I Love My Hair

One of the first lessons I learned when I went natural was that I knew nothing about my hair.  I had to learn to love my hair for what it was and not what I wanted it be.  This was a hard lesson because there were so many products out there promising to turn my hair into my every dreams.  Unfortunately it can be an expensive lesson if you don’t learn it early.

I had to learn to love my hair for who it is.  This is my hair, not my sisters, not my best friend, not the lady in the hair video. 

Don’t try to make it into someone else’s hair. 

It will never happen and you’ll spend too much on products that don’t work on your hair. 

Learn your hair instead and you’ll fall in love with what God placed on top of your head.  I learned to listen to what my hair needed and what it didn’t like.  It took time, but I believe we are now on good terms.

My suggestion to you if you’re on this natural hair journey,  ask yourself these questions:

What type of hair do you have?

What does your hair need?

What does your hair like?

What does your hair dislike?

What is your hair like in different seasons?

How much time do you want to spend on your hair?

When you know the answers to these questions you are on your way to having hair you love.

Do you love your hair?

I Am Not My Hair: PRODUCTS

I’m learning so much about natural hair while on the no perm journey. I’ve talked about coloring my hair to hide the gray and I continue to look for a color that doesn’t dry my hair out. If you know of one, please share.

I’ve found that when I color my hair I have a different grade of hair each time. The first time the hair was super hard and dry. The products I used to moisturize it didn’t help much. I found a gel that was perfect and it worked for three colors then decided it wouldn’t work either.

I don't care for the hard dry hair, so I’m always on the moisturizer search, trying new products. Trying new products is not a cheap thing. What I don’t like is buying something and finding out it was a waste of money. I do like the sample products because I’m not spending a ton of money for product if it doesn’t work.

I’ve tried Carol Daughters and I must say I like the product, however the price keeps me from reordering.

I’ve tried Ms. Jessie and Curlz they did nothing for my hair.

I’ve noticed that what works for you might not work for me, which makes it hard to try products because you don’t know what results you’ll get when you put it on your hair.

How is your natural hair journey going? Share your experiences.