Talk Kinky to me: Natural Hair Care tips
So you’ve made the decision! You are going natural. Everyone is doing it! You’re ready to embrace your African roots, the kinky curls and become a Naturalista. You're hoping to have hair like Tracee-Ellis Ross @traceeellisross and the host of bloggers like @naturallytemi whose hair takes on a fabulous life of it’s own; some days perfect coils and others a wisp of untamed alluring madness, that all in all makes you say, why did I ever put relaxer in my hair?
Decision made! Time to go natural. But where do you begin? Do you do the big chop and get rid of all the relaxer or do you gradually go through the transition phase?
You are finally happy that you are no longer putting the "creamy crack" chemicals into your body. You are heading down the natural path…but are you really?
Even though you have halted relaxer use, you find yourself still going to the hairdresser bi-weekly to give your natural hair the free-flowing Brazilian blowout.
Not because your desire is to necessarily appear as though you have a relaxer still--you want to rock the Afro - but you are scared of the frizz, the work required for upkeep, what products to use, how to manage the 2 textures of natural and still processed and the concerns go on.
The anxiety of upkeep is getting to you - and quite frankly a bit overwhelming for someone whose last priority is haircare amidst family and work demands.
Not to mention the stares you are sure to get at work - or even from loved ones - of your hair looking "too ethnic" or "too unkept".