Welcome to My Black Hair Journey. On this blog I will share my experiences in attempting to grow and maintain my hair. This blog won't have the answers for everyone, but it will have answers for some. Before I talk about growing my hair, I will talk about how I arrived at this point - my black hair journey.
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My mom, who has very dry hair, let me know the results of her recent deep conditioning treatment with Northwest Scents™ hair conditioner. She normally just leaves the hair...
QUESTION: I am truly impressed with what you are saying. I am currently wearing box braids and usually after taking out braids, you lose a lot of hair. What do you recommend?...
QUESTION: Hello, We were discussing your book on a hair board and your sister posted some info and suggested we contact you w/questions. I have had bad experiences with heat...
My book titled Twelve Steps For Growing Black Hair is available for online ordering. In it I discuss the steps I have taken to help my hair grow. For details about this book...
Andre Walker, author of "Andre Talks Hair," came up with a hair classification system that is the most popular one used when referencing hair. He references four hair types as...
I have been researching and formulating my own hair care products for several years. During my research I've studied the best ingredients for my type (4a/4b) of hair. Up until...
These photos were also taken on 4/21/06. They show my hair during and after pressing. Thermal pressing is not for everyone because it does take some time, but I like it...
I press my hair ever two to three weeks. This is what it looks like before it gets pressed. I took these photos on 4/21/06 before I pressed my hair. Some people think that...
One of the effects that growing my hair has had in my life is that it has forced to me take a good look at what I consume. This weekend I finally realized that the tap water I...
This is where my hair is now in March 2006. My hair is quite elastic and sometimes the growth is not as obvious. In between 2001 and 2006 I have refined my hair care products...
This is where my hair was after pressing it and trimming it for two years. My natural hair is a blend between type 4a and type 4b. When unpressed, it forms ringlets, but there...
At the suggestion of my mom, I decided to try pressing again. She let me know that it was a way to give my hair a sort of hot oil treatment. It would also help me detangle my...
Even though I liked wearing my hair natural, I didn't realize that I was damaging it until one day (sometime around 1998) when my mom asked to see how long my hair was. She...
As a teen I wore my hair occassionally in a traditional Nigerian plaited style, and sometimes I wore it pressed. My mom pressed my hair for me. She learned how to press hair...
My black hair journey began in Nigeria, West Africa. When I was a young child, I went to live in the city of Ile-Ife with my mother, my father, and my sister. My mother is a...
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