Sis, Stop Doing These 3 Things To Your Natural Hair

First of all, I am preaching to the choir. For many, MANY years I have straightened my hair using some form of heat. About 4 years ago I discovered the heat protectants. I was ok with this because I would never wear my hair in its natural state….N-E-V-E-R! There are many reasons why, but I will save that for another post.

When I started paying more attention to my hair and my wallet, I started to look into wearing my natural hair. Now my natural hair is curly. I guess I would say that it is 2B/2C which is more of a wavy curl pattern. My problem with my naturally curly hair is always all over the place. To be honest, there are times where I just didn’t know what to do with it.

Parts of my hair were wavy, parts were curly, and some parts were straight! I mean parts that would not curl at ALL.  Why my hair was doing this? So, I started doing some research, and I found that the reason my curls would not actually curl was that it had been damaged from using excessive heat.

Heat Damage

Yes, all the years of doing my hair I realized this was my problem. On top of all of this, I love my hair color, and bleaching on top of using different methods of heat on a DAILY basis was killing my hair.

Actually, my hair was being stripped of its natural curl pattern, all from doing things that were not good for my hair! Seriously, I still have a piece in the front section of my hair that will not curl. I am in the process of repairing the damage but it is going to take some time.

I don’t want you to go down the same path as I did. I’m going to help you start out on the right foot if you are thinking about transitioning but find it hard to put down the heat. Here are 3 things that are pivotal in starting in the right direction to have healthy hair.

3 Things You Need To Stop Doing To Your Natural Hair

1. Put down the flat iron.

2. Do away with the curling iron/wand

3. Stop using a blow dryer on high heat

Listen, sis, I know it may be challenging to hold back on the heat. I get it. If you are not ready to make the leap to #teamnoheat you can watch my hair straightening process post here. I am not saying for you to go and flat iron your hair, but I want to show you how years of this process that has now placed me on the road to recovery.

Are you team heat when it comes to styling your hair? Let me know in the comments below!

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