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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

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…