Why I Went Natural and How

Hey, guise! This post will tell you why I went natural and how I did it.

For me, it was pretty simple. I didn't trust anyone, but my Aunt with taming my hair. Every other stylist couldn't handle the thickness of my hair. I was literally a nightmare for Hair School near me. Either I would leave with product left in my hair, an unfinished parts of "relaxed" hair, or some seriously poofy hair style. It was noooott worth it. To me, this was God's way of saying."I blessed you with an Aunt of a hair stylist for a reason."

So imagine my thoughts going 8 hours from an urban city to a semi-rural city for college...SO DONE with relaxers. I would rather learn how to take care of my own than risk a trial and error process of finding a GOOD black hair stylist. As a student, I don't have time for that. I informed my Aunt and she helped me start to transition my hair. Of course, it was the same time I learned to take care of my hair, but hey? I gots to do what I gots to do.

I've had  thick, never shorter than my shoulder hair all my life. Relaxers started when I was 7 and didn't stop until 10 years later. My mother didn't think I was going though with it. My grandmother was just down right horrified. Heck, my natural sister was paranoid of me going natural.*eyeroll* So I transitioned 3-4 months, hated having two textures, and big chopped Oct. 28 2012! Not going to lie, I teared up a little when the chopping began, but after that I was in awe. I had short hair for the first time! AND it was a tiny weeny afro. It helped that my grandmother's screams of horror were cracking me up. Haha, best big chop eva. My hair was barely an inch, maybe an inch and a half.

I didn't get WHY? I got WHY SO EARLY? In my mind, I wanted my hair to be longer before I went to college. I wanted to learn how to take care of it and find products before then too. (I'm still on look out). College is about finding yourself, I don't want finding my hair to take over my life. Plus, I don't look cute with super short hair. I'm learning that silicones are mostly a nono, sulfate is NO!, and oils are You Better, Gurl. I'm totally waiting for Shea moisture stuff to go on BOGO sale. PLEASE GO ON SALE. Literally, I'm like checking ads everyday and hair forums. I suspect around Mar. 11th I may have some hope ^,^. Overall, I'm really satisfied with my natural hair. In fact, I love it. It's actually  easier for me to take care off. I can't get away with no touching it for couple days.

TWA's FTW~

Love,
Nami