Category Archives: Natural Hair

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Tuesday’s Big Hair :-)

I loved my hair on Tuesday and I received a number of compliments. Its a simple style,  just a flat twist out that I pushed back with a headband.

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Mini Twists

It has been way too long since I have done a post about my natural hair. I mainly share my natural hair journey on YouTube and I want the blog to about more than just my hair because there is more to me than that. Up until January, I was closely documenting my hair journey through video and pictures. However, my camera broke and I did not have anyway to take pictures until today. I did take pictures of my hair with my iPhone but trying to get pictures of the back of my head did not work well with that. But anyways here are pics of my 5 day old mini twists which are starting to shrink. I did the mini twists on Saturday on blow dried hair.

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Bantu knot out on flat-ironed hair

Earlier this year I flat ironed my hair and maintaining it was a disaster.  I remember wrapping my hair the first night and thinking it would fall into the wrap the same way it did when I was relaxed, boy was I wrong. I ended up with a hot mess and wore my hair in a bun or a curly braid out. After 5 days I took advantage of the stretched hair and did mini twists. I learned from that experience and this time when I flat ironed, I decided to give my hair curl and body by doing bantu knots. Here are the results of my bantu knot out from yesterday, ignore the time/date stamp on the picture. For some reason my camera is tripping. I really loved the look and I received many compliment on my hair.

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Document your natural hair journey

As a natural, there are times when an individual may feel as if their hair is not growing as fast as others. I know that most of us spend countless hours on YouTube looking for hair care tips, tricks, inspiration and style tutorials. Many of us subscribe to naturals that are ahead of us on our journeys or to naturals that even have the same big chop (BC for short)  date. While doing so, there is often the urge to compare your personal hair growth to others which can either be inspiring or demotivating.

This past year, I fell into the hair envy trap. I am subbed to a lot of naturals, many of which did their big chop the same year that I did. So we are either within months of each other hitting our two year mark. Many of the ladies that big chopped in 2009 either before me or even a few weeks after me, appear to have faster hair growth than myself. I spent a few months off and on this past year feeling as if my hair was not growing. In October, I took the time to look through the photos I took of my hair journey and realized that my hair had grown so much more than I thought. I then realized that hair envy was not necesary and the best person to compare my hair growth to was…MYSELF!

This leads me to the title of this post…document your journey! It is very important to take pictures of your hair, even if its once a month. You can share them with others on Fotki, Picasa, Photobucket, YouTube or just keep them as a personal picture journal for yourself. If you are going to have hair envy, why not envy yourself! Love your hair at its current stage of growth and remember that with care and patience your hair can grow!