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Warrior94 
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 Posted: Dec 20 2012 at 5:56am |
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I went natural because: I knew it was healthy for my hair, I was curious about my texture, I never really liked my hair bone straight, and my hair only grew to a certain point before it started breaking off
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bananapralines
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Location: Tokyo - Japan
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Posted: Dec 21 2012 at 12:32am |
Ive gone natural twice, this will be my third time (lucky?). The first time was just by coincidence. Late teens and I was using myself as a cornrow/extentions guinea pig. next thing I knew all my relaxer had grown out. I permed it shortly after that realisation though. Second time was most recently, relaxers are not my friend and they never have been so I thought hell, Ill go natural. I got really into it, BCd and went natural for around 2 years. But I moved to japan and found and AWESOME hairstylist and weaveologist. I just had to see what she was capable of and had her relax my hair and install some HOTT styles. Absolutely no regrets. However I am returning to the UK in a few months and want my natural hair back, I never had luck finding a good salon or weaveologist there so I dont fancy trialing and erroring with a bunch of salons. I havent gone natural just yet, but its 5 months since my last relaxer and im not going to BC again (Ive become addicted to lengths). Im planning to transition along with the u part lace front wig crew and give my hair some TLC. 
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Aycreativechicz
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Posted: Dec 21 2012 at 7:04am |
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I decided to go Natural for some time to allow my hair to grow out naturally and started using better products e.g. Keracare Range.
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cuteorange
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Posted: Dec 22 2012 at 8:14pm |
Hi!
You can deep condition every other week. As for a protein treatment you should be able to do one once a month. It's something that really depends on how much you deep condition.
Some folks deep condition twice a month and do a protein treatment twice a month. For example: Week A condition, Week B protein treatment, Week C condition, Week D protein treatment. And that seems to provide a good balance for people.
I only Do a protein treatment and deep conditioner once a month on the same day.
My hair ranges from 2 1/4 inches to 3 inches long (I'm a newbie too.) I have been natural for a year but I cut the first 5 months of my hair off ( I burned it too badly during transitioning) and bald chopped. Otherwise I'd have at least 5 or 6 inches by now.
If you flat iron your hair you may need to do a protein treatment more than once a month maybe twice. But there is too much of a good thing. You don't want your hair to end up crunchy. Good luck!
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sweetvocals05
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Posted: Dec 25 2012 at 5:36pm |
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i went natural because their were so many alternatives
plus I've went natural before twice but when i did
i didn't really have the knowledge that i do now
i also believe when you are learning to do your natural hair
you can find ways to use less amounts of heat that you can become comfortable with
plus i feel youtube and this site are two of the most amazing tools to being natural
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Sabella Adam
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Posted: Dec 26 2012 at 6:57pm |
Relaxing seriously ruined my hair, killed it! I was thinking about going natural for years but a few weeks ago, I had just stepped out of the shower and my hair looked ridiculous so I had a moment of insanity, took my boyfriends electric shaver and shaved it all off...
- Now I want my hair to grow out all natural and healthy :)
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sakinadee
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Posted: Jan 02 2013 at 7:09pm |
The reason I went natural, my daughter... 
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cicisweetie120
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Posted: Jan 02 2013 at 7:17pm |
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self reflection, my hair use to be down to my waist until a beautician took advantage of me and did a big chop then since it was short it was managable to maintain it although i disliked it i used the flat iron frequently, being naive it broke my hair off along with the dye...now im trying to maintain it ive been through a lot of trimming unwanted cuts AGAIN and damage..i just now maintain my own hair the proper way, learned to love and grow with my hair and ive seen improvement i stay away from dyes perms and harmful things
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SplurgingOnBeauty
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Posted: Jan 03 2013 at 7:58pm |
i decided to transition because the relaxers never really got my hair straight..i was basically texlaxed and i wanted to grow my relaxer out so i could start over again with a professional, but as i was transitioning i started to fall in love with my natural hair and realized all the things and styles i could do with it that i couldnt do when my hair was "straight"..ive been natural for almost two years now
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SweetNovember*
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Posted: Jan 05 2013 at 1:06am |
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As a black woman I would like to have something of my own that I can be proud of, something that is not an imitation of something/someone else. I have my own hair that looks good. I'm not gonna mess it up anymore trying to get it to look like someone else's.
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