Ok, I have a confession……I’m natural! Yes, like 100% natural. I wear my naps in braids and twist every day, every week, every month. I stopped relaxing my hair in 2009 and SLOWLY but surely cut off all of my relaxed ends by September 2010. Now I didn’t go natural because I saw the movie “Good Hair” or because I started being self righteous or anything like that. My decision to go natural was because I would relax my hair and then weave it up. I was putting chemicals in my hair for no reason. One day when I was taking my tracks out I noticed a lot of breakage. I decided enough was enough. So from maybe Jan 2010 until Sept 2010 I cornrow my natural hair and rocked a lace front wig. You could not tell me my lace front was NOT the business!!! Almost everyone thought I was rocking my hair.
It looks like it is my hair....yes, my weaving skills are GREAT!
Fast forward to Sept 2010 when I was told by the Creative Director of Get Lifted Ensemble, the dance company I minister with, that I needed to wear a bun for our concert. Needless to say I was afraid to dance in my lace front because I did not want it falling off while I was in the middle of praise and worship. Yes, ministering with GLE has caused me to give God a good, southern Holy shout! I could not risk being embarrassed! So I asked around and was led to this wonderful young lady named Lynda who specialized in natural hair! For the concert she braided my hair into a side bun and it looked wonderful. From that day forward I have been wearing my hair……sometimes I might add a little, but no full weaves, etc.
It took me some time to get use to rocking my own hair. I haven’t done it sooo long….I’m talking 2003! There were days when I left ugly and wanted to weave it up or where a wig or grab the creamy crack and wear it straight….but I didn’t. Between friends, family and other naturals I kept at it. Here we are 16 months later and my hair has grown….A LOT and it’s finally healthy. Lynda has managed to get my edges growing and my hair now touches my back!! That is a first!!!
Now I have some THICK hair and every visit to the salon is a trip. I have to take my style down the night before and sleep in conditioner in effort to keep my hair moisturized. I arrive to the salon around 9:30 where I am washed, deep conditioned, detangled and blow dried. That process takes about 2 hours!!! Yes, I know it seems like a long time, but my hair is that course *insert sad face* After that, the styling begins. This can take another 2-4 hours. But I come out looking GREAT!!!!
My goal is to grow “arm pit” length hair. Hopefully I will get there in the next 18 months. It is my goal to blog my progress. So here are the pictures of my hair growth thus far. Look at the growth :-)
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