I’m on the quest to healthier hair! Starting in January, I’ll be participating in Trials N Tresses’ Retain Your Main Hair Challenge.
If you follow me on Instagram, you understand I recently cut my hair last month.
With my brand-new haircut, I’ve decided to come to be much more significant concerning my quest to healthy and balanced hair.
My Hair Journey
I started my natural hair quest in 2012 throughout my senior year of college.
I’ve just had my hair relaxed throughout one period of my life. However, I’d constantly used my hair straightened/pressed. throughout my junior year of college, I was executing a great deal of taking a trip and decided to have actually my hair relaxed to minimize the have to constantly straighten it.
After obtaining my hair relaxed, I realized my hair was weaker and I had a great deal of hair breakage. I decided at that time that I wanted to apply much less heat to my hair so that I could grow it longer and stronger.
So, as quickly as I started my natural hair journey, it was much more to strengthen my hair so it looked healthier as quickly as I wore it straight. I wasn’t as concerned Along with embracing and rocking my natural curls.
Part of this is because I was convinced I didn’t have actually beautiful curls to embrace. I’d been wearing my hair straightened for a majority of my life, so my hair was “heat trained”. In others words, I had damaged my natural curls for so long that I no longer had my natural curl pattern.
My natural hair after Bantu at the start of my hair journey
Over time, after applying much less heat to my hair and attempting out styles, enjoy Bantu knots and twist outs, I started to see my natural curl pattern much more and more.
Since I wasn’t initially focused on embracing my natural curls (and unaware they even existed), I didn’t take the very best care of my hair. The roots of my hair started to prove to my natural curl pattern, yet the ends of my hair were still fairly straight and thin.
I could have actually cut the straight, limp ends at that time yet I was afraid of executing the “big chop” (I didn’t believe I could pull off the short curly fro look) so I decided I would certainly gradually transition instead. I decided to go on to grow out my hair, allowing my natural curl pattern to grow in while gradually cutting off a few of the straight ends In the long run until I was left Along with a head full of bouncy and healthy and balanced curls.
Last month, I decided to grab a much more substantial section of my hair cut and I had been eyeing this truly cute bob hairstyle.
My bob haircut
When I washed my hair after the haircut, it was the very first time I truly viewed exactly what my natural curls would certainly look enjoy free of the straight ends. I fell in like the gorgeous curls I saw!
However, Due to the fact that the front of my hair was longer, the front sections of my hair still had some straight ends. I was initially preparing to wait and grow those straight ends out, as I had been executing previously…
…yet last week I got a hold of some scissors and went a little scissor happy. I started snipping a piece right here and there until it was also late to turn spine and I ended up cutting off all the straight ends.
So, I unofficially gave myself a “big chop” and I’m been so pleased Along with the results!
Now that I’ve gotten rid of my damaged ends, I hope to go on to grow my hair to be stronger, longer, and healthier.
My natural curl pattern after my haircut
Retain Your Mane Hair Challenge
This past week, I was scrolling through my Instagram feed and viewed that Trials N Tresses had an Instagram post concerning a hair challenge they’re hosting starting in January.
What optimal timing!
I’ve decided that I hope to take section in their hair challenge so I signed up online!
The hair challenge is focused on healthy and balanced hair growth and length retention. The hair challenge will certainly take put from January 1st-March 1st. The challenge involves monthly check-ins and targets throughout the challenge. By signing up, you additionally receive various resources to assistance you continue to be on track.
…and did I mention they’ll have actually prizes and giveaways?!
Goal #1: Decrease Shedding
The very first phase of the hair challenge is focused about straightforward hair care program to assist Along with decreasing shedding.