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Happy New Year y’all!

I really can’t believe that it is 2018, but I am so excited because I feel like this year is going to be dope. I filmed an update video that talks about my path that has once again been redirected, as well as my goals for the new year. If you haven’t checked it out yet, you can do that here. I’m speaking into existence countless blessings and abundance and growth in every area of my life, which brings me to today’s post. I really want to more closely document my hair growth and how it’s acting, because I feel like I have been stuck for a while. I made a switch in my natural hair regimen and have since seen a ton of improvement in my moisture retention and my curl definition. You guys have to believe me when I say that I have NEVER seen my hair act like this before and I love it! So I’m curious to see what will happen as time goes on and I really continue to put a huge focus on properly caring for it and not taking any shortcuts. I typically wear my hair in my signature “tapered cut” look but I’m trying to part my hair so it can grow downward? Haha i’m not sure if that makes any sense, but I am desperate to try something new! I have a really hard time retaining length in the back of my head and on the sides and I feel like this has improved since I started parting my hair. I don’t have too much more to say at the present time and I feel like these posts will end up being fairly short/mostly photo drops. So here are my starting pictures for my natural hair update this month!

 

#2018 is the #yearofgrowth

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Happy Sunday!

I hope everyone has had a lovely weekend. I wanted to do a really quick blog post to share my Miss Jessie’s Salon Experience. Miss Jessie’s is a leader in haircare within the natural and curly haired community, but did you know that they also had their own Salon?! I had no idea until I read the book written by Miko branch, one of the co-founders of the brand, entitled “Miss Jessie’s: Creating a Successful Business from Scratch—Naturally.”

I bought this book several years ago after I had recently gone natural and also after the extremely unexpected death of the other co-founder of the brand, Titi Branch. It was just sitting on the bookshelf collecting dust until I grabbed it to read while doing a lot of traveling this past Summer. After I started reading it, I finished it over the span of I think 3 weeks, which is really quick for me! I was so inspired by the story of two sisters grinding it out in NYC to follow their dreams, but was surprised to learn how much I had in common with these women! They’re also of mixed African-American and Japanese heritage with family having the last name Pittman from the same area where my Pittman family members are from! How cool is that?? AND, their grandma, Miss Jessie, lived in Poughkeepsie and would shop at the same grocery store I used to go to in College! Learning more about these sisters and their struggle to create something they believed in made me feel so close to them and by the end of the book I was rooting so hard for them. Needless to say, I was stoked when I found out I’d be able to get a last minute appointment at the Miss Jessie’s Salon my birthday weekend.

It was so crazy to know Miko’s motives and the thought process behind all of her choices in the salon and then experience them first hand. I felt like royalty during my entire experience and all of the staff was SO. NICE. If you’ve been following my natural hair journey at all on any of my platforms, you know I’ve had some difficulty finding a natural hair salon that I trusted and made me feel comfortable (because I’ve been shamed and also had nonsense spewed at me) but I instantly fell in love with the Miss Jessie’s Salon staff. They listened to my concerns and my story and were able to suggest products that would work for me. My visit consisted of a super deep conditioner, end-trim, and two-strand twist (which I neglected to get a picture of. Bummer.) and I loved the results and process of everything. I can say, without a doubt, that this will be the salon that I go to for the entirety of my time in NYC. I’ll share the products they suggested as well as the other products I’m using in my current natural hair regimen with you soon. Do you use Miss Jessie’s products?? Let me know which ones in the comments below!

 

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When I decided to embark on my natural hair journey 3 years ago, I didn’t know what to expect. I was really anxious but excited to begin learning about how to take care of my own hair, something I honestly had never been quite invested in up until that point. My natural hair journey thus far has taught me so much about my hair and myself, and has also introduced me to this new community I never knew existed. This blog was actually started to document my hair journey, and although I’m really happy with the current direction of my blog, I am so upset that I have been neglecting to consistently post about what’s going on with my hair. Now that I’m posting stuff on stuf on stuff (if you have no idea what I’m talking about you should watch this vid I just uploaded.) I have literally NO EXCUSE to not be more consistent with sharing. Also, 11/1 was my big chop anniversary! Woo hoo! Hooray! Cue the loud obnoxious DJ airhorn sound effect! Reflecting on my journey for the past three years, I’ve seen a lot of growth and also a lot of breakage (*cries*) but I actually really love my length at the moment and I feel like the tapered look has sort of become my signature style…but you guysss…The Texas girl in me wants hair that is as big as possible, so I’m still on a mission to attain that. I recently went to the Miss Jessie’s Salon in Soho (#treatyoself) and I will be doing a separate post on that and my experience, but I got my ends trimmed and bought some new products and I am excited to see what happens! I recently made a commitment to myself to actually learn how to do some protective styles that don’t involve wigs or weave or crochet so I can bond with my hair and understand it better. Y’all pray for me because I don’t know how this will go, but I’m feeling some similar excitement that I felt when I first went natural. It just seems like another phase or layer within the process that will teach me new ways to love myself and I am ALWAYS down for that. SO. Since I haven’t posted update pictures since 4 months after my big chop a.k.a. an eternity ago, here are some new updated pictures below so you can see where I’m at. You should also take a peek at my hair story here, and I’m pretty sure you can see me fresh after my big chop! So much progress since then wow! Without further ado…

 

 

 

If anyone reading this has some good progress pictures, please share them below!! I would so love to see them and talk about your hair journey!