You can transition to natural hair for 5, 12, 24 or however many months you want, and your journey is still gonna be full of learning curves, happy discoveries, some surprises, and a lot of frustrations and doubt. It’s certainly not an easy path to take and, among all this, you have to decide when to big chop your transitioning natural hair. Talk about pressure, right? There you are still […]
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Before I dipped my toes and completely plunged into the natural hair community I was aware of a few household ingredients that could be used to cater for our hair needs. They were eggs and olive oil! Yeah, if I think back hard enough, that was it. Disgraceful isn’t it, considering the array of household ingredients we have at our disposal to make our hair feel and look better. If you are anything […]
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There are many challenges when you transition to natural and one of them, once your curls start growing, is blending the two hair textures – the natural and the relaxed hair. If, like me, you have little to no curl pattern on your permed hair then wearing your hair out can look unkempt. Protective styles are the best way to transition, but having your tresses out once in a while is good too. […]
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If you’re not completely new in your transitioning journey you most likely have heard of pre-poo. For me, this was one of the first natural hair topics I had information on and was one of the first things I implemented in my transitioning hair routine. At the time, it felt instinctively right to do it even though I didn’t have much information about it. However, having been on this journey for quite […]
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Congratulations! You finally made the decision to transition to natural hair or simply do the Big Chop (BC). Hooray!! Let’s release the balloons and start celebrating! Wait. What?! You’re worried that going natural might be more expensive than having relaxed hair?! No, no, no girl. I find that this is a common concern among newbies in the natural world and there are two ways you could look at this. Yes, it’s true, […]
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I know that Summertime isn’t exactly here, at least not in my part of the world, but temperatures are rising, Spring has arrived and soon we’ll be longing for a good dive. So whether you’re planning to refresh yourself at a swimming pool, at the beach or even both I want you to protect your hair from the harmful effects that chlorine and salt water have on it. Although it might be a bit […]
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After discussing hair type, porosity and density you are probably rolling your eyes and thinking you can’t handle any more information. I’m with you! It is a lot of information, but it’s vital. This way you can respond to your hair’s needs the way it needs based on its own characteristics. So today will talk about hair texture and hair elasticity. What Is Hair Texture And Hair Elasticity? Hair texture […]
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When I started my transitioning hair journey I came into the notion of protective hairstyles, and how beneficial it was to include them in my hair regiment while transitioning from relaxed to natural hair. Before I started my journey my hair was dull, it had lost any kind of curly or wavy pattern it had in the past, I had split ends, was suffering from hair breakage and my hair […]
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