Soft Hair Achieved

Hi Curlies,

So for the paast couple of days, I have been struggling to keep my hair moisturized. I don't know what was happening but it was just always dry. It was fustrating. Then yesterday, my friend woke me out of my sleep to tell me she was on her way to a concierge party that I wsas suppose to attend with her. I over slept (thanks to my grave yard shift ) I quickely had to get ready and just began putting stuff in my hair to get it moisturized and curly quickly. I added water mixed with glycerin and olive oil, Alikay Moisturizing Yougart, and Ms Jessie's Curling Pudding which is my new love. I came home after the event, slept, woke up and my hair was so soft and still moisturized. So due to my rush to leave the house, I found a solution to my hair dryness. Water mixed with glycerin is very good for keeping in moisture in your hair being that it attracts moisture from the atmosphere around you, which is perfect for our weather here in the Virgin Islands. I also lov Alikay's products, it agrees with my hair. Their hair moisturizing yogurt along with the glycerin seems to be good partners with my hair. I got that Ms. Jessie's Curl Pudding from a hair show I attended with truly turned out to be the best darn hair curling pudding out there.

For more info on the products mentioned in this blog visit:

http://www.missjessies.com/

http://shop.blackonyxworld.com/Alikay-Naturals-Products_c4.htm

http://blessedwmnhairjourney.blogspot.com/2008/12/benefits-of-glycerin.html

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/glycerin-for-hair.html

Hi Curlies,

This past weekend, I attended my first seminar for natural hair and it was awesome. I met a group of young ladies called Visionary Roots. They did hair demonstrations on how to two strand twist natural hair and palm roll locks. It was very informative. During the demonstration, I spoke to one of the stylist who gave me a lot of insight on the benefits of olive oil and introduced me to some amazing products. I was also able to interact with an entire network of Curlies. It was awesome! I hope to attend another Natural Hair Seminar. I heard the next one is in August. I did try the olive oil as the stylist suggested and it has done wonders in keeping my hair moisturized. I also posted some pictures of the event.

I also noticed that my hair texture is starting to change. My hair is a lot thicker than when I initially did my big chop. My hair is also curling a lot more than it use to. I do not use as much curl pudding as I use to because my hair curls with just moisturizer and olive oil. I took some pictures of the productes that were presented at the event and hope that my natural hair experience continues to grow productively

Until We meet again Curlies
Ms. PattieCake

For more information:

http://www.drphoenyx.com/healthy-hair-must-haves-6-natural-oils-you-should-try.html

A Little Bit of History

Hi Curlies,

And welcome to my new blog. I am very new and fresh to blogging and am hoping that I get to be very good at it. Being that this blog is about my hair journey, it is only appropriate that I give you a little history on my hair.

My mom was the one who did it! She permed my hair when I was 10 years old. If I was a parent with a tender headed child like I was, I would have done the same thing. My hair was so thick and course and as a child combing my hair was agony. The pain I had to endure as a child lead to many tears, arguing, and fustration. It was then my mother decided to permed my hair.

After I permed my hair, my sister fell in love with it, especially since she was a hair stylist. I remember when she first opened her hair salon and she did my hair. I was 12 years old. My sister did my hair in one of those back in the day french roll with the infamous gold balls ( yes, I still remember that hair style). Eventully, my sister started to do my hair.

I had my first short hair cut at the age of 16 when I cut a patch of my hair out while trying to takeout braids. My sister screamed and my long hair was gone, but I loved having short hair.

Ever since then I've tried it all, weaves sewed in, wraps, pont tails, bleaches and colors, weave caps, braids, everything....Except going natural. After years of chemically transformed hair, my hair got tired. My sister noticed that my hair was thinning out. It wasn't as thick as it use to be. I tried cutting it, hoping that it would catch itself but it didn't. After months of discussion and realizing also how much money I will also be saving. I decided to go natural. So, here I am after years of perming hair. Rocking a TWA, sexy, and proud of it....

For more info on transitioning from permed to natura hair, check out this article:

http://www.curlyhairsalon.com/transitioning.html