My Baby Sis BC'd!

My baby sis BC'd (Big Chopped) last Friday!!! I welcome her to the natural community! (More pics below).

1 Month Natural*

Okay, so really I have been natural since the middle of November, but I stopped getting hair cuts in December to actually grow my hair out. I have an inch of hair!!!! That's alot for someone who had a fade for a while now. My hair is getting fuller and my natural sandy brown hair colour is starting to peek through. I have started to include more natural products into my routine to see how they work (bentonite clay, ayurvedic powders, coconut & castor oil as well as shea butter) and some non-natural products to see what they do to my curl pattern (Sebastian Wet and Care Feel Curl). It's really trial and error now. But the products I love are:

1. Care Free Curl-  it makes my hair look thicker.
2. Brahmi Ayuredic Powder- It defines my curl pattern and makes it look so pretty!!! It feels amazing after the treatment.
3. Carol's Daughter Hair Mimosa- I needed a product that worked like a hair grease minus the mineral and petroleum oil and this tops the list. I also love the smell.
4. Herbal Essence Hello Hyrdation Conditioner- I love this!! It smells AMAZING and its my go to item when I cowash.
5. Hollywood Beauty Olive Creme Hairdress for Dry Hair- A lifesaver.
6. Tea Tree Oil- Helps my scalp from itching and going wild.


There are tons of other products that I am still trying and as I remember I will add them. Have a bless day.

Pics of The Haircut!!! Part 2

I'm finally able to post of the pictures I have of my haircut. These are not new at all; they are from when I first chopped my hair off a couple of years ago. My hair looks like this now (but I have a part). Please excuse the quality; I never received digital copies. I just have physical pictures (how old school is that? Lol). The pictures was from a shoot with jewelry designer Lindsay Griffin (the quality is better on the website).  Let me know what you think. Two more pictures below. Be blessed.

What I'm Learning About My Hair....

I have been natural since November and did my final cut removing all my relaxed hair; I'm learning some new things about my hair:

1. I Can't Define My Hair Texture......Yet: I actually don't care if my hair is 3c or 4a/b or whatever...My hair as it is growing out now is unruly. It's a combination of coils and curls. I will have to wait until it actually starts to grow out before I "define" it. Lol.

2. I Have To Use Natural Hand Lotions: I have eczema and it effects my scalp as well (one of the reasons I decided to go natural) and I have this problem keeping my hand out of my hair. Smh, it's bad, really bad. Every 5 minutes you will find me playing with a coil or massaging my scalp. So, I switched to Shea Butter hand cream because it doesn't have a fragrance that will irritate my scalp.

3. I Have No Hair Goals: I have seen/read tons of blogs by girls who are hung up on length. I have worn a pixie/gamine haircut since I was 13 (with the occasional grow out/weave), so I never had any kind of attachment and/or obsession with length. I do want healthy hair though; that's all I want. Whatever length it gets to is up to God and I receive the blessing. I do know that I used to fuss with my hair stylist because every six weeks I had to have my hair cut back into the style because it kept growing out, lol.

4. If I Don't Care, They Don't Care:  Anyone who knows me can tell you that I'm always changing my hair. I always keep my hair healthy, and do whatever up keep is needed to maintain my style. So since I have went natural, I have received comments about it but since I rock it like this was made just for me I get nothing but compliments. I have never been a person to have patience with transitioning. I just BC'd (Big Chopped) and moved on. I also like to be daring and walking around with a really short cut really tests how you really feel about yourself. With my haircut, there's nothing in front of you but my face; no cute cut, colour, style, length. It's just me.

5. Natural Products Work Best: I guess it would make sense since chemicals have been destroying my skin since a child (I use detergents with no fragrance, and most perfumes I stay away from because they actually blister my skin!!). I laugh now because I'm slowly turning into those people who are one product away from being a tree hugger).

6. Moisture, Moisture, Moisture!: My hair gets dry so incredibly fast! I have to apply oil to it before I sleep and a rich hair dress to it before I leave the house. I pay close attention to the way hair responds to the hair products. Trial and error works best for me these days.

7. Like Minded Inspiration: Whenever I like something, I always look up the image(s) and save them to look back on later. It helps me keep focused. I also like looking and reading  natural hair blogs but I don't follow everyone of them, just the ones that I feel like we're on the same page. Lol. You know what I mean.....



Well, I will try to keep documenting this interesting journey. I'm learning more about myself and embracing the way God made me. Be blessed.

Pics of The Haircut!!!

So it's been a little over a month since I BC (Big Chopped) my hair off. It's now blonde and starting to curl and coil everywhere. I have some pics (finally) of my hair before my recently haircut last Friday:


So I'm done being blonde. I have enjoyed it but with this crazy cold New York weather, I am not trying to get lifting my hair. From October to now I have lifted my hair 3 times!!! My hair is growing like crazy! I have been deep conditioning and treating it because I don't want damaged natural hair. So I'm going to........do an espresso or rich brown colour. I was tempted to do black but since my natural hair colour is in the sandy brown family that would be work that I don't need to do during the cold months, and also black colour always messes with my hair texture. I have no clue why.

Anyway, moving on. I have fell in love with this mens necklace that I purchased from Urban Outfitters. The line is called Waylaid and its a Ribcage! I love it! People ask me why I would buy it and my response is why not? The line has some awesome necklaces, I want to buy a couple more this winter. Well, that's all for now. Be blessed.













image source: urbanoutfitters.com