Bright Young Things

Okay here's the hair update.

I was reading some natural hair blogs and I saw that they recommend not using shampoos that have saline in them. So I went and checked the shampoo/conditioner I'm using and it indeed had saline in it, so I stopped using that. I washed my hair with just a conditioner and then I put some of the curl pudding in it and the results were really good. It tamed my hair and it retained moisture for like three days whereas before it only held for like a day or something.

And I can see my curl pattern better too. It's more defined. I'm thinking about doing a homemade deep conditioner later on this week if I can get the ingredients. The dollar store didn't have any honey which I need for the one I chose. I might go to Walmart or have my grandma pick some up for me when she goes out. She goes to the local Walmart like everyday. I used to go with her when we went out to eat like every other day but I stopped that. I mean lol eating fast food everyday wasn't exactly helping me lose weight.

So that's how my hair is at the moment. It's doing a letter better and retaining more moisture.

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Can I say that it was extremely hard trying to tell my niece exactly the reasoning behind me cutting off my hair? I told her it was because I wanted to return to my curly hair. She asked me why did I have to cut off my hair to do that. And guys I didn't know how to explain to her...I just...how much should I tell her?

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Hey you guys!

So since I can remember me and my hair...we've kinda of been enemies? It's always been tough to deal with. I got my first relaxer when I was like four or three or something, reportedly because my mom found to hard to deal with.

I've been getting relaxers since then. I remember I used to hate to get my hair washed. I absolutely hated it. I swear I would make a scene and cry whenever my mom washed it. I remember she was surprised once when my former sister in law, Shauna, told her she had washed my hair and I didn't cry XD

It started falling out once. I can't remember exactly what grade I was in, but maybe junior high? I had dyed it countless times and it got damaged.

For awhile I stopped relaxing it. My mom would use olive oil in my hair and she would just straighten it out. It started growing out after that.

Right now I'm having the same issues. My hair dries easily and it's shorter on one side. It's always the same side. I think it's probably because I always sleep on this side.

But I've been looking at some natural hairstyles. I've been thinking about perhaps letting my natural texture show. I usually don't like how it looks, but that's because I don't know what do with it and I don't know how to properly take care of it. But seeing other women with my hair type (4C thank you very much), I see how pretty theirs is.

So yeah I think I might go natural at some point. I want to try it out at least. But I really need to find the right products for my hair regardless and treat it better.

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