Ahhh and my needs are complete!!

me soon?..hopefully

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I am so excited!!! So incredibly excited!! As I said in my previous post I am starting I have started my Healthy Hair Journey, it officially began the moment the first sludge of henna mix touched my hair lol. Now in the past my downfall in regards to healthy hair was due to lack of moisture. I could never find a moisturiser kept my hair moisturised and didn't contain those no-go ingredients.

But all has changed! (cue choir of angels singing 'Aaa') 

I had pretty much lost all hope of finding one. My funds were spent so there was no hope of splurging on an expensive one. What really got me down was that i'd ordered a bunch of indian herbs and oils due to come in a few days to start my Ayurvedic regimen and all this is nothing without moisture *sigh*

I even tried to use a normal moisturiser today after rinsing out my henna, shampooing and deep conditioning, and I got that same near crinkliness I usually get...

Okay, time to cut to the chase. I was searching the internet looking for more NHCBs to indulge on and also looking for online hair care shops based in the UK and I came across NaturalCurls. At first I just added the site to my bookmarks to look at much later (I wasn't planning on buying anything until my next paycheck) but after reading some Mop Top Maven to decide what I'm gonna do when my things come I thought, I need to find a moisturiser else this will not work. So I went through my bookmarks. The first few sites disappointed. Products were to expensive or contained no-go's. And the finally I reached NaturalCurls. The moisturiser was  a bit more expensive than i'd hoped but desperate times call for desperate measures. I clicked on the buttermilk and read the ingredients, it passed the test! No no-go's. My heart leapt, but the price.. I checked my bank statement... I could just about make it, it all came down to the cost of delivery.. I went back to the page and there blinking at me was an honest to goodness sign. FREE DELIVERY!!!!!

It was meant to be readers, it was meant to be :)

It should arrive a couple days after my ayurvedic stuff. I'll let you know how everything goes!

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The Beginning..

a blank canvas...
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I guess if this post is called the beginning I should start from the beginning. I am from London (England) and my hair has always been natural. Growing up my hair was in and out of braids and cornrows. When I hit 15 it was in and out of weave. Finally at 18 I asked myself why? Growing up we're told natural hair is ugly and difficult to manage and something that should be hidden, I started questioning this. I didn't like the idea that I was conforming to somebody else's idea of beauty, I didn't like the idea that I had no idea what my hair even looked like and most of all I didn't like the idea that I was going against the way I was made, as if what God had given me wasn't good enough. And so in March 2010 I said no more, I spent a few days on the web reading blogs, researching how to take care of natural hair and then I took out my weave and haven't looked back since.


So why the blog?
As of late my hair suffered some severe neglection. Disheartened by the fact that my hair doesn't respond well to shop bought moisturiser, annoyed by an abundance of single strand knots and distracted by life I started to ignore my hair. It's not getting worse, but it's definitely not getting better. The new year hit and last week I found myself perusing Natural Hair Care Blogs (NHCBs) and I saw this henna treatment that everybody was singing praises about and I thought let me try it. From there, all of a sudden the motivation to start my healthy hair journey (hhj) kicked in. 


The main reason for the blog was to show how I reach my head of healthy hair using products easily found in the UK. While reading NHCBs, most of which are American, a new product will be reviewed that will seem to be really beneficial to my hair, I get all excited thinking it will solve a problem, only to find it's not available in the UK or if it is i'd have to pay a crazy shipping fee..


So i'm lying in bed with a hair full of henna, anticipating the results and introducing myself to all my fellow Naturals in the UK (and anyone else who might be reading this :D )


Results will be posted soon,
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