prior to getting pregnant, i decided to go natural and have been struggling with maintaining my natural tresses through my pregnancy. your hair texture changes and even thins out while your pregnant and then some time after! no one clued into this so after freaking out a bit and some trial and error, i found that the one product line that has helped me has been Curls. it’s not greasy, it’s not drying, it almost all natural, smells divine and has been keeping my hair looking pretty and touchable for the time I used it until now.

i probably won’t have time to re-up on my Curls products in the next month or so, so it would be GREAT to have the transitioning kit on tap so that in between breast feeding, playing with the baby, getting my body back and getting things back to “normal,” i won’t have to worry about what my hair looks like! getting a Curls kit in the mail would be heavenly. Thanks!

I remember growing up wondering why my hair couldn’t be like those of the little girls on the Just for Me boxes, or why it didn’t blow in the wind like the other girls’ hair. Even with a relaxer I just couldn’t get it the way it was “supposed to be”. I cried because I didn’t have the beautiful blonde waves I saw in magazines. I cried because I would never be beautiful and I didn’t belong.

I know it’s cliche, but since I gotten into college, I’ve been on a journey of self discovery. I’ve learned to accept myself for who I am, flaws and all. I guess this I guess is the final step for me. The one I’ve been so scared to take. But to me, it’d be much worse to go on not knowing than to take that step, even if I don’t end up liking or keeping it natural. I’m tired of having to force my hair to look a certain way. I’m done with having to stay inside when it rains or is humid. I’m sick of not being able to go out with friends after I wash my hair, and I’m tired of being afraid to swim for fear of someone seeing my naps. I’m going to love my beautiful self COMPLETELY, and not worry about whether I’m “acceptable” or not. I’m done with it all and I can’t wait to see the end result!

Well, I was about two years into being natural when a friend of mine placed me in her wedding and suggested that I thermally straighten my hair in order to fit in with the “conservative” look she wanted her bridesmaids to have (*shaking my head and rolling my eyes* as if to say natural isn’t conservative but that’s a whole other topic for another time). I obliged. “No biggie,” I thought. “After all, it’ll revert back to it’s natural state in a week or two.” Boy was I wrong! The heat totally denatured my hair. Ugh! Never again. So now I find myself transitioning yet again. Lesson learned.

The whole point of this is to say the reason why I transitioned (originally and now) is because I’m tired of trying to look like a woman. I AM A WOMAN! Why should I constantly go through so many alterations in order to achieve the so-called womanly look that’s repeatedly fed to me through images and media. I decided to leave the alterations up to drag-queens. I am a woman, nappy hair and all. Why should I attempt to look like one when I am one in my natural state? Besides, to me, black women look better when there hair isn’t processed and overly shiney. =)

I love my hair in this state, and the process of learning how to care for it in it’s new form has been awesome. Being a tall girl, I think my hair( a short fro at the moment) makes me even more fly. I’ve told every woman I know, just do it. Cut that mess off. You will love your hair, and it will love you right back.

Thanks