I
have been growing out my natural hair texture since 1999. I
learned online how to transition from my relaxer, how to style
my hair, and what products work well for many and their own natural
hair. I grew it out successfully but I don't feel I've given
much thought to what the next step should be with my hair: care
and styling. My natural hair texture has been through hell
and back atleast twice and is finally headed in the right direction.
I made lots of mistakes with my natural hair, but that was
all apart of the learning process of learning that not all advice
was good for my own natural hair. I thought that natural
hair was natural hair! But natural hair is different from
person to person. I learned this after 2 years of being
natural.
After
learning that my hair won't be the same as that of Holly Robinson
Peete, I sought info online for people
with my texture and their haircare regimen but had no luck. I
also didn't know anyone personally with my texture of hair grown
out past 1". So I went through some fazes...
some good, some bad! I was finally successful in 2003 to
find many websites where I learned of online picture albums and
journals that message board members would share with others. 2003,
my 4th year with my natural texture, was really the year I knew
how to take care of my hair. I really began to understand
the purpose of having natural hair and don't try to go against
it anymore. ||
More on styles
Natural hair
is one thing, but 1) to take care
of it and 2) make it look
good is another. You can have natural hair that
you damage with heat styling, or you can have healthy natural
hair that has natural sheen and smoothness that damaged natural
hair does not possess. I had to learn that to have
the best natural hair it has to be healthy. Growing out
my natural texture was not the battle (because hair grows on its
own); it was learning to take care of my hair, regardless of what
texture it was. I realize I hadn't done that in the past
and needed to learn now, natural or not natural, in order to truly
enjoy my hair. ||
More on what I learned about my 4b texture
Whether you're
a transitioner, natural newbie, non-4b texture, long or straight
haired woman or man, I hope that through this website you will
find something helpful to take with you.
8-21-04: I've made the decision to
move my site elsewhere. Tripod has made my site very undesirable
to me with all of their unnecessary advertising. Their service
is free anyway, so it's all good. I need to have my site
moved before the end of Sept. I have been updating, just
not uploading so you can't see any of my changes. I will
provide a link to the new site when I get it. Peace!
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