More about us in partiCURLar. . .

The length of my hair before the BC.

 My natural hair journey has been a life long one. I've been natural my entire life and I never plan on changing that. Growing up, I was hardly ever allowed to wear my hair out so once I was, I WENT CRAZY! I've had long hair, short hair, straight bangs, slanted bangs and now I even have color. I didn't pay attention to things such as heat protectants, deep conditioners etc. and I really didn't realize the damage I was doing to my hair by constantly straightening it. But after seeing other natural's videos and tips on natural hair, I've decided to start over. I'm retiring my flatirons and other heating tools for awhile and I'm embracing my natural hair from this day forward. I used to let little things about becoming completely natural discourage me from just doing it but I finally went along and did the deed!

My hair now after the BC.

I big chopped (if that's what you want to call it) on December 28, 2011. I have a tapered curly 'fro. The back is the shortest part of my hair, the top is the longest part and the length of the sides are somewhere in between the two. I got my hair cut like this so I wouldn't have a simple TWA but I also didn't want something as drastic as a Mohawk or a super short cut. I've now realized that once a person has the right products to keep their hair healthy, anyone can grow long hair but retaining length is where a lot of people go wrong. I've found a lot of products that work for me at the moment so my main goal is preventing breakage or any other type of damage to my hair so that I'll be able to actually see the progress of my hair

My hair permed. It was thin and brittle and stringy.

My natural hair journey began about three-four years ago. I had been getting perms since I was in the fourth grade. I used to have the misconception that all girls were supposed to have perms which in fact is not true at all. It wasn't until my eleventh grade year of high school that I realized how much damage the chemicals from the perm had done to my hair. I was preparing for prom and my sister took me to her hair dresser who specialized in doing natural hair. When she showed me a layer of my hair from the top of my hair you could see it thinning from the middle. My hair was a mess and she informed me that she would need to cut my hair. From that day I vowed to never put another perm in my head again. It took me about a year to transition my hair back to its natural state. I began to slowly grow and cut the perm out of my head. Throughout my transitioning stages, I continued to have my hair straightened. So my transition was not as hard as I assumed it would be.

My natural has more volume and it's less stringy.

 I first began this natural hair journey for the health of my hair but I have gotten so much more from it. I have a new found confidence that I did not have before. I now feel comfortable to wash my hair and go while my natural curls blow in the wind. I too have vowed to put the flat irons down and leave the heat alone. Lets just say when I first learned how to flat iron my own hair I went a little crazy. I want my hair to not only be natural but healthy as well and all the heat from me constantly straightening my hair was preventing that. This is all a learning experience for me and I have learned so much from reading other blogs and watching videos in the natural hair community and I will now wear my hair in its natural state and let my kinks and curls run wild.