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I love the twitterverse. It allowed me to meet V of ‘My Natural Me’. V is newly devoted natural diva who is finding the true meaning and love for natural coils! You can experience her journey, inner hair beauty views and features of other naturals worldwide! This week V has a Soul Purpose giveaway, so check it out. V was also gracious enough to feature Kinnks on her blog as well!
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“Girl Is You Crazy!!!”
(Purposeful use of “Is” LOL)
That is exactly what I ask myself when I think about how long my natural transition was. You see, my last relaxer was in December 2007. However, my “real” natural journey did not start until two years later. I stopped getting my hair relaxed for a couple of reasons. The main reason was that I had moved to a new place and wasn’t familiar with the salons in the area. I moved to a highly Hispanic populated area in PA and black stylist were not a regular that you saw everyday. I also got tired of doing the kitchen beautician method of relaxing my own hair as I am sure that I over processed the MESS out of it! I always wanted to experiment with being natural, but never had the guts to do it.
While my last relaxer was in December of 2007 I say that my real experience wasn’t until December 2009 because in between I wore my hair in braids and an occasional sew in here and there. The majority of the time though, I had it blown out by my Dominican stylist. OMG did I think I found a treasure with this one. I was amazed at how straight she was able to get my hair without any chemicals. I fooled myself into thinking that my hair was healthier because it wasn’t relaxed. However, later on down the road I would come into contact with this thing called heat damage.
Yikes! I did try a period where I wanted to rock my own curls, but it did not turn out well. I was using the same products on my hair a when my hair was relaxed and didn’t do a lot of research on what I should have been using. I started to cut at my own hair trying to get rid of the straight edges so that I could rock a nice puff. This was a disaster! My hair was dry, brittle and felt like a steel wool pad. I tried to get it pressed out by a Black stylist a couple of times, but she didn’t have the patience to work with my hair. Oftentimes she would say to me as I sat in her chair “Girl what are you gonna do with this here hair”. I went to her for the last time when she rushed through my hair, ripped my hair out at the top and them used some curling wax to lay my hair down. It was a horror story in real life time!
I continued to get my hair blown out after this incident. The beginning of December 2009 was the last time that I got my hair blown out by the Dominicans. I was rocking a twist out before this. It wasn’t until I was thinking of a new style for the holiday did I really do the research on how to care for my natural hair. I decided to do a twist out Mohawk on my natural hair for Xmas.
While doing some research on the internet, I stumbled across Natural Sunshine on someone’s blog and from there I found Curl Nikki. It was here that I learned about a good regimen and shared my first couple of months with other naturals worldwide. On December 29, 2009, I did a self BC and cut three inched off of my hair and the rest is history! From that point on I promised myself that I would never treat my hair the way that I had in the past EVER AGAIN! I also promised myself at that time that I would only get my hair blown out once during this entire year. As I have learned more and more styles to do with my natural hair, I think that I am going to revoke that and say that I will not put any direct heat on my hair at all this year (unless it is to trim and cut).
My journey has been something that is precious to me. My boyfriend loves my new me and so do I. When I first tried to rock my natural curls, he wasn’t feeling it and it was mainly because of my lack of experience with it and the fact that he could tell I wasn’t comfortable. I was used to flaunting myself around and so was he. That was a very low point for me. However, now that I have begun to accept my natural curls, I have started to experiment with some many things! (make up, accessories, jewelry making) I now have this sense of confidence that over exceeds what I had when I was rocking a fierce blow out or feathered style. I also plan to cut about three more inches off soon to rock my spring/summertime look of a medium sized fro. This will mark another transition in my life as I will hopefully be making some moves in my career. I love my natural me and hence the name of my blog, My Natural Me. I share my progress and also regimens that I currently use.
Check it out at http://mynaturalme.blogspot.com. I feature other naturals and their journey, business owners, and stylist. I am working on highlighting makeup artists and other topics that interest my readers. Stop by, sign the guest-book and leave your comments and suggestions. Thank you for letting me share my story with you!
~V- My Natural Me
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