So this is what my hair looks
like on a curly day, one of my first tries at twists, and my first twist-outs :-)
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Hair experiments
So this is what my hair looks
like on a curly day, one of my first tries at twists, and my first twist-outs :-)
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
My choice to go Natural
As I've been reading blogs lately, and just doing research in general about natural hair, I've been thinking about my real reason behind going natural.
I decided to go natural at the beginning of this year. I remember just being generally frustrated with my hair. In 2007, my hair had grown out pretty long in the years I had been in college (from the back of my neck to just below the shoulders, hopefully I can put up the pics later.) Anyway, it had grown long, but I had been pressing it far to often, and my hair became very damaged. It began breaking off, and eventually I just had to cut it because it was soo uneven. My shortest hair was to the nape of my neck, so I just got a very short cut in March of 2008, right before I went on spring break.
As it started growing out I reached the awkward stage that I couldn't do anything with it. I pretty much just wore it up in a clip all the time because everything else looked ruff.
I finally decided to try something new, wearing it with krinkles. I was able to achieve this by braiding it to the scalp right after I washed it, and let it dry overnight, and un-braiding it in the morning. This was cute for awhile until it got annoying and too time consuming to braid it all the time. So I once again had no idea what to do with it.
I knew that my hair was curly when it was wet, but never actually tried wearing it that way. I'd been combing it out after I washed it since I was little. So I tried experimenting with that. After getting a few tips, I realized I could wear it curly and natural.
It's been really liberating to just wear my hair and be me. I've been getting my hair permed since I can remember. When I was young, my hair was long and thick. By the time I started doing my own hair, I started damaging it, and it was breaking off all the time. I never could handle my hair without a perm. I hated my natural hair.
But in all honesty, I didn't even KNOW my natural hair. I knew my new growth, i knew what an inch or two of roots looked like. But I did not know my natural hair.
Now that I have embraced it, I love my natural hair. So far I've been in the process of growing out my permed hair. I haven't decided what all I will do next. I want to figure out the best way to manage it when its curly. I want to learn how to straighten it without having to use a perm. I want to learn how to put my hair in kinky twists (i've been experimenting for the past two weeks, it looks ok, and I will put up some pics soon, but I need to do some more tutorials). And eventually, if i get the guts to do it, I might go ahead and get dreads or sisterlocks. Only time will tell.
until next time,
~Lista~
I decided to go natural at the beginning of this year. I remember just being generally frustrated with my hair. In 2007, my hair had grown out pretty long in the years I had been in college (from the back of my neck to just below the shoulders, hopefully I can put up the pics later.) Anyway, it had grown long, but I had been pressing it far to often, and my hair became very damaged. It began breaking off, and eventually I just had to cut it because it was soo uneven. My shortest hair was to the nape of my neck, so I just got a very short cut in March of 2008, right before I went on spring break.
As it started growing out I reached the awkward stage that I couldn't do anything with it. I pretty much just wore it up in a clip all the time because everything else looked ruff.
I finally decided to try something new, wearing it with krinkles. I was able to achieve this by braiding it to the scalp right after I washed it, and let it dry overnight, and un-braiding it in the morning. This was cute for awhile until it got annoying and too time consuming to braid it all the time. So I once again had no idea what to do with it.
I knew that my hair was curly when it was wet, but never actually tried wearing it that way. I'd been combing it out after I washed it since I was little. So I tried experimenting with that. After getting a few tips, I realized I could wear it curly and natural.
It's been really liberating to just wear my hair and be me. I've been getting my hair permed since I can remember. When I was young, my hair was long and thick. By the time I started doing my own hair, I started damaging it, and it was breaking off all the time. I never could handle my hair without a perm. I hated my natural hair.
But in all honesty, I didn't even KNOW my natural hair. I knew my new growth, i knew what an inch or two of roots looked like. But I did not know my natural hair.
Now that I have embraced it, I love my natural hair. So far I've been in the process of growing out my permed hair. I haven't decided what all I will do next. I want to figure out the best way to manage it when its curly. I want to learn how to straighten it without having to use a perm. I want to learn how to put my hair in kinky twists (i've been experimenting for the past two weeks, it looks ok, and I will put up some pics soon, but I need to do some more tutorials). And eventually, if i get the guts to do it, I might go ahead and get dreads or sisterlocks. Only time will tell.
until next time,
~Lista~
Thursday, October 1, 2009
The Curly-Hair Journey Begins
I have finally decided to go all natural. I actually started a couple months ago, but was alerted that I should definitely do my research so I can get the healthiest hair possible. So here I am, looking for blogs, websites, etc... on how to get my hair to its healthiest.
:-)
~Lista~
:-)
~Lista~
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