A Hair Story: From Relaxed to Natural

I would like to see more hair styles for natural hair in the photo gallery.

Posted at 2:22PM on October 20th 2009 by Summer

PART 2: Reading the ingredients on your products is ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. STAY AWAY from any product that contains mineral oil, petroleum, and lanolin. For some naturals, "cones", must be avoided, however some naturals are able to tolerate them. Please visit those websites to find out all about "cones". Also, learn your hair type and cater to your hair - don't try to make your hair cater to you. Finally, the best accessory for rocking a natural, other than some fly earrings, is CONFIDENCE! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, to all the sites and vloggers that are teaching. One word of caution though: be careful of what you hear or read, not all vloggers are knowledgeable about proper hair care. It's not that they are purposefully trying to mislead, they just don't know. Kind of like the stylist in the article, I presume. He didn't mean any harm. So, let's cut him some slack, too.

Posted at 10:19AM on October 20th 2009 by Yolanda

PART 1: Please Google the following names (listed in no particular order of importance) for AWESOME blogs and sites that are invaluable to newly natural women and men: naturallycurlly, afrobella, newlynatural, maneandchic. curlynikki, motowngirl, nappturality, nappyme. For tutorials, go to youtube and look up the following video loggers aka vloggers: mahoganycurls and shidanatural. These two you tube ladies, among others, have a wealth of knowledge for newly naturals. Unlike the article above states, I have learned that conditioner - the proper kind that is, is your friend. Water is your BEST friend. Water mixed with glycerin is THE TRUTH (spritzed on your hair, lol..do not drink!).

Posted at 10:19AM on October 20th 2009 by Yolanda

hey if u wanna go natural again you should try watching youtube videos on natural hair.. just google natural hair or haircare. you will find a lot of good stuff. I'm also going natual, and it's working well for me.....

Posted at 12:40PM on October 11th 2009 by tamara

OK ladies, the info in this article is not accurate. If you listen to this guy and skip conditioner for your natural hair you will experience tangling and dryness like you would not believe. You would never be able to comb or brush your hair without discomfort. Also, all hair is not the same. some of our hair does not like oils. Oils seal they do not moisturize. a leave in conditioner with natural ingredients will give you soft hair. His method will send you straight back to your relaxer!

Posted at 1:28PM on September 28th 2009 by Tonya

Eccence is totally wrong on this subject no conditioner? It should definitely be the other way around. Black people who go natural should barely use shampoo, it has sulfur in it, which degrease our hair, which is the last thing we need. White people use shampoo because their hair is more oily than ours. this is big misinformation. instead we should use conditioner I'm very disappointed.

Posted at 3:02AM on September 27th 2009 by Joan

i NEED HELP i WENT NATURAL BUT MY HAIR WOULDNT GROW SO I RELAXED IT NOW I WANT TO BE NATURAL AGAIN PLEASE HELP!

Posted at 11:16AM on September 22nd 2009 by JANE

I did the same thing and I have no regrets. But i wish they would stop putting all those mineral oil products out there. And make more products that would help natural hair rather than hinder it.

Posted at 6:38PM on September 1st 2009 by monique

I have been natural for 11 months now, and I don't plan on going back. I love my natural hair. My hair is thick and healthy. The growth is amazing. I actually feel more comfortable in my own skin wearing my hair the way it was meant to be worn.

Posted at 9:50AM on August 11th 2009 by Im natural

I would like to know why more emphasis is not placed on sisters with natural (not fake) locs. It takes a lot of work and dedication to keep our hair healthy and beautiful. Locs should also me an option on the hair exchange game.

Posted at 10:22PM on August 3rd 2009 by LaWana