Hello Lovies,
How many times have we all made the statement, I can't wait until my hair reaches the length of so and so? Or I can't wait until my hair reaches a certain length so that I can do this or that to it. I wish I had hair like whomever. I know I am guilty of making all of the statements above, and I have heard all of these statements regarding my natural hair. Ladies, we are so guilty of always wanting something that another women has (but that is a whole different topic of discussion that I am not even going to go into right now) Lol.
My main reason for this particular blog post is because I want to encourage all of my natural hair women out there to just sit back, relax, and enjoy your natural hair care journey. For many of us we debated for months and maybe even years on if we wanted to actually BC (big chop) or transition. I myself wasn't patient enough so I did the BC. When I first did the BC I was sooooo not confident in myself. Ladies, who are natural and did the BC but also did a BC during our relaxed hair days...I know you all understand what I am speaking about. Chopping off all of your hair while you are relaxed is totally different then chopping off all of your hair when you are natural. The getting used to process is something else. Lol. Once I did the BC I wore wigs, literally for the first year of my hair journey. Very rarely did I ever let my curls out to be free. A lot of that had to do with the fact that I did not have a clue on what was going on with my head. I didn't understand the process and care that I would need to have on my natural hair. I was so lost, and confused. During this year I buried my face in Youtube. THANK GOD FOR THE YOUTUBERS OUT THERE. I started researching natural hair and trying to learn everything I possibly could, because this was now going to be a new life style for me.
Once I figured out the basics of being natural (check previous blogs) I realized that this journey wasn't going to be as hard as I originally thought. I figured out what worked for Izzie and I stuck to just that. By doing this it taught me the importance of maintaining healthy hair. Healthy hair is a topic that many of us don't really focus on or care about and I am here to tell you that you need to care. Healthy hair is what determines how you will be able to maintain your hair growth. Researches say that we average about a half an inch to an inch of hair growth every month. Obviously, this is going to be different for every individual. As for me, I tracked my hair growth for a few months and I found out that I average an inch of hair growth a month. Average growth rate. BUT I also practice a very, very, very healthy hair care regimen. Which includes a healthy diet, exercise, water intake, low manipulation on Izzie etc. All of these are key factors in the health of your hair; as well as, your ability to retain the hair that you grow per month.
Often times people ask me why I cut my hair off as much as I do. And my answer, not boasting or bragging is simply because I practice a healthy hair care lifestyle; therefore, I know that my hair will grow back. And I know that I am capable of retaining my length once it does. So I say all of that to say this, ladies focus less on your hair length and more on your hair health. Your hair is a lot like plants. If you care for them by providing the correct amount of sun light, feeding them with water, and chopping off the bad weeds and such then you will end up with healthy and lively plants. The same is to be said about your hair. How you treat your hair reflects the health of your hair. Your hair is trained to grow.....but what are you going too do to retain your length once it grows???
I hope this was helpful to you beauties,
XOXOX Moeneak
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