New Year New Resolutions New ME

Great story...welcome!

Thanks cyclingchick.

Welcome to Curl Street!

Hi & Welcome! I your story!

Hi, welcome!

Welcome to Curl Street. Here we love all the hair types, bring it on! Can't wait to hear more of your journey. and see some pics... hint. hint.

I wanted to comment on your closing because I think many have shared that experience. I think we ARE learning to love ourselves and our hair. One woman at a time. And hopefully the men come along eventually because they are not all on board. The point is-as a people we have tons of undoing when it comes to hatred for our hair. This is a hate that has been passed down thru many generations and lucky for us- some families have said no. So we must continue to pay it forward and set the example. The love will come. In fact, it's already in the air.

Welcome to Curl Street!
I'm a firm believer that in order to get acceptance from others we have to accept ourselves first. I think that we(black folk) sometimes have a (dare I say it... slave mentality) when it comes to our hair. It's similiar to the belief that if you are fairer skinned you are prettier. So if your hair is straight then your hair is "good" or pretty. And you will get plenty of love and support for you, your hair and your daughter's hair here on CN.

poeticlyspkng wrote:Welcome to Curl Street. Here we love all the hair types, bring it on! Can't wait to hear more of your journey. and see some pics... hint. hint.

I wanted to comment on your closing because I think many have shared that experience. I think we ARE learning to love ourselves and our hair. One woman at a time. And hopefully the men come along eventually because they are not all on board. The point is-as a people we have tons of undoing when it comes to hatred for our hair. This is a hate that has been passed down thru many generations and lucky for us- some families have said no. So we must continue to pay it forward and set the example. The love will come. In fact, it's already in the air.

Thanks for the comment and the understanding. I plan on uploading some pics soon I really have to take some more. I'm not much of the camera person. I also find it kind of difficult to upload pictures on here but I will post some in the up coming week.

WhosThatRedHead wrote:Welcome to Curl Street!
I'm a firm believer that in order to get acceptance from others we have to accept ourselves first. I think that we(black folk) sometimes have a (dare I say it... slave mentality) when it comes to our hair. It's similiar to the belief that if you are fairer skinned you are prettier. So if your hair is straight then your hair is "good" or pretty. And you will ge.t plenty of love and support for you, your hair and your daughter's hair re on CN.

Thanks for the love and support. If I would have known about these blogs I may have gone natural a few years ago. I turly understand what you are saying by speakig about acceptance. I currently live in nothern louisiana but grew up in New Orleans so I have seen and been a part of the "good" and "bad" hair hype as well as the "light" and "dark" skin hype. I will be so excited when more of us learn to accept ourselves and our men learn to accept us.

Welcome to CS you are going to learn a lot here!!! Enjoy!!

k guys here are a couple pics of some flat twist I tried after I co-washed.






I'm not sure if I will be brave enough to wear this style to church in the AM.

Here are some Pics of Ania's twist.

Congrats on your life change!! Im excited about your daughters hair!YOUR A good mom. I wish my mom new then what i know now. She's beautiful!!

SCRUG_A_LICIOUS wrote:Congrats on your life change!! Im excited about your daughters hair!YOUR A good mom. I wish my mom new then what i know now. She's beautiful!!

Thanks alot. I try to be a good mother even though sometimes it can be trying but I love her to death and won't trade her for anything. I am trying to educate my self and let her know that she and her hair are beautiful.

Hi Guys

I am thinking about doing a henna gloss on my hair this weekend. I have some old henna mix in the freezer from when I hennaed a couple weeks ago. I am looking for suggestions on what I can put in the henna to make it more of a moisturizer.

Ok

So I did my big chop almost 2 months ago. I am seeing some growth and is really excited that I am not combing my hair and getting handfuls of it. My main problem now is that My staples are Ecostyle gel/olive oil, Olive oil/soybean oil(trying to decide if it is different from EVOO), castor oil, shea butter and Shea Moisture curl smoothie. I wash about everyother week and co-wash 1-2 times a week. I use suave naturals coconut, YTT and Giovanni 50/50.

The problem is the Eco style leaves my hair a little crunchy but I get good curls. I want to venture into some of the oils and powders but I hate ordering things and don't know how my hair will react to them and we don't have any Indian stores.

I am open to any suggestions.

Congrats! What are you putting under the Eco? Do you use a leave in?that may help with the crunchy part. Also are you heavy handed? You may need to use a little less, hope some of this helps

Hi Kenia,
Welocme to CSJ. I really enjoyed reading your story. I think we bc'ed around the same time.

sweetdrk1 wrote:Congrats! What are you putting under the Eco? Do you use a leave in?that may help with the crunchy part. Also are you heavy handed? You may need to use a little less, hope some of this helps

I really don't use a leave in I haven't found one that I really like yet. I tried the cantu shea butter and it always turns my hair white no matter what I put on it or with it so I stopped that. I usually just leave in some of the suave naturals when I rinse. I don't think I'm heave handed but I also spray it with Olive oil when I put it in.

freckledmom4 wrote:Hi Kenia,
Welocme to CSJ. I really enjoyed reading your story. I think we bc'ed around the same time.

Thanks Freckle

What have you been doing with your hair?

keania wrote:

sweetdrk1 wrote:Congrats! What are you putting under the Eco? Do you use a leave in?that may help with the crunchy part. Also are you heavy handed? You may need to use a little less, hope some of this helps

I really don't use a leave in I haven't found one that I really like yet. I tried the cantu shea butter and it always turns my hair white no matter what I put on it or with it so I stopped that. I usually just leave in some of the suave naturals when I rinse. I don't think I'm heave handed but I also spray it with Olive oil when I put it in.

Knot today is a a good leave in as well as Giovanni Direct leave in. I had that same issue with Cantu, so I gave it away. Good luck I am sure you will find something that combats the crunchies.

keania wrote:

freckledmom4 wrote:Hi Kenia,
Welocme to CSJ. I really enjoyed reading your story. I think we bc'ed around the same time.

Thanks Freckle

What have you been doing with your hair?

Mostly wngs with Giovanni Direct leave in and ecostyler. I spray ORS Nature shine or Sheamoisture Mist to help with the crunchies. It helps but doesn't totally stop them. I've tried a couple of braids in front and twists/twistouts in back (like my avi). How long did you transition?

Hi all and thanks for all the tips. I have been playing with my hair a good bit and I am loving it. I really haven't did any twist or any thing since this weekend because my daughter is home now and she has a head full. I ususally twist it up on Friday or Saturday and wear it out for the week.