U Grow Girl!: July 2012

Thursday, July 5, 2012

Two-Year Hair Journey Update

June is my 2 YEAR HAIR-VERSARY and I am beyond amazed at how far I have come in such a short period of time. I started out my hair journey with unhealthy thin bone-straight relaxed hair that was a little shorter than shoulder length. Today I still relax, but NOT bone straight. My hair is hovering right at mid-back length and I am well on my way to hopefully reaching my goal length of waist length hair. I have learned so much about what it takes to grow and maintain healthy hair from those that have successfully completed their own journeys. Great reads are Grow It by Chicoro, and The Science of Black hair by Audrey Davis-Sivasothy, both available through amazon.com. I think it was so beneficial early on to gain knowledge and inspiration from ladies on the long hair care hair boards. One of the best is k-i-s-s-.biz (also know as Keep it Simple Sista). I always say the best thing you can do for your hair is to educate yourself on healthy hair care! Learn what products you need to avoid, what styles to avoid and mechanical devices cause damage to hair. Learn how CRITICAL the moisture content of your is. Once you realize the impact this has on the health of your hair, dropping certain practices and adding new ones to your regimen will become a no-brainer. Today I LOVE my hair and I NEVER thought I would be able to utter the words. If I can grow my hair long and strong ANYBODY can. I always thought long healthy relaxed hair was unattainable if you have had short damaged hair all your life like I did. This simply is not true. If you are displeased with the health and condition of your hair, relaxed or natural, take an active approach in caring for it yourself. If that means ditching your hair dresser then so be it! Black women's hair was made to grow to great lengths just as women's hair of any other race. I have posted Pics of my progress over the past two years. I hope you will find it inspiring and proof that educating yourself will allow you to achieve anything : ) Happy Growing!