I know that a lot of the time when you hear about natural hair or your hair growing back people say that you have to do the big chop, but that isn't necessarily true, my hair was very damaged and it grew back with the proper care and attention and I didn't have to cut off my hair or a huge amount of it, my hair is growing more than every now and is really healthy. About four years ago my hair was really heat damaged and suffering from lots of breakage, as a kid and in my preteen years I always had long hair but when I started flat ironing my own hair it all went down hill from there, I also had a bad experience when I went to go get my ends clipped by someone and they clipped off more than just my ends. After getting tired of damaging my hair I started going to my hairstylist Veronica and she nursed my hair back to health, she is the only person I trust with my hair. I've had red hair for about three years and I have never had any breakage or my hair didn't dry out and that is because my hairstylist knew how to properly take care of my hair and was able to show me how to as well . If you are looking to go natural or just simply nurse your hair back to a healthy state try doing some protective styles such as braids, sew-in or anything that will give your hair a break from heat or any other damage because I know that helped me a lot! Since I am natural to give myself a big of variety of hairstyles without flat ironing my hair I do different natural hairstyles (There are so many YouTube and Instagram pages dedicated to natural hair that can show you so many techniques and styles) and I rarely ever flat iron my hair and I use a select few natural products(check out the post from about three weeks ago for details on these products). Also to give my curls a bit of a different outcome I try different techniques at night such as braiding my hair and then flexi rodding the braids, braids and then twisting them into bantu knots and I've used vent rollers. If you're a fan of hair vitamins I have used Hair Infinity pills and they work well for me and I also heard that Mane Choice is a good hair vitamin retailer. To tie everything in here's some main tips on nursing your hair back to health or becoming natural; 1. Don't flat iron your hair everyday, 2. If you use perms or relaxers stop and maybe try going natural for awhile, 3. Protective style, 4. Get a silk bonnet and scarf to wrap your hair with at night, 5. Don't use too many chemicals in your hair and 6. Get a hairstylist that you can trust, knows what they're doing, professional and has been in the hair game for awhile. I love the healthy state that my hair is in now, the bounciness it has and all of the growth I am seeing.If you want to go natural don't be discouraged by what others may have to say, healthy hair is better than long hair. Let your curls be free, like I always say the bigger the hair the closer to God lol.

For all my natural girls I'm going to give you some of the products that I use that work great! Let me just start off by saying any product by Shea Moisture and Cantu is always GREAT! Don't get me started on this Murray's edge wax, it's the BOMB it snatches your edges for dear life! This Shea Moisture Curl & Style Mix with coconut and hibiscus is so great and it smells wonderful, it's great for my hair because it leaves a wonderful lasting smell, I use it when I flat twist and bantu knot my hair and it keeps it moisturized, gives it a great curl, and it's specifically for thick and curly hair, Shea Moisture products are expensive, I paid $11.99 but the product holds up to the amount you pay ! The next product is the Cantu shea butter natural hair coconut curling cream, it smells great but I don't use a lot of it because it tends to make my hair kind of soggy when I put too much my curls don't come out nice, but its good for using it to slick down your hair, gives your hair a little more moisture and a great smell, this product was $8.49, Cantu products are expensive as well but like Shea Moisture its worth it. The last product is the Murray's Edgewax which was only like $4.99, it slicks my edges down, doesn't turn my edges white like some other edge control products. Being natural is very expensive but it's best to spend the money on the products that work the best, but here's a disclaimer *NOT ALL PRODUCTS WORK FOR EVERYBODY* what works for me may not work for you and vise versa, but these are just some of the products I use while being natural and anything with coconut is great for your hair.