thinking back to when i went natural i cringe at the things i did to my hair and how i took healthy collar bone length hair and fried it, shred it, ripped it and fried it some more to the brink of death. the resources that currently are available now to new naturals and transitioners was not available to me at the time and kisforkinky didn’t exist nor was it on my radar to start this little space on the internet.

during my transition and first year fully natural, i made many a mistake the main one being too much heat. i see this all the time with new transitioners as well – they don’t want that line of demarcation where the new growth meets the relaxed enes so they fry their roots to death to get them to match the rest of their hair. big mistake!

 

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after watching the video below, it made me reflect on my own journey and the mistakes i made. today, i still see a lot of the same mistakes i made being repeated by newbies.

my top 5 newly natural hair mistakes are

1. waiting too long to big chop.

honey, cut it off already or get good trims and keep that stuff braided up especially if you are type 4 because your breakage is going to be serious.

2. too much heat to compensate for the straight ends.

two words – heat damage.

3. going into being natural as if you hair is going to be fab by default.

this was my problem. i thought that just by being natural my hair would thrive and grow long and be this larger than life, extra ordinary fro. long it did grow, but thrive. no so much. i didn’t know what i was doing when it came to care nor did i take the time to really learn what other naturals were doing on top of pressing my hair twice a week. talk about breakage. ouch!

4. not letting go of what you used to look like with a relaxer.

flaming hot unpopular opinion ahead! news flash! you don’t look that naturally – it’s fake; a mirage, a silicone boobie. it’s fake because you had to FORCE your hair to be straight so when you see the real you it’s a shocker. i know it’s a process, but lets work to get over it and move on with your life.

5. obsession with curl pattern.

either you have it or don’t. been there, done that, got the tee shirt. again, we gots to keep it moving and work with you were born with. stop shingling and giving yourself tendinitis and early onset arthritis trying to get your hair that probably has no curl to curl. curls are pretty and so are no curls so let it do what it do.

so what so you? what do you think the top 5 newly natural hair mistakes are and did you make some of them?

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1. my hair is too nappy to go natural!

this style is great fro transitioners or those rocking mini braids as a protective style for the summer. and don’t let the size of her braids stop you, you an rock this style will almost any size braids, just be creative!

her school girl, red lip look is popping and just as achievable as her hair.

click on any piece to learn more…

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