So this month will mark 10 months since I decided to go natural. In that time frame I have probably tried a million products and styling techniques out. I think I finally found my winning combinations. My hair suffered from severe heat and dye damage when I first started last October that it would barely even curl. Every few months I would gradually cut some of the straight ends off and then in June, I got a devachan dry curly cut and finally freed myself of almost all of my straight ends whew that felt good. All in all, in these 10 months I probably got 5-6 inches cut off. Thanks to weekly deep conditioners, protein treatments and only using the flat iron twice since October, my hair is SO much healthier and curlier now. Now I'm on my growth kick. My goal is to grow it down to bra strap length while curly. I may flat iron it when I reach my 1 year natural-versary lol just to see the difference. Here are some pictures of my journey thus far, beginning with October 2009 and ending with July 2010:
Found you on Naturally Curly forums. You look fabulous, my dear. I just did a BC on 7/20 and I'm LOVING the freedom of natural. I've been practicing CG for two years now and I relaxed twice in all of that time, but it just isn't the same so I decided to chop it all off.
Is your hair completely natural or texturized at all? It's gorgeous!!
Your curly hair is absolutely beautiful! Love it! I think curly hair is so much more sexy than straight, but maybe I'm biased because I'm a curly girl too :) I watched your youtube video- the one where you are going through your routine. Great stuff. I'm going to have to try the Shea Moisture products on mine and my daughter's hair.
Holy Coils, that is some seriously hot hair. Wow. I have density-volume envy! What a great and glorious transition. You look seriously beeeeeyooootiful!
I consider myself to be pretty laidback these days. There were once times when I loved nothing more than buying myself something new, but as you get older and 'wiser' you start to appreciate the little things and take the focus off of those material things that will fade as the dust of this earth in time to come. I love traveling and have been blessed to have visited many different countries such as Scotland, England, Greece, Italy, Turkey, Croatia, Canada, Jamaica, Bahamas and St. Thomas. I would love to visit Africa, Australia, Thailand and New Zealand. (maybe one day) I love to research things that I'm interested in and I can sometimes get obsessed with it lol. I love cooking and watching cooking shows. I also love to eat, which in time can be dangerous lol.
Beautiful. You better work it girl!
ReplyDeleteFound you on Naturally Curly forums. You look fabulous, my dear. I just did a BC on 7/20 and I'm LOVING the freedom of natural. I've been practicing CG for two years now and I relaxed twice in all of that time, but it just isn't the same so I decided to chop it all off.
ReplyDeleteIs your hair completely natural or texturized at all? It's gorgeous!!
aww thanks so much :) and yes my hair is completely natural, no chemicals....well except for a demi-permanent black hair dye lol
ReplyDeleteYour curly hair is absolutely beautiful! Love it! I think curly hair is so much more sexy than straight, but maybe I'm biased because I'm a curly girl too :) I watched your youtube video- the one where you are going through your routine. Great stuff. I'm going to have to try the Shea Moisture products on mine and my daughter's hair.
ReplyDeleteHoly Coils, that is some seriously hot hair. Wow. I have density-volume envy! What a great and glorious transition. You look seriously beeeeeyooootiful!
ReplyDeleteAWW thanks so much :)
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