The Journey

May 1st, 2010 was my last relaxer. The entire year of 2010, I spent in braids. My entire life, my hair was in braids either box, french, or braided bun styles. Always with synthetic hair because my hair was short and broken off. It wasn't until about June/July 2010 that I decided no more relaxers.

It still wasn't until December 2010 that I decided that I wanted to go natural. Never even heard about this natural hair thing before I started researching how to take care of hair. Armed with my wealth of information, I was excited. Fast forward to May 13th, 2011. That Friday, I decided to cut off all my hair.

I didn’t know what to expect (you can see my reaction on Youtube somewhere under Dementedd118) but I knew that there was no going back. I twisted my newly chopped hair into two strand twists and began my journey into the unknown.

Little did I know that even with all the information I had, I still was clueless on my hair. While most newly naturals are wrapped up in what hair type they are and can figure out what their hair needs, my hair was in a different league.

It took me at least 5 years to figure out the main logistics of my hair (which I posted in the About the Coils section) but that still doesn’t mean I know it all about my hair. There is still more trial and error left to go.

I can say I did make some success. I went from this (Big Chop 2011):


To this (Wash and Go 2015):