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My Regimen to Reverse Protein Overload

April 2014: My hair has fully recovered from protein overload Updated 8/24/2017 - Check out Part 2 for a simpler regimen to reverse protein overload! Happy Monday, my blessed naturals! I hope you all are having a great week. Many of you have been asking about my experience with protein overload. Because I was writing the previous protein overload articles while I was going through it, I decided to do a follow-up article to include my regimen. This one should pull all of the information of my regimen together and hopefully answer many of your questions. If you still have  questions, just let me know in the comments or form on the right side of this page. 1. Realization of experiencing protein overload: My hair was hard, dry, brittle, and stiff (like hay). It's curl pattern was gone and my ends were split. It seemed like my hair changed suddenly, but I now realize that it had grown a bit rougher after each wash. I realized that I'd done too many protein treatment...

My Interview with Lisa Arrindell Anderson on Her Natural Hair

Flexi Rods were used to achieve this look (Photo courtesy of http://blog.lisaarrindellanderson.com/ & Anna Ritch) Lisa Arrindell Anderson has acted in several movies including " Livin' Large","A Lesson Before Dying", "Disappearing Acts", and "Madea's Family Reunion". She has also played in many television shows and plays. This week I was blessed with the privilege of interviewing her about her lovely tresses.  1BN: On your blog, I know you said that you went natural in 2001. What made you make that decision? LAA: The last perm that I got, I was watching the Twin Towers go down in flames. I left my house from watching it at home, on the news. So, I turned off the TV and got in the car and drove to the salon like I used to on Tuesdays. I just did what I normally would do on a day that was so abnormal. It just felt like I wasn’t really experiencing what was happening in the real world. At the same time, there she [th...