2007 is when the journey for me initially started. I fell off a couple of times because everything in the beginning is a learning experience. See with hair care you have to do what is right for your hair. For example your hair may prefer protein over moisture. You just have to get out there and experiment with it. But be careful of the products you are using on your head. Through experiments I had to learn that it is best to experiment with God made products on my head such as coconut oil. From my experience you cannot go wrong with using 100% natural hair products.
But back on topic, I owe it all to my best friend Jessica who introduced me to the hair forums such as www.blackhairmedia.com and www.longhaircareforum.com . It is from there I took the hair care thing serious. Now as I reflect back my hair was suffering and I did not even know it! I actually thought I was just “unlucky” when it came to having long hair. Uhhhh *sigh* SMH
But back on topic, I owe it all to my best friend Jessica who introduced me to the hair forums such as www.blackhairmedia.com and www.longhaircareforum.com . It is from there I took the hair care thing serious. Now as I reflect back my hair was suffering and I did not even know it! I actually thought I was just “unlucky” when it came to having long hair. Uhhhh *sigh* SMH
Early 2008 is when I started stretching my relaxers. My hair thrived a lot and thickened up a lot. Most of this growth is also due to me wearing micro braids and taking care of my hair while my hair was in braids. People tend to give micro braids a bad reputation but it is not the braids it is the “braider” and the person who is wearing the braids. If you are interested in how to take care of your hair while wearing braids or lace wigs checkout my blog http://braids4grow.blogspot.com
2009 I started feeling my hair, lol. I started seeing “obvious progress.” I was continuing to wear micro braids while I was working in Afghanistan and Iraq, but while I was home I experimented with flexi rods, started doing twist outs and Bantu knots. I was using a lot of S-Curl Moisturizer during my various styles. The results were delicious looking. My hair styles always looked nice and moisturized.
2010 is when I officially started thinking of hair as being long….until a happy hair stylish decided to chop off ALL of my progress. As you can see from the last picture she relaxed my hair BONE straight and she cut too much. All I wanted was the ends clipped. It took me about 2 times of this happening and I completely STOPPED letting her butcher my hair. During the time of my growth and thickening spurt my favorite products to use was Spectrum Virgin coconut oil and Neutrogena Triple Moisture Leave in.
So basically I here is the after of messing with that scissor happy beautician:
2011 I was super excited because my hair bounced back quickly. They say you are supposed to get 6 inches a year and I think I kept almost all of it! But it wasn’t easy because it took dedication to force myself to keep doing my routine every night. The results paid off and I am happy.
* 2012 Progress…Finally Updated!*