Why did you want to go natural

Never thought about being natural, I was addicted to relaxed bone straight hair until 2010 when my hair stylish over processed my hair. 

My hair was full BSL at the time and after that “incident” broke off to SL. It was time to give the hair a break and nurture what was left. Stop applying chemicals was mandatory. After two years my natural hair is APL (cut all relaxed ends bit by bit every two months, BC is not for me I LOVE long hair), I’m getting used the 4a/4b curls but don’t know what to do with the hair and shrinkage is a B*TCH .

Did a lot of research and found beautiful natural hair ladies that kept me motivated (thanks to forums like this one), developed my own regimen, found products that work for me and some that didn’t, discovered the power of protective styling, deep conditioning and keeping moisture/protein balance.

For most of the transitioning time I had extension braids, braidouts and buns, moved into weaves in August and I plan to carry on with them throughout 2013 (my hair grows better when I leave it alone, minimum manipulation). I’ve a good regimen and the hair is thriving, hope to reach BSL in 2013.

The journey wasn’t easy, had a few setbacks:

a) jumped into every single bandwagon you can imagine,

b) taking care of two different hair structures was a pain,

c) demarcation line breakage, etc

But I’m on the right track (PJ in recovery) and I’m confident that I’ll be natural forever, it’s so liberating, I feel free and feel that I’m finally embracing my roots… still love bone straight hair, but it’s an option as everything in life, we need to do what feels right for us. For now natural hair feels right for me