The Curly Buzz

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The Curly Buzz is an online broadcast of interesting people, information, events and products that are buzzing in the virtual natural hair community.

The Curly Buzz’s Newly Natural Guide will discuss deciding to go natural, Building your Healthy Hair Regimen, Choosing Products and styling your newly natural hair.  This newly natural guide will also give fellow YouTubers who can help make your decision to go natural more informed.

Going Natural

The term going natural simply means to decide to stop relaxing your hair and do one of three things to get to your un-relaxed hair.  1. Big chop which is cutting off the relaxed strands of hair down to the new growth 2.  Transition which is growing your hair for several months or years without getting a relaxer and then cutting off the relaxed ends, 3.  Mini-chops meaning to grow your hair without getting a relaxer and periodically cut several inches of hair until all the relaxed ends are all cut off.

Deciding to go natural can be liberating, can give a sense of power but for some it’s a last resort because of unhealthy hair practices. 

LipStickLoveAffair has a video entitled “Yes…You, Me, We can…go natural” she discussing why she decided to go natural and she encourages others that Yes you can go natural too.  Despite all the negativity that you my encounter, going natural is possible and there’s support for you, if you choose to go natural.

EbonyGirlSpeaks also has a video explaining why she went natural after deciding that she wanted healthier hair.  When she started her YouTube channel, she was relaxed so on her channel you are able to see her actually doing the Big Chop!

Building a Healthy Hair Regimen

However it is that you embark on your natural hair journey we all eventually have the same question, “What am I going to do with my hair.” Knowledge is key and when you go natural that statement is truer than ever.

Building a healthy hair regimen will help you get to learn your hair’s likes and dislikes, helps you be able to schedule time for taking care of your hair and it helps you to remember everything that you need to do to your hair.  Your new regimen needs to be written down and referred back to until you can memorize all the steps.

NaturalHairGrowthShow has a video that discusses the importance of having a hair care regimen.  She gives examples and advice to build your regimen.

When you are ready to build your healthy hair care regimen there should be at least five steps included as your base regimen.  But never fear, you’re not attached to the products you choose at first, you can tweak your regimen at any time, just keep at least the five basic steps included.

Those steps are cleansing, conditioning, detangling, moisturizing and sealing, and styling.

There are proper ways to wash, condition and detangle your natural hair.  swimfe has a two part demonstration video showing how she washes, conditions and detangles her natural hair.  

Moisturizing and sealing goes hand in hand.   Natural hair typically is very dry so we have to add moisture to keep the ends of our hair from becoming dry and brittle. Once moisture is added then that moisture needs to be sealed in with oil to lock the moisture in.

Ajwitafro has a short but to the point video that demonstrates her moisturizing and sealing her ends. 

Choosing Products

Knowledge and Research are really important when choosing products to use on your natural hair.  People can be very opinionated about what you should put on your hair but there is nothing better than doing your own research and deciding which product ingredients don’t work for your hair.

There’s an older video by presuchz21 that lists out different ingredients that are typically found in hair care products.  She tells you the good, the bad and the ugly.

Godzdesign1 and Nikkiemae2002 each have videos that encourage everyone to not just accept the motto “don’t use that, it’s bad for your hair” but to do your own research and determine if a product is really bad for your hair. 

Example, We often hear how alcohols are bad for our hair but Cocomodiva has actually did some research on her own that contradicts that.  She has a video where she has research several different types of alcohols and realized that yes, some alcohols are bad for your hair but there are also some alcohols that can be beneficial to your hair.

Do some research on your own and you might be surprised at what you’re missing out on.

Styling

For newly naturals, whether big chopped or transitioned, styling is a hurdle that has to be jumped with some enthusiasm and creativity.  The question again is, What am I going to do with my hair? 

For TWA styles you should check out IKnowLee, InTheTikiLounge and Essentials4You they all have slide shows with ideas for your TWA.

For transitioning styles check out LongHairDontCareLLC, she actually transitioned for over two years before big chopping to arm pit length hair. She has some styling tutorials that will help you out in a styling crisis.

This is a Newly Natural Guide that will hopefully help you jump start your natural hair journey.

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