a chicago style blogger and digital account exec, Andrea is a no holds barred woman who has grown to discover that she really loves her hair and that she make no apologies for it.
andrea, your hair is so pretty! what’s the story with the hair?
i don’t know! [laughs] my mom has auburn colored and looser curl hair and my hair is nothing like hers. but my father…my grandmom, his mom, is hawaiian and philippina and my grandpa was polish so my dad has really very coarse hair. so i’d say it’s more of my father, but then my hair is blonde, so…
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this is such a loaded question. it seems simple, but the reality is that detangling is a process that you have to figure out on your own.
it depends on how much your hair sheds and how often you touch/style/manipulate your hair.
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a few days ago, fellow kurly bella @ShandARTProd asked:
@kurlybella do you know of any conditioners that one can leave in and not make the curls hard? have you tried aveda b curly?
as i recently blogged, i’m now in love with ion’s daily leave-in and detangling conditioner. i love the fact that it’s a moisturizing watery leave-in that leaves my hair soft and smelling really good.
i’m now using this every other day.
my other fave leave-in is kinky curly knot today. i have a soft spot in my heart for creamy conditioners…le sigh. and knot today is the bomb! i love this stuff and it works great because of the slip, soft hold, clean smell and light, but strong finish.
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i am an avid swimmer and was a fish out of water as a child. i could have been born a mermaid and i would have been fine. in college i even taught swimming for the red cross. and though the water loved me back as a water baby – it did not love my hair while i was relaxed. at the time i did not really know how to care for my relaxed hair. healthy hair care all around was just not a big deal as it is now.
now as a natural, i have not repeated the same mistakes as i did before which lead to dry, brittle hair and breakage. if you love swimming as well, here are some tips for you to help keep your natural hair at its optimum level.
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i know a few kinkies and curlies and in betweens that have shaved it all off and started over again…just because.
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when i go out on the town, i normally have my hair out. because it’s so big now — my friend recently noted “kurly, did you know that your hair is as wide as your shoulders?” — i love to have it out and fluffed.
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