AfRoDiVa

Going natural? Know your hairtype!

I've been natural since Summer 2009, but even now I haven't a definite formula to handling natural hair. Being natural can be cheap and enjoyable, but if you're not careful, you might end up spending even more than you would on a weave.

 

Going natural is a transition that takes time, and even when you're finally transitioned, finding a regimen that suits you takes research and patience. There's alot of natural hair-care regimens that you can find online, but if you're not patient enough, you may end up buying every single product recommended by different people, of which you'll most definitely not use most of them. 

So what I suggest is that you first get acquainted with your hair. Knowing what type of hair you have is the first step to developing a healthy successful hair-care regimen. There're different hairtypes. So how do you know your hairtype?

Type 2. 

If you have Type 2 hair, your hair is described as wavy, and it doesn't bounce. 

There are 3 type 2's: 

2a: It is thin and fine. It is the lightest of all three type 2's. 

2b: Is medium-textured.

2c: Is thick and coarse, and frizzes the easiest

 

Type 3: 

If you are biracial, this is the hair type you are likely to have. It is curlier, and can be bouncy too. 

3a: Tends to be loosely curled

3b: Tighter curls, ranging from ringlets, to corkscrews

3c: Slightly kinky curls.  

 

Type 4: 

The awesome afro, and it is in my opinion the most high-maintenance demanding. I have this type of hair, and it coils and dries up really easily. 

You know you have type 4 when it doesn't flow around your face when you try to toss it from side to side lol. 

It can be puffy like this, but can also shrink up to 75% of the actual hairlength. It is the most fragile, and needs alot more care since it has fewer cuticle layers to protect it.  

4a: Has an s-shaped tight curl. 

4b: Has a z-pattern. Does not have a definite curl pattern. 

Because this particular hairtype has less cuticle and has tighter curls and/coils, it's hard for it to absorb moisture. So the key to promoting health and growth is MOISTURE! Lots and lots of moisture, and more importantly water-based moisture.

I will post up some hair care regimens I later, maybe during my next study break ^^

Ciao!

 

 

 

 

 

Hello ma DIVAS! It's been a while since I wrote a story, so this is my not-so-most-recent attempt at it. 

Lemme know what ya think^^

Pending Title: Kiss Serah

Intro

A gentle breeze swirled through the trees,whispering strange tongues to the leaves. The sky shown a beautiful shade of orange, and even the clouds admired in awe the magnificence of the sun. But the world appeared less appreciative of the scenery, assuming a normality of the glorious ritual. Had it known there was someone admiring from a distance, the sun might have been a little bit more charismatic.

As she sat at her study table in front of the window, enjoying warmth pernetrating her window pane, Serah contemplated on what to write. She had never run out of ideas for stories, but she never succeeding on finishing one either. She tapped her pencil anxiously on her pile