How it all started

I started my relaxed hair journey August 2012. I knew the basics of how to take care of my hair but I failed at putting it into action. My hair has always been between shoulder lenth and APL. When I was in high school I went every other week to get my hair done. When I went off to college in 2006 and that is when things started to go wrong! I was not washing my hair as often, I was using a lot of heat ( curling irons and flat irons), and worst of all I started dying my hair. My hair is jet black so when I tried using rinses I did not get the color I wanted. That's when I moved to permanent color. Why did I do that?? I was given a second chance at beautiful hair after I had my son. My hair grew like crazy. It was back to its normal thickness and was at APL. That did not last more than a year. I went back to not treating my hair right and more at home dye jobs. So fast forward to 2012. My hair was shorter and THINNER than it had ever been. I was on Youtube and I found Traycee from KISS and Shorty2sweet59. They opened up a world of hair that inspired me to do better. I started doing research like a crazy woman. Whenever I had time I was looking up a new oil or moisturizer. I wanted to understand my hair and how I could get it back healthy. This blog is my way of trying to help others and myself. I want to start sharing my story now so when I get to APL, MBL and WL I can have hair friends that have been with me the whole way.