1Blessed Natural Mag

1BlessedNatural: In a Weird Place with My Natural Hair...Frustrated Hey, my blessed naturals, Lately, I've in such a weird place with my natural hair. I've been natural since 2011 and transitioning before that, but this is the first time I've become super frustrated with it. I've had moments of frustration through the years but this time it's much different.  If you've read some of my previous posts, then you know I spent a lot of the summer in protective styles and caring for my hair in between. What I didn't realize was how fast my hair was losing protein due to the frequent washing because of the... YOU GUESSED IT! seborrheic dermatitis! By the time I started doing co-washes again to keep my hair moisturized, I was already experiencing moisture overload .  A few weeks ago, I did 2 protein treatments a week apart and saw a big improvement in my hair. Last week, I put my hair in mini twists for the first time in months and noticed that m...

Ok, so today was my bad hair day :-( I washed, deep conditioned, moisturized, and two strand twisted my hair on Friday. I was happy with my twist out; there was not a lot of shrinkage. But, a day later the rain came :-( I grabbed an umbrella but I decided that was one of the joys of natural hair right??!! You don't have to worry about messing up your hair???! However, I woke up this morning with my shrunken baby fro :-( I attempted to style my hair this morning, but really wasn't in the mood. I put on a stretchy headband, but ended up taking it off later on in the day. I should have actually rocked a hat or hair net (accessory) I don't think my hair looked bad, it just wasn't doing what I wanted it to do lol. Oh the joys of natural hair! Despite my bad hair day, I wouldn't trade it for the world :-) LOL  Thanks for listening ladies :-) I had to vent! lol                   ...