1 year Comparisons

June 2013->October 2013->June 2014

1 year Length Check!!

Pictures say a 1000 words so here you go!

It is at 7 and a half inches of growth with just passes Mid back length!! Yay! I am only an inch and a half away from waist length!! This is so exciting; in 12 months my hair grew more than 7 inches. Before my healthy hair journey, I grew 1 to 2 inches in a year. Now I'm at 7 and a 1/2. Craziness. My next goal is to be waist length. Hopefully I can get there in 3 months. We'll see!! 

Straight hair!!!

On May 22, I finally straightened my hair! It had been 1 whole year since I last straightened it, so I was anxious to see the end product! Here is how I ensured healthy hair while applying direct heat:

I still avoided blow drying my hair. Instead, I clarified, detangled and banded my hair 3 days prior to straightening. For the next 3 days I let my hair air dry while being completely stretched. Then I applied heat protectant and straightened my hair with medium heat. Finally I applied Moroccan oil to the finished product. This is what it looked like!!

The ends look incredible and I am thrilled with how soft and thick it came out! My hair has never looked this good and I know it's because I stayed away from heat during the year.

The experience was a little traumatic for me because I had some breakage while I was straightening and I didn't want to fry my hair. While I was super pleased with the result, I won't be straightening my hair again anytime soon. It shows my length but I really do love my curls.

This year, I fell back in love with my curls and this experience proved that to me. I'm happy with how far I have come from just a year ago thinking that I only looked good with straight hair.

Here is a side by side comparison

To me, both look great. I <3 my hair

1 year post!!!!!!

A whole year has passed! I have been a little MIA becuz of finals and stuff but I will catch up with everything in these next few posts. I will start off with my yearly goals! 

No direct heat ✔️

No hair dye ✔️

No chemicals ✔️

No harsh brushing with dry hair✔️

No tight hairstyles✔️ 

I accomplished all my goals!! I am seriously so proud that I got through everything for 12 months. Going into this new year, it's time for new goals. I think I will keep the same ones from this past year as guidelines but I'm adding these:

1) Protective Styles

2) Protect my ends

3) Be patient

My hair is mid back length now (as you will see in another post) so I'm going to have to be really careful with my ends since I don't want to be trimming them too much. 

This time next year I want to be hip length with straight hair, so I will have to keep my ends tucked and make sure my hair stays moisturized. It is healthy and thick right now so I know it is definitely possible. Can't wait to see what's in store! 

October 2013 ---- May 2014!!!

Happy Healthy hair Journey! Here is to another year!