A guide for girls with naturally curly/coily hair of all textures! Be it loose, tightly curled, thick, or fine. This blog's purpose is to encourage women of all colors to embrace their hair in its natural state. I'll provide inspirational pictures, tips, advice, product reviews, and suggestions to help you get healthy, beautiful hair (at home).
Black Girl Curly
Anonymous asked: I'm in the process of trying to go natural. I want pretty curly hair and I was wondering what I should do to start.
I’d say to start, don’t want ‘pretty, curly hair’….want the hair that grows out of your hair to be strong and healthy.
Not everyone’s hair ‘curls’ and that’s ok!
Hair is still in twists. On (maybe) Wednesday I re-moisturized by untwisting each twist one at a time, misting the section with a water/leave-in concoction I made, adding a creamy moisturizer, and re-twisting. The next day I added some water to my twists and then coated each one with coconut oil. This morning I’m adding water, moisturizer, and coconut oil again to each twist (just a light coating and quickly with my hands).
All of this is really necessary to keep my hair moisturized here. If I don’t stay vigilant, my hair turns into a rats nest QUICK!
Happy Friday! :)
-BGC
Soooo, last week I washed and deep conditioned my hair. I SATURATED my hair with leave-in conditioners (like so much product that you’d think I was joking. Nearly half a bottle of knot today.) Anywho, saturated my hair with leave-in’s and sealed with coconut oil. My hair felt AMAZING. It was the first time since I moved that my hair felt moisturized. Lord knows I don’t want to use that much product every time I do my hair buuuuut……I want my hair to feel that good every time I do it. I’m conflicted. I figure if I only do it once every two weeks maybe it’s not that bad?? Idk. It’s still very much a work in progress. I absolutely do not have a set regimen yet. Climate change is no joke y’all and I am in the DESERT lol. Hope all is well with everyone. Peace. -BGC
This is what the W&G’S turned in to….a high ponytail. Loved it by it only lasted that night lol. By the next day it looked crazy.
My attempt at a wash and go in Miami. I used Kinky Curly Knot Today and Curls Curl Goddess gel. It was a disaster. So dry and ratty. I don’t think I’ll try a W&G for awhile. Like…probably not even on my next vacation. My hair just has too much shrinkage and tangling for that style to work for me.
Here are some shots from last night. I braided my hair in three sections and rolled the bottom :) loved the outcome. Though I don’t want to put heat on my hair every two weeks, I absolutely think stretched hair is best for me here….thinking about curl formers yet again y’all. We’ll see once I get back from vacay. Peace :) -BGC
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. JK why in the world did I lose so much hair. And what’s so crazy is that most of it was broken hair (not shed hair)…I was upset, pissed, frustrated……but then I thought about it and realized that I hadn’t combed my hair (I finger detangle normally) since I moved here (3mons+). Eek! Lesson learned.
Sooo I know I’ve been slightly ghost. I apologize :) Adjusting to a new place, state, region, climate, job, social life has been a little consuming; no complaints so far though!
Anywho, as you all know, I blew out my hair last week and have kept it that way for about four days. Half of me is tempted to keep it blown out until I leave for vacation on the 2nd but…I’m not sure if I’ll last that long. In the meantime, I’m moisturizing and keeping it in braids and pinned up in the back. Out of my face and off of my shoulders.
But anywho, so before I blew it out, I did a protein treatment and trimmed a significant amount off my ends…..unfortunately my hair STILL doesn’t feel that great…not terrible, but def not great…at this point I’m getting slightly frustrated. The climate here is so dry that nothing seems to work to keep my hair moisturized, esp. my ends.
My hair journey has been so interesting. I’ve had the initial transition from permed hair, then the transition from heat damage, and now almost another transition…one from a normal climate to an insanely dry one. Haha. I’m still figuring out what’s going to work for me…figuring out a regimen. I’m thinking that I may need to keep my hair stretched to prevent knots and tangles (since dryness seems inevitable). I don’t want to use heat that often so I’m thinking of investing in curl formers. Bottom line, something’s gotta give :-/ esp if I want to be waist length again by July (and supposedly it gets even DRIER is the summer! Lol eek).
We’ll see. I’ll keep you all updated.
Wish me luck y’all :)
-BGC
The longest part of my hair is two inches away from waist length - back length measured at 19in. I definitely think I’ll make my July and September goals even with the 2-3 inches I just cut off. My hair is just REALLY uneven right now lol…I don’t mind though, I’ll even it up when I straighten next.
Before and after trim. Will do a length check this evening. As you see I *trimmed* a lot off so….we shall see. Blow dried it was past my boob when stretched. After the trim..who knows lol. We’ll see tonight!
Peace.
Anonymous asked: How do you fight/deal with single strand knots?
I’m having SO MANY more than normal…but I think doing the following helps reduces fairy knots:
- pre-pooing with coconut oil
- keeping hair separated during the washing/styling process
- keeping my hair stretched with with twist-outs
- keeping my ends stretched out
Like I said, with this new climate, I’m figuring out my regimen again so…these are things that normally help with single strand knots :) Good luck!
-BGC
