my hair and I did the big chop in Nov '08. I found a natural stylist in my area and she has help all the way. I have tried so many products in order to find out what works for my hair type. I am always open to new products and hearing new things. That is how I found this site.

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February 2009 - It has been a year and four months since my big chop and I have learned so much about my hair and I'm still learning. I have read several books and became member of so many hair forums and with the help of everyone on YouTube, Fotki, and all my hair forums (too many to name) I have put together my own hair regimen. I still haven't found that prefect product, but I know it is out there. I have a very limit budget now that we are in a finical crisis, so with the help of YouTube and hair forum I have started making my own hair mixes. I hope to see a great progress with my hair this year. With that being said, I have set some goals for my self. My goals are for longer, stronger, fuller, healthier hair.

Hair Regimen
-Apply Beemine/Mega Tek every other night
-Wash 1x a week
-Deep condition 2x a week
-Cowash 2-3 per week
-Moisturize hair daily
-Seal ends with oil 2-3x a week

Current styles: Wash and Go, Puff, Two Strand Twist, or Afro
Protective styles: Wigs, braids, and sew-in

[Prettybrowneyes]

sounds like a good regimen, carmelhoney01

[caramelhoney01]

my winter regimen is as follows(my kids follow this regimen also, even though we dont have the same hair type)
i deep condition with mayo and alma oil,egg and molasses once every 2 weeks for 2-4 hours with cap
i rinse everyday that i exercise.
everyday i use sta-soft-fro and right on moisturizer i also add pepermint oil to the mixes for a tingling,cool feel
i baggy for at least an hour a day
and i keep my hair in either box braids or twist and i dont expose my hair to winter weather AT ALL!!!!
redo the braids/twist at least every month and a half or else my hair tangles and starts to dred
i do seal my ends with evoo,or castor oil, i like to switch it up a bit
every two months i use a protein conditioner by tcb, i find it too drying in the winter
i sleep on silk pillow cases(and nothing but) i wear a wig cap and a scarf to bed EVERY NIGHT!!!!

[caramelhoney01]

my hair is so course i dont think i can ever see myself doing a wash-n-go! unless it can be a wash and moisturize extensively and go! lol! my best bet is to do a wash at night thoroughly moisturize braid it up and in the morning undo the braids and moisturize again, seal the ends with oil and then go! lol!!! that's what it takes for me but i'm cool with it!!(i can laugh now but last summer i was really frustrated) anywho, i think over time our hair kinda gets trained. at first we resist it,try to change it,put it through chemical torture and then we stop and start to nourish and love it and it just takes a little wow for it relent,relax and release!! (aaahhhh!!!) i'm just now finding out what my true texture is and i dont just have one! and also i'm finding that i have been using all the wrong products for MY hair, which is why my hair has been so dry. but the more i learn the more in love i grow with my hair!!!! and it is all of you women of fotki and nbb that give me strength and knowledge and i luv all of you guys!!!!!!!