Hitting the road to the Curly Hair Expo!

I’m super excited to be going to my first natural hair show on July 28, 2012 in Richmond, VA! I won’t be going alone, my niece Marquita, will be hitting the road with me. (I’ll have Marquita blog at a later date on how I gently persuaded her to take the Sistah Curl Journey with me…he-he J.)

 I’ve been natural for five years, but decided to take the curly journey back in late April. I googled and you tubed just about every and anything related to natural black hair. Actually now that I think of it, my search began with keying in: Curly Afros. You see I wanted big, beautiful, curly bushy hair for the summer. J Lucky for me about a month later I came across Keenya Kelly’s Return of the Curls website. I was super ecstatic to learn Ms. Kelly was presenting a Curly Hair Expo!

I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Ms. Kelly. And sistahs… she was soooo cool and just as excited about my plans for attending the expo.  I could tell she was busy from the hustle and the bustle in the background. Nevertheless, she chatted with me and answered all my questions.

By nature I love to learn. So, I am looking forward to learning a wealth of information on natural hair. I’m eager to attend the various workshops, buy goodies from the vendors…”Shhh, don’t tell the hubby,” check out the fashion show, and just have a good ‘ole time meeting up with friends who will be attending the expo.

After the show I’ll come back and blog about my experience at my first natural hair show.

Until Next Time,

Gaye Suzette

Second Chop

Hey All,

This post was supposed to go out weeks ago. Unfortunately, I lost the love of my life, my precious mother, on June 14, 2012. I’m dedicating this post to her. She’s given me so much in life, including my thick and beautiful mane of hair.

I’m back to reveal my second chop. Joanne cut about another two inches off to give me the desired look I was going for. Our goal was to get rid of as many of the remaining straight ends as possible. I would say about 95% of them are done away with…Yaaaaaay!!!

I didn’t have time to go through each step of my new routine. Life is a little crazy right about now. (I’ll come back at a later date to show you my daily routine.) I did away with using the Cantu curling cream. In its place I’m using an all natural-vegan conditioner, Desert Essence in Shea Butter, available at Whole Foods. The conditioner is enhancing my natural curls just as good, perhaps better, than the Cantu curling cream.

Below are pics of my hair after showering and hours after it’s dried. It usually takes a good 3 – 4 hours for my hair to dry because it’s so thick. Deciding to start this journey in the spring has worked out really well for me since I live in the northeast area of the country. The temperature is usually around the low to mid 60s in the mornings and go up to the high 70s to 80s.

                              

For the first time in my life I have wash and go hair! J And the best part of this journey, when it’s raining outside I have no worries of my hair frizzing up after I’ve spent a couple of hours blow drying and straightening it.

Thanks for checking out Sistah Curl Journey! Don’t forget, I’ll be back later to give you a step by step play of how I get my curly look. And please, tell your mother you love her!

Gaye Suzette