My Hair Story

Old Wash and Go

I got my first relaxer at the age of 10. My mom asked me if I wanted a relaxer and I eagerly said yes so my hair would be like the people that I saw on TV. I wandered why all of a sudden she decided to let me relax my hair. Well it turned out that my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer and she was gradually becoming physically unable to take care of my thick waist length natural hair. I got a perm and soon after my mom had a debilitating stroke that left her paralyzed and unable to speak. Well of coarse my hair started to break off and by the time my mom passed away which was when I was 11 my hair looked pitiful. With no other woman in the home I did the best I could with my hair and was relieved when the newest hair trend hit Black America yes I'm talkin bout the Jheri Curl. Every night I applied my activator gel and spray then proceeded to pick the dead gnats out of my hair that had succumbed to the juice at some point during the day. I put on my plastic cap and in the morning I would let my soul glow. I gave up the juice during my teen years and started to relax again. I kept my hair short until 2006 because my hair would get to shoulder length and then break off. In 2006 I joined a hair forum and started to protective style and stretch my relaxers and eventually my hair grew to mid back length. I then tried to transition a few times and did the big chop once only to relax again shortly thereafter. Over the years I have been relaxed, texturized, and texlaxed. Finally in May 2010 I began my final transition which lasted for 18 months. I love my natural hair and have no plans on ever relaxing again.