About Me (My Hair Story)

I am a proud of mother of 3 who has been on a hair journey for a long time. There was a time when I believed that my hair was better off relaxed. I spent so much money getting my hair relaxed at least 65 dollars each salon visit. Try calculating that for at least 5-10 years that was way too much money. My mother relaxed my hair at the age of eight or ten years old, and this past year I transitioned to natural so I was relaxed for at least twenty years. I did my best to learn as much as I could about relaxed hair, and at one point it seemed to be really healthy but I always had setbacks. I would have 3 great years and then go to the wrong stylist or try my relaxer at home and have a setback. I was taught that my new growth wasn't beautiful so just the sight of new growth worried me. Here are some of my relaxed hair pictures below:

The last picture I had significant breakage along my hair line. I was frustrated because I loved haircare, it was my number 1 hobby. When I finally decided to transition it was scary at first, but once I studied about transitioning it became easier with time. Here are a few pictures of my transition to natural:

I created mini-transition goals to motivate myself to keep going, it was difficult at times because I was pregnant and very tired. Whenever I reached 7 weeks I would buy a new hair product or reward myself with something else. I noticed that the more I got further along the more excited I became seeing how much natural texture grew. Here are some close pictures of my texture. I found out that my hair was 4b and 4c:

I was determined to do a long term transition for two years, but after the birth of my son, I wanted to big chop. I was 14 months when I big chopped and I was surprised at the how soft, bouncy and beautiful my hair was without the relaxed ends. It felt like I had more confidence, I finished at 2am, but felt like I could stay up all night. Here is a big chop picture:

I wasn't too sure about it at first, but as I learned how to style it, I became happier:-) My goal for this blog is to show you and others that we can grow our natural hair to great lengths. My ultimate goal is waist length that is a long time from now, 2-3 years. My mother is my inspiration because she had long hair that was waist length when I was young. So I know genetically I can do it, but I have to do my part by nuturing my hair with patience as the years go by. I have short term goals each year. This year it will be to grow my hair from neck length to shoulder length. Whatever your goal is even if it isn't the same as mine, is still important too me. So please feel free to leave comments.

Here is my introduction video to my hair channel below: