Alyson’s Healthy Hair Journey
Hi Chan! I know that I have written to you before, but I wanted to make sure Happy
Healthy Hair and its followers understood just how much I appreciate your
consulting, feedback and styling tips that I have received.
I
am approaching my 3 year anniversary of being natural. It’s a little hard
to believe for me because when you first mentioned that you were considering
going natural – before the business was even conceptualized, I decided to do it as merely a challenge,
not fully understanding how it would turn out to be the BEST decision and
transition that I made as it pertains to health and beauty for my life.
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| Alyson 16 mos into Natural Transition |
I didn’t go natural to grow my hair long, most
people who know me know that I have always had long hair; my goal was to obtain
Healthy hair. I chuckle now
because I reflect on a conversation that we had within the first 6 months of my
transition. I told you that I was
“growing a new head of hair.” I didn’t even realize that my hair line had
slightly receded, exclusively, because of the relaxers that I had been getting!
When I stopped getting the
relaxers, the hair that had been receding, started to grow back and now has completely
grown in.
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| After Big Chop(check out that hair line!) |
I remember prior to
this, a lady walking up to me asking if I had been stressed because my hair
that was thick everywhere else, but was thin around my temples. She
meant nothing by this, but it bothered me, and it wasn’t until I stopped relaxing that I even realized, I was supposed
to have hair there!!!
Because
of my hair texture it’s been easier for me to style my hair without heat or
much manipulation while I was transitioning and even now. I am not a
hair ”styling” person so being able to wash and go is truly a blessing from God
for me! I have always refrained from
using a lot of heat, but this journey has been great for me because it has allowed me to further reduced the heat damage my hair was enduring. Ladies, too much heat is not our hair’s
friend. Moisture and low manipulation is! I don’t do much to my hair and
it thrives because of it.
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| Wash n Go |
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| Recent Flat iron(was removed from an updo) |
We don’t
go plant flowers in our yards, and then dig around in the dirt every day do we?
No, we let them do their thing. I’ve found the same applies to hair. You should choose styles that you can
maintain with as little manipulation as possible. (I wear my hair protected 99% of the time)
Total
“girl” confession – I LOVE it when my husband runs his fingers through my hair
every night. I LOVE that he loves MY
natural hair, whether I wear it curly, or the very rare times that I flat
iron straight (once once a year max!). I love that my children love
playing with my hair when they cuddle with me at night.
I love that my daughter will NEVER, as long as
she lives in my house, have a relaxer come near her head. I love that she loves her beautiful
locks, and while she does like her hair straight, she isn’t in a panic when she
goes swimming or running around the water park because she can’t get her hair
wet. She is a kid! GO PLAY IN THE SPRINKLERS! GO SWIM!
Get your natural hair wet.
It’s fine! We’ll take care of it when you are finished. I’m happy
that I am able to raise her to love her natural hair and not be in bondage to
it.
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| Alyson's Daughter enjoying her Healthy Hair |
Healthy
Happy Hair has been a true blessing in my life. What started out as a challenge to see if I “could do it” has turned
into an attitude of “I would NEVER do without it!” Yup – I am going
on record in saying that I will never perm my hair again because I have been
fully equipped, through your services, to care for my natural hair!
Thank
you HHH,
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| Alyson and Me |
