0 7 Cute & Simple Natural Hair Styles

7 Cute & Simple Natural Hair Styles!

1. MsVCharles- Very cute protective style! Great for spicing up a plain ol' bun!
Link to video- My ONE Hairstyle For Any Occasion
2. MsVCharles- Very cute video showing how shingle and do a pompadour and banana clip!
Link to video- Shingling on Dry Hair
3. Naptural85- How to Bantu Knot Out
Link to video- How to Bantu Knot Out Natural Hair Style
4. Naptural85- Cute Twist Out Method
Link to video- Twist Out Method 101 & Maintenance
5. NikkiMae2003- How To Get Big Chunky Hair
Link to video- Mae's Super Chunky Twist Out
6. PrettyDimples01- Really Defined & Cute Braid Out
Link to video- Braid Out
7. PrettyDimples01- Wash N Go
Link to video- Wash N Go

These women have awesome channels with many more tutorials! If you try these styles let me know! I plan to try a few of them myself!

Hope this helps anyone who is in a natural hair rut!

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0 Black hair myths! Is natural hair really that bad?

So you've heard all the news about going natural and you want to see what's it all about, huh? Well, first, lets bust some natural hair myths! We'll call them black hair myths. These are the lies or "theories" or even "old wives tales" that have been passed down for generations about black hair and black hair care. These myths, have discouraged (understandably so) many women from going natural and discovering their natural hair.

First, let's talk about what exactly is "black hair"? To be honest, I don't believe in "black hair", none of us, no matter if we are all brown and have African ancestry, have hair that is the same. Hair varies from person to person or I should say head to head. Yes, a lot of us have hair the has similar traits but, when you get to comparing hair between all races, you'll find many of us share the same hair traits.


This post is going to be my attempt at encouraging those of you who are interested in going natural or are newly natural and a bit frustrated. Let's get to those myths, shall we?

Black Hair Care Myths

• Black hair is more brittle.  Brittle hair is a trait of dry hair. Dry hair is hair that doesn't have the proper moisture. Learning how to properly moisturize and seal in the moisture will help keep hair from feeling dry. Also, maintaining a great protein moisture balance will help prevent hair from becoming weak and damaged.
• Black hair is more dry.  I have read a few studies on why curly hair tends to need more moisture than other types of hair and concluded that this is not a symptom of black hair but, of curly hair. Studies have shown that our scalp makes a natural oil called sebum. When hair is curly, the sebum has a harder time traveling down the hair strand. To rectify this "problem" (I don't find it a problem, it just seems like this may just be a difference in hair types and there is possibly a reason why straighter hair may need the extra sebum.) we can add oils to our hair strand that "mimic" sebum such as, jojoba oil.
• Black hair breaks easily. With education on how to properly care for your hair you can minimize breakage. If your hair isn't properly moisturized and doesn't have a healthy dose of protein, it will break easily. Learning how to gently detangle your hair will also minimize breakage. (Remember how mom combed root to tip? Ouch! Yeah well, you will have better results combing tip to root.) 
• There are not many natural hair styles. It's 2011! Just about any style you can do with relaxed hair, you can do with natural hair. Some natural haired ladies even know how to get their kinks relaxer straight and keep their hair healthy. (check out YouTube for tutorials)
• Natural hair is nappy and has a lot of tangles! To minimize tangles, using great techniques when detangling will remove all or majority of the shed hair. Shed hair is what causes a lot of those big tangles. Also, be sure to your keep hair moisturized (seeing a pattern here?) this will help keep curls clumped and keep them from having love affairs with one another, in my experience.
• Black hair doesn't grow. With the proper knowledge on how to care for natural hair, MANY naturals have experienced 6+ inches of growth a year and some, 1 inch a month!  The average seems to be 1/4 -1/2 of an inch a month for growth but, I think many of us have passed the average. *smiles*

On this natural hair journey I have learned that sometimes as we try to encourage others to go natural we can be pretty hard and negative about our hair. I wouldn't want to go natural either if someone was constantly telling me my hair would be brittle, dry, tangled, and just down right undesirable. Yeah, I would reach for the relaxer too.  Truth is, natural hair or "black hair" isn't bad at all. Yes, curly hair has it's challenges but, once you get the hang of things, it's not that hard at all.

What have you learned about YOUR hair?

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0 Learn Your Natural Hair!!

When you start learning about hair care and YOUR natural hair forget everything you thought you knew about hair care.

For me (and many others) when I started taking care of my natural hair, everything I previously thought about my hair was wrong. My hair wasn't thick, wasn't prone to breakage (at least not in it's natural state), can't lay down with just water and a brush, my scalp didn't need to be greased...

Getting to know their natural hair is something many women don't do because, I see so many women stuck at shoulder length even as naturals and I have to wonder, Did they ever learn what works for their hair? Obviously, not. Many us go by what people say works for black hair. That's your first mistake right there...

Kimmaytube (check out her youtube channel) is a great example of learning your hair and doing what works for you. When you have learned what works for your hair, you will see consistent results with length and health.There are others on youtube you can check out too of course.

 Even after being natural for 2 years I had to step back and relearn my naturally curly hair. I don't have black hair, I have my hair and what it needs will differ from what someone elses natural hair may need. I have had to really look at why I was doing certain techniques and examine if they were really working for me.I had been taking care of my hair for years, how I was told black hair needed to be taken care of even after going natural. This is what caused me to have a full year of set backs!

I have also learned not to take what other naturals say as "WORD!". There is no hardfast way to take care of natural hair that fits ALL curls.Yes, people can give great advice but, all it is is advice. Take it or leave it but, if what you're doing isn't broke don't fix it!


So, learn your natural hair. Learn what it likes and doesn't like.This is your hair care journey and it isn't going to be the same for everyone!



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0 My definition of natural hair

There has been a bit of chatter...well there has ALWAYS been chatter in the natural hair community about what it truly means to be or go natural.

What does being natural or natural hair mean, to me?

It simply means, I do not have a relaxer in my hair. Simple as that.

What is not natural, to me?

Relaxed, texlaxed, texturized, anything that someone does to their hair to relax the curl. I don't care if it only relaxes the curl for 2 days and then you wash it out, while your hair has that chemical in it, it isn't natural to me. Like the Brazilian Keratin Treatment.

Hair color? I don't even care. Eat junk food? I don't care. As long as the hair on your head is in it's natural curly state, the way it grew out of your head without any chemicals added to it, you have natural hair in my eyes.