Black Hair Growth Journey Update

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Updo Hairstyles

My First Attempt at Individual Braids

MissWigs 18 in Yaki lace Front Wig Review

Beyonce Why Don't You Love Me

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Lady Gaga - Telephone ft. Beyoncé

How to wash hair: For little Black girls

Youtube Black Hair diva Gossip:Shame on you Sassy Secrets, Thanks Yous and more!

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Youtube Black Hair Diva Gossip

Lace Front Wigs the Secret is Out!

I remember about a year ago, I started wondering what type of weaves Black celebrities were wearing. I could not tell where their hair ended and the weave began. I knew they had to be wearing weaves or something. Everybody could not have mid back length hair all of a sudden. Then I started wondering if most Black celebrity women had found some sort of hair growth serum, because they all seemed to have long flawless hair. I started to do a little research and I found the full lace wig. Most cost over a thousand dollars at that time and could only be found on line. Well I had no intentions of spending a thousand dollar, so I started to look for alternatives and I found synthetic lace front wigs. They were selling for under $100 and nobody really knew what they were. I thought I was in wig heaven. The hairlines were not perfect but with bangs, very undetectable. Most of all no one was looking for a lace front wig. I soon found I was not the only person who knew about my secret. Ladies on Youtube were also wearing them and doing tutorials. I was so excited. I started watching and learning. Soon I found myself doing tutorial showing how I made my lace fronts look more natural. I felt like I was part of a "secret wig society". The best part about the lace wig was the "secret factor". Unfortunately that is all over. Lace fronts and full lace wigs are everywhere! I am glad more women have access to them but dang, I do not feel as comfortable wearing them. Dang:(

Relaxers are Just Easier!

If you think relaxers are easier and you're having trouble retaining length, this might be why. It is true relaxers may make detangling easier, but the easiness ends there. Relaxers make your hair straight by stripping the cuticle. This is the natural protection for your hair. If you relax, you must take extra measures to protect your hair. If you have a relaxer and have had a hard time retaining length, you are probably not giving you hair the extra care it needs. If you saw the movie "Good Hair" you saw what relaxer did to a soda can. I personally do not have one on my hair, but if you do and you are not ready for the "Big Chop" you should be treating you hair like silk. Make sure you only perm your new growth. I know that sounds dumb, everybody knows that. On more than on occasions I've seen people re relax their entire hair. Why would someone do that? When your hair is over processed it won’t get straight like it should. Many people feel like the answer to this problem is more relaxer. The best thing to do with hair that has been severely over processed is to cut it off. I know this sound harsh and most Black Women do not want to cut their hair. Once hair becomes too badly damaged no amount of conditioning will bring it back. In fact the damaged area will continue to split and damage the healthy area. Whether your hair is damaged or not it is essential you keep your ends clipped. I'm not talking about a massive hair cut every six week. The very ends are the oldest part of your hair and tend to be the most damaged. Clipping small amounts of the very ends can help you to retain your growth. Also if you have a perm you need to make sure your hair is getting the moister that it needs. I know some people think that grease is bad. I'm not telling you to get the "green" grease and put so much on your hair that you look like a wet dog. I'm say what ever moisturizer you like, use it. Black hair is naturally dry, that is one of the reasons we do not have to wash our hair as often as other races. For example Causation hair tends to produce a large amounts of oil. So ladies please moisturize. It will help to protect your hair especially if you have a relaxer. If you are having problems retaining length, you may want to consider what is called "texlaxing". Texlaxing is leaving some texture to you hair, not leaving the relaxer in your hair until the hair is bone straight. This will help to limit the damage you are doing to your hair. Last but not least, try to manipulate your hair less. Use wide tooth combs, wear protective styles (see What are Protective Styles?) and save wearing your hair down for special occasions. Just keeping your hands out of your hair can make a big difference. Think of your hair as a sofa, the more that sofa is used the more worn and damaged the material becomes, the same if true for your hair. So are relaxers really easier? I really don’t think so. Take care of your hair ladies:)

Natural Black Hair Styles for Little Girls

Black Girls Can Have Long Hair!

I was out with my 8 year old daughter the other day.  She received an award at school so I let her wear her hair down for the special event.  As we walked pass another little Black girl, I saw her just stare at my daughter's hair.  My heart went out to that little girl.  Her hair was over processed and pretty short. I felt bad because there is no reason that little girl's hair, should not look just like my daughter's hair.  My daughter does not have what other people consisder "good hair" and she doesn't have the longest hair.  Her hair is a 4a or 4b thick hair with very tight curls.  I wondered if that little girls Mother had been under the same pressure I had been under.  The pressure relax my daughter's hair.  People would always tell me "you should put a perm on that child's hair."   It's so funny because people never really said anything else about the way I was raising my baby.  I'm not saying if you put a relaxer on a girl's hair it won't grow.  I'm saying if I put a relaxer on my daughter hair it probably would not be the length it is today.  What do I think helped my daughter retain her length, protective styles, conditioning and just letting her hair, be her hair.  I always say, a relaxer is a long term commitment and that's a decision she will be able to make, when she's old enough.

