How To Start Your Natural Hair Journey: Tips, Secrets and Styles

This is an article on how to start your natural African Hair journey.

Going natural might be one of your biggest decisions as a fashion lover, many years before, going natural was not an easy feat without the right guide, products and information. But now, we have beauty blogs... Just like Victoria Awe's blog and many guidelines online.

Natural African hair used to be seen as inappropriate for the workplace, It caused discrimination amongst people and it even led to condemnation in public places, now that's scary!



 But as Africans, civilization has groomed us to accept being African, our skin colour and hair texture being the strongest contenders.



What Is Natural Hair?


The Natural Hair is the hair which has not be altered by chemicals and other things, which grows directly from the body. It is in it's primary state and has not been relaxed with relaxers.

Not all chemicals alter our hair, water is a chemical but it doesn't alter the natural balance of our natural hair. Now, since we know what natural hair is all about, we begin the transitioning.

Read on How To Make Your Natural Hair Soft

The Transitioning: Chop or Grow Out

 Transitioning is the change from relaxed hair to natural hair.
One of the most important decisions you have to make now is if you want to do the 'big chop' or 'growout'.

Big Chop:

This is the cutting off the relaxed hair. Some cut it completely, some just cut the edges to a needed degree.

Grow Out:

You can just grow your natural hair out without cutting it, in case you are scared of  completely losing your hair. As time goes, your hair will go through a major breakage to release the relaxed hair to let in new, beautiful and natural hair. I recommend castor oil, to hasten your hair growth.

Buy Castor Oil


Buy The Jamaican Castor Oil

Castor oil is known to rejuvenate breaking hair and it has vitamins to make hair longer and Fuller. Getting yourself a bottle of castor oil will assure your faster grow out of your hair into a natural one.

Protective Hairstyling:

African hair is very fragile, a little exposure to the weather condition can spell doom for your hair. African hair should be protected by doing styles called "protective hairstyles'. The hair styles prevent drying of hair, breakage and shedding.

Braids:

You can always have your hair into braids anytime you want to prevent hair conditions. You can have them in cute twists or 'bob marley'.

Weaving:


You can weave your hair into various styles, it's safe to say they also effectively Protect your hair.

Natural Hair Styles:
Bantu Knots

You can have your Bantu knots, your crotchet, your dreadlocks. You might not want to go overly zealous with the hairstyles since you are just starting.

Tinted Dreadlocks

If you are feeling brave, you can do your dreadlocks and get it tinted. The tinting does give it an edge and tosses the boring old Mary to the spot light.

Weaving With A Twist

The curly bangs and your weaving does make a cute hairstyle a day at work or a night out even.

Cute Twists


The Puff


The overlapping updo


Tinted Lowcut



HAIR CONDITIONING
Like your relaxed hair, your natural hair needs to be frequently conditioned. I even recommend a leave in conditioner, instead of our old-fashioned put and wash conditioner.

The conditioner provides protein to strengthen your hair, make it shine, softer and silky and I know the absolute conditioner for you!

Buy Cantu Leave in Conditioner

Buy Cantu Repair Hair Shea Butter

The Cantu Shea butter leave-in conditioner provides your natural hair with enough moisture to glow and grow.

HAIR MOISTURIZING
 Hair Moisturizing is the process of protecting the hair by adding oils, sprays and creams to give the hair needed conditioning.

As a naturalista, hair Moisturizing is paramount, and if you ask why:

* It protects the hair

* It makes hair glow

* it fights hair breakage

* It softens your natural hair.

Shea butter is an absolute favorite of all naturalista because it gives your hair enough moisture for the entire day! So, you will worry less about the weather condition drying off your hair. That's why you should try my five top Shea butter, and guess what! Cantu is one of them.

Buy Luxurious Shea

buy tripple 0 Shea Butter

Buy Cantu Shea Butter

Buy Shea Moisturize

SHAMPOOING

Shampooing is the washing of your natural hair with soap called the shampoo! The shampoo is mostly liquid, but in some cases, they tend to be in a paste-like form.

Hair shampooing is also an essential part of your natural hair journey, you need to know the right soap to wash your hair with so it doesn't get damaged. Like I always say, having Healthy and natural hair isn't a day's job. You have to be consistent and ready to invest a lot of time and money.

Shampoos can make or mar your hair, so that's why we have carefully picked up best shampoos to give your hair, the wow-factor, if you know what I mean 😉

Yisa Natural Shampoo

Buy Natural Hair Shampoo

NATURAL HAIR DIY

In case you are already a full fledged naturalista and you don't know what DIYs are... You are missing a lot!

DIYs- Do It Yourself, are homemade solutions to our everyday hair problems and issues. You make use of the most freshest of plants to get the best results.

* Honey + Banana

- Mesh two bananas in a plate

- Add 3 tablespoon of honey

- mix the two together

- Part your hair into four neat sections

- Carefully massage the mixture from the roots to the edges.

- After finishing the four sections, wear a shower cap.

- Rinse with warm water after 30 minutes

Results:

It makes your hair longer and shiner as a result of the nutrients in the honey and vitamins in the banana.

* Aloe Vera Gel

- Get three spoonful of aloe Vera Gel.

- Part your hair into four sections

- Massage the gel into each section starting from the roots.

- Wear a shower cap over it for 30 minutes.

- Rinse with Clean Water.

To get more hair DIYs, read:

Read How To Make Your Hair Longer and Fuller

Tips For Your Natural Hair:

* Moisturize as often as needed.

* Wash your hair every week.

* Do not expose your hair to weather conditions.

* Do not comb your hair like a killer

* Condition as often as you wash your hair.

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