How is your hair, Has it began to melt yet

[Cleo Allen]

This video is 1of 3 made about my tramatic CHOP, view them all on youtube.

[Shaneika Frazier]

I am slowly transitioning to the natural hair journey. I havent had a relaxer since March & started wearing braids in April. It humbles you to find your new identity thru your hair. I am discovering a different definition of beauty and I am slowly liking it. Let's see if I can fall in love with it.

[Nappykat]

Welcome to being BLACK, NAPPY, AND HAPPY!!

13 years of nappy and being relaxed free here.

I have heard about this green/grey gunk on the scalps of African american women before, but I spoke to a mortician who said that he hasn't seen it. I have yet to see any pictures or links highlighting this gunk on AA's women heads due to relaxing. Do you have any links or information?

Anyway, here's some links you might like to help you with natural hair.

www.madinaonline.com
www.natureswildchild.com
www.fromnaturewithlove.com
www.camden-grey.com
www.oilsbynature.com
www.carolsdaughter.com
www.exittheapple.com
www.nappturality.com (for information and styles)

Look up stuff like shea butter, amla oil, mamey sapote oil, coffee butter, cocoa butter, coconut oil, avacado butter oil and butter, mango butter, ect. They are natural and may serve your hair and skins moisturizing needs well and perhaps way butter than most petroleum and mineral oil based products.

Also, I am using this new shampoo and conditioner called 'Yes to Carrots' and it's great (to me at least). 99% natural.
http://yestocarrots.com/

It's slightly expensive at $7-$10 a for a 16 oz bottle but that's not too bad. So far I've bought it at Walgreens and Target.
http://yestocarrots.com/

I also like Dove and Aussie Moist and have found these to be better than than the stuff I usually bought at the Beauty Supply store that is suppose to specifically designed for our hair. But they still have some good products too that some folks swear by (like Cream of Nature is still good but I haven't used that in years).

Good luck and I'm sure you will love having natural hair. It may take some getting used too at first, but it really great. When you get to being 100% natural hair you feel like a 'ceiling' has been lifted from your head.

[Cleo Allen]

I make and market my own natural skincare products, including natural hair care. visit me online at www.sherellee.com

[Nappykat]

Wow, they look yummy. Thank you for sharing your link. I am always trying to mix up stuff (and I use what I mix up) but usually not of great consistency so I do buy already made stuff from other online retailers.

But if you making your own products, why were you still relaxing? Usually people will go natural first and transition into looking for more suitable (usually natural) products for their hair. I am not saying this has to be the case, only that that has been my experience from those who have chosen to go natural. It follows that when people use natural products, they don't always work well with hard water, so people look into water filters. And then look into eating better (for better hair growth) which includes vegetable and fruit, etc. As part of their hair care regiment and getting it to grow, they also look more into holistic medicine like stones, herbs, reiki, and such (all of which contributes to overall health including hair), and then naturally they become more and more 'green.' At least that is how it's been for me and a few others I know. So going down this route is actually more than just hair, but that's where it starts. It a fullfilling journey, or least it can be.