Why I Started This Blog

Hi, I'm 30 years old and I have completely virgin natural hair. Yea yea yea… I know it's unbelievable but it's true. I have NEVER had a perm, relaxer, texturizer, rinse, color, and/or chemical straightening or altering in my life. My mother learned very early in my life that I'm pretty much allergic to everything (penicillin, amoxicillin, codeine, aspirin, sulphonamide, tetracycline and many more……) I'm also allergic to latex, lanolin, lye, soy (mildly), bismuth oxychloride, D&C Red 7 CA Lake, bananas, and eggplant. And probably a lot of other things i haven't discovered yet. So as you can see finding skin products, let alone hair products are extremely hard for me.


As a child my mother used Nivea lotion in my hair and would french braid or braid multiple singles in my very thick long hair. This worked for many years until I got into Junior High where these kind of braids were no longer "Cool." My mom started sending me to a beauty shop every two weeks for a simple wash and press. This went on for years into adulthood while occasional alternating weaving to avoid having dealing with my own hair.


One day, I looked up and I was 30 years old rocking a nice human hair weave, not because I don't have long hair and not because it's hard to deal with BUT because I really don't know how to handle my own hair completely on my own. I have biracial Type 3/4A. My hair is borderline loosely curly to tighter more structured curls depending on what part of my head your looking at. My hair is very indecisive to say the least. In the recent past I had to take some medication that caused dryness and brittleness to my hair. Instead of dealing with it, I had the stylist cut my hair to a little bit below my ears and sew in a good weave. Now, 6 months later, my hair is back past my shoulders and I want to end the cycle. It's about time that I've learned how to care for my hair AND find products that will help keep my hair healthy and happy. I no longer want to learn my hair peace in the hands of stylist that spend less time with my kind of hair than I do. It's time for me to take control of my hair happiness. This is my journey for my promiscuous but virgin hair.


** The picture is of me when my hair was in a very healthy state. This is my goal. More pictures will be added later but right now I'm using my iPad to upload blogs while my MacBook is being repaired at the Apple.