This year marks my 10th year of going without relaxers. When I used to relax my hair, I wasn't taking good care of it. I didn't know the beginning of what a healthy hair care regimen was. My hair suffered and was quite choppy. My cousin and a friend both had natural hair and I thought to myself, "Maybe if I go natural, my hair will stop breaking and grow."
Unbeknownst to me, I had a lot of learning to do in order to have long natural hair.
So that's my story.
What's your story? What made you decide to stick with your natural hair?
Berry Dakara.
I went natural twice. My first stint was shortlived and i thought my hair would grow better and healthier especially after seeing my friend's gorgeous fro in comparison to my breaking and thing hair weak relaxed hair..After about a year and a half or so, I relaxed my hair again. All it took was three short months to realise i missed my fro and how nice it was. I transitioned back . Been fully natural for 5 years now, wow!
ReplyDeleteIm not bashing relaxers, I really just didn't know much about taking care of my hair whether natural or relaxed. In fact it was a year after going natural for the second time that i stumbled upon healthy hair care.
I decided to stop relaxing my hair because I fell in love with my hair's volume! Big hair don't care!
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Hmmmm @berry...This your story is short though and we dis not see pictures of the hair..By the way..I went natural 'Cos I didn't have good growth in my 5 years of having relaxed hair which I have now due to proper care and maintenance.
ReplyDelete10 years??? You are old in this thing sha. In fact, you are a grandma
ReplyDeleteLol...
DeleteHow long have you been natural?
DeleteYour seems to go on forever.
Wow! Kudos to you for being natural for 10 years. Here is my natural hair story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhC-t9bJeys
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