The journey to the center of the curl!

One day, I watched a Youtube video and 5 minutes later, I chopped off 10 inches of my hair! That’s a story I’ll definitely tell my grandchildren.  Why did I do it? The chemical processes and heat damaged my hair to a point of pure embarrassment. I was unhappy with myself and my hair.  It took 3 years of research and changing my hair habits to allow for full acceptance of my hair’s beautiful curly goodness.

As a Latina, getting my hair washed and set (rollers and sitting under the dryer), was a monthly and soon weekly routine. I wanted acceptable hair for school and I wanted something easy. In high school and university, classes were early and I didn’t want to spend 30 minutes washing and styling my hair, everyday. 

So I chose the easy way out. I washed everyday, using horrible products that ruined my hair and scalp. On top of that, the chemical relaxers and texturizers, not to mention heat (flat iron), was frying those already damaged ringlets. Note: relaxers completely breaks the bond of the hair, making it dead straight, depending on how long the chemical is left in.  A texturizer, softens the bond of the hair, but if left in long enough, it could straighten it. I was drying out my hair and even damaging my scalp. Plus, the processing chemicals smelled horrible and gave me headaches for weeks after the treatment.