More Products?!

As I mentioned in my first post, I kind of started this blog because I'm in between changes in my professional career due to being a stay at home mom and it gives me something to do; more like a sense of purpose.  I also wanted to do this because there are so many people out there that are going natural and they just don't know what in the hell to do.  Not knowing what to do and becoming frustrated just leads to going back to a relaxer or not taking the proper care of your hair and it just breaks off and looks plain bad.  I know there are other blogs out there way more interesting and informative than mine, but hopefully I can help at least one person along the way.  Newly naturals have to learn that their hair is NEVER going to be like someone else's.  I definitely had to learn this for myself.

The Next Journey

Not only was I about to become someone's mom, which was mind blowing, I had to find new hair products because the smell of my new favorites made me sick to my stomach.  You might be wondering, "Why in the hell won't she just get a sew-in or some braids?"  I was on a mission.  My goal was to make this natural hair thing work for me.  I started reading labels to see what was in the stuff that I was buying.  Like really, who reads the labels on products? *raises hand* ME!  I will stand in the middle of the aisle and read the entire label or I will look online.

Back to this Hair...

Ok, so I'm back for another round.  In my last post, I started discussing the start of my transition.  Later in this post and the posts to follow, I'll discuss more in depth the products that I have used and currently use and how they work or didn't work for me.

Now about this white film from the Shea Moisture Hair Smoothie--I found that any product that I used that left a white film on my hair would NEVER work for me.  I don't care how clean my hair was, it just doesn't work.  So I had to start researching some hair products ASAP because as a professional I couldn't go to work with my hair just any kind of way.  So I came across the brands As I Am, Miss Jessie's, and Carol's Daughter.

The Beginning...

Let me start off by saying I'm new to this blogging thing.  I've been going through a transition in careers since deciding to stay at home with our daughter.  It's given me a lot of free time to play with things.  More specifically, my hair.  So let's take it back to the beginning of the transition struggle.

For as long as I could remember, I had been getting a perm.  My aunt was a licensed beautician so I got my hair washed and styled weekly and every six weeks or so I would get a perm.  My hair was a little past my shoulders and was always deemed healthy.  After college, I got a job teaching and somehow I got introduced to sew-ins.  I was always against weave for some reason but baby, when I got that first sew-in you couldn't tell me anything!  I was hooked!