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My Decision to go Back to My Natural Hair – Part 2

Natural Hair Twist

In my previous blog post “My Decision to go Back to My Natural Hair – Part 1,” I told you about my journey back to achieving natural hair. I am having a blast with my hair. I’ve been trying out some new styles, which I will tell you about a little bit later.

My hair grows so fast. The Tropic Isle Jamaican Black Castor Oil Hair Food is one of the natural hair products that I use in my hair. I am happy to see new growths popping up everywhere. I remember how thin and lifeless my hair was when I just started out. I used to braid my hair with extensions just to get some volume.

Fast forward to now, my hair is full of volume and screaming “healthy.” I intend to keep in that way, so I am trying to find out as much as I can about caring for my hair using natural hair products. I am trying to keep everything as natural as possible.

I did the two strand twist in my hair a few weeks back, but it gets really fuzzy quickly. I decided to do the twist look, similar to dread locks (see photo above), but I was skeptical at first. I was sure that my hair was just going to get even fuzzier. Guess what happened? My hair just snapped into place and didn’t look messy as quickly as the two strand twist.

This week I plan to freshen them up by using the palm rolling method. Check back for that upcoming post. I will tell you how I did it and share photos as well.

My Decision to go Back to My Natural Hair – Part 1

Newly Natural With a Simple Updo

I have been perming my hair for years and was getting tired of dealing with split ends and hair breakage. I started to braid my hair when it was nearly time to retouch the roots. I would keep the braids in for a month or so. This made my hair grow way faster than anything else. I didn’t really plan on going back to my natural hair, but somehow, it happened. It just sort of happened accidentally, which turned out to be a good thing.

So I braided or I should say twisted my hair, using hair extensions, which were really long. After doing the two strand twist, I took the scissors and cut the ends, not realizing that my hair had grown so long. I suddenly realized that I had cut off a good 2 to 3 inches of my hair. At this point I decided that I might as well go natural after removing my extensions.

November 2013 will be one year since I went back to my natural hair, and I am loving it. My hair is healthy and strong, and I can still wear fashionable hairstyles. Now that I have my natural hair back, I feel so free. No more chemicals for me. I choose the best natural hair products for my hair.

Right now I am using Coconut oil and Castor oil in my hair. I have heard about so many great natural oils, but haven’t gotten around to trying many of them. I heard that the Jojoba Oil is a great hair product for natural hair. Recently I have been looking at a lot of different natural hairstyles and have been trying a few of them. My next blog post will cover my latest look.