So I washed my hair about a week ago and I used some new products. I bought some virgin coconut oil from Trader Joe's for $6.00(it was so cheap for there to be so much product and the jar is pretty big) and I also used a new shampoo and conditioner from OGX. So let me start off by saying coconut oil is amazing, it has so many different uses (such as for your hair, skin, cooking etc.). it enhances your Black Girl Magic or your Womanly magic in general, after I washed my hair I put coconut oil all in it, I put it on my scalp and more in each section before doing my bantu knots. I have been using this coconut oil for days and I absolutely love it, it keeps my hair/scalp so moisturized and holds my curl without looking dry or drying out. As far as the shampoo and the conditioner I don't feel that it really did anything different or better than the Pantene that I usually wash my hair with, but it does smell delightful and the smell sticks to your hair. Overall I love the coconut oil and I encourage everyone to go get some!! The shampoo and conditioner is so so but it's not something that I would go buy myself.

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.