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First Steps: Going Natural

The first thing you want to do before going natural is:

1) Thinking about why your going natural The reason could be anything but you have to know why you're doing it. If your going natural just because someone else is doing it, it may not be enough motivation to help you though the journey.

(here's a video on why I went natural):


2) Find products that work best for your relaxed ends as well as your natural hair. This may be a difficult task because there are products that work best for your relaxed ends but not your natural hair. What I used was oils. You don't have to buy expensive oils, you can use your household products like your olive oil or coconut oil.

3) Stay away from heat! The last thing you want to do is constantly be straightening your hair especially with heat. The part where your natural hair meets your relaxed hair is really fragile so you want to be careful when maintaining your hair. Heat can cause breakage, especially to that area.

4) Apply Moisture! Which means spray your hair with water every night and morning. This may disagree with your relaxed ends because they may frizz up but your natural hair will love it and benefit greatly from the water.

5) Protective styles! Protective styles allow your hair to rest with out being stressed out by the constant combing and pulling. Protective styles that could be used are breads, twist or twist out, cornrows, etc., But make sure that when you do use protective styles that your edges are not pulled too tight, you don't want your edges to break off.

6) Educate yourself! You want to look around, either on youtube or the web, and find things that others are doing. Find products that may work best for you, as well as looking at the many tips that are out there. Education is something that a must for transitioning because this experience will be new for you so you need to educate yourself to get the best results

I hope your natural hair journey is a breeze! And I hope you come to love your natural hair as much as I do :)

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