6 YEARS AGO I DECIDED TO GO NATURAL AND CHOPPED OFF ALL MY RELAXED HAIR. LIKE ANYONE ELSE, I STRUGGLED WITH MY CURL PATTERN AND HAIR TEXTURE, WENT THROUGH THE AWKWARD STAGE, DID PROTECTIVE STYLES, AND USED A CLOSET FULL OF PRODUCTS.
3 YEARS INTO MY JOURNEY I FELT LIKE I WAS FINALLY GETTING THE HANG OUT IT AND STARTED BEING CREATIVE IN MY ROUTINES, TECHNIQUES AND HAIRSTYLES. YALL KNOW THE NATURAL HAIR JOURNEY IS REAL AND TAKES LARGE AMOUNTS OF TIME AND EFFORT TO MASTER.
5 YEARS IN AND I WAS ABLE TO ACHIEVE ARMPIT LENGTH HAIR. I WAS SO EXCITED TO PUT MY HAIR IN THE SUPER MEGA PONYTAIL PUFFS AND BIG BUNS. MY EXCITEMENT GREW SO LARGE THAT EVENTUALLY I STOPPED TAKING CARE OF MY HAIR IN THE WAYS...