Hair Loss and your Thyroid

Could Your Hair Loss be Caused by Your Thyroid?

The thyroid is a butterfly shapes gland located a the bottom of your next.  If your thryoid is malfunctioning it can cause, thinning of the hair or even hair loss.  If you have notice you hair becoming unusually dry or brittle it may be time to see you doctor.

What are Protective Styles?

What are protective styles?
Protective styles are any hair styles that protect your ends.  For example wearing you hair in a bun, French Roll or wigs.  Anything that keep the ends of you hair from rubbing on the back of your clothes, chair or anything else that may be damaging to your hair. 

Do protective styles really make your hair grow?
No, protective styles do not make yor hair grow.  What they do is protect the ends of your hair so that you can retain your growth.

Are weaves protective styles?
Some will disagree with me on this but I say no.  When you have a weave the wefts of weave are sown into the cornrolls on your own hair.  You hair is constantly being pulled by the weight of the weave hair and the stress you put on you natrual hair styling the weave.  Also you are more likely to neglect you own hair while wearing a weave.  Before I statred my hair journey I wore my hair in weaves for about 6 month.  I did not notice any real length retention, also my natural hair was damages and thinned out in some areas.

How often should I wear protective styles?
As often as you can.  The more you protect the ends of your hair the more length you'll retain.  Also your hair will look and feel healthier.  After wearing my hair in braids under my wigs for about six or seven month my grew hair about 3 inches.  Now my hair grows about 3 inches every 6 months. The difference was I was able to retain all three inches of grow and my hair was much longer.

What is the use of growing my hair out if I always have to keep it up in protective styles?
You don't always have to keep it in protective styles.  Just think of it like this, if you keep your hair in protective styles when you not doing any thing special like, grocery shopping, working out or just hanging around the house, when you really want to show it off, there will be alot more of it to show off:)

Black Women Need Sunscreen Too!

This not a hair blog but I feel the need to share.  Years ago my Mother told my to start wearing sunscreen.  I just laughed, I'm Black I have natural sunscreen.  Well she was right.  Ten years later I have freckles all over my face!  Not one or two but like one hundred.  The first couple were cute but this is getting out of hand.  We need sunscreen too.  Our skin can be damaged like and one elses.  Why don't I listen to my Mother?  That dang woman is always right!

Roller Set

I still love the roller set!

I tried my first roller set in a long time recently and it's great.  The roller set may add a few minutes to you nightly routine but the results are well worth it!  I have never had such beautiful curls with so much body.  I could spend the same amount of time curling my hair in the morning, as I do rolling at night, and my hair would never get the same result.  Using as little heat as possible has been a major part of my hair journey, the less heat, the less damage to my ends.  The ends are also wrapped up in beautiful curl giving them a little protection.  If you are looking for a "no heat" hair style, try the rollers.  I used good ole' sponge rollers because they are easy to sleep on.  You can wrap your sponge roller in papers if your worried about them damaging your hair.  I have natural hair (no perm) so I do my roller set on dry hair but if you have a perm try a wet set.  I know curling irons seem easier but there is nothing like beautiful hair:)

Beverly Johnson Posted One of MY Videos on Her Facebook Page!

My Beverly Johnson Experience

I wear wigs alot :)  So I started doing vlogs on Youtube reviewing some of them.  One of the reviews I did was on the Beverly Johnson Pearl Synthetic Lace front wig.  It a really nice lace front in a blondish color, a real head turner.  Anyways, Thursday I got a message from a lady on youtbe telling me she's a fan of Beverly Johnson on Facebook and she put my video on her page.  I checked it out and it was really there.  I am still so excited.  I love Beverly Johnson, she is an icon.  It is three days later and I'm excited.  I'm not by any means the bigest hair guru on youtube so the honor is that much sweeter.  I'm sure I'll get over it soon but it's only been a couple of days bear with me LOL.

My Hair Journey

About 7 month ago I started paying closer attention to my hair.  My hair was a mess. I cut my hair to about shoulder lenght and started wearing protective styles almost all the time.  OMG my hair needed a rest, styling weaves and neglect left my end all messed up.  So I gave wigs a try and fell in love.  I love the versitility and all of the styles I am able to choose without damaging my own hair.  Now my hair has grown to about BSL but my love affair with wigs continues!