A little over 3 years ago right before the 2008 new year, I decided that I was going to stop relaxing or “perming” my hair. I am not 100% sure why, I just know I said it and stopped. Come to think of it , maybe it had something to do with the fact that a week prior my house burned down and we lost every thing and this was the first new year I spent homeless…

Anywho, since I’d spent the last 11 years of my life relying on perm and a good Dominican blow out, I didn’t know what to do. I kept straightening it for a long time, but that damaged my hair and to make matters worst I dyed it. You can only imagine what that led to, fried and frizzy hair. For the first time in my life, my hair was not looking cute, my crown and glory was gone. As sad as it is for me to admit now, I hid behind my hair and looking like buckweed most of the time didn’t help my self esteem. Finally in September of 2009 my dear friend Q came over with Rhy and Cheray to give me the big chop ( all natural divas). She even brought a pair of “hair” scissors. She cut about 6 inches off. I almost cried… ok i cried after they left. Even then I still had tons of damaged hair. I still didn’t know what to do with my hair besides wash and gos and dabbing a little bit of Carol’s daughter hair milk. I did wash & gos everyday even in the winter for another year, another not so great idea. My hair didn’t grow much and I almost went back to perming because I didn’t want to deal with the madness that it was anymore. Finally in September 2010, I discovered youtube, and what it had to offer me in terms of advice on hair and how to take care of it. I discovered taren916 & Kiffe coco. They were amazing in providing help with what to do and how to take care of natural hair. So thanks ladies! below is a tutorial from Taren916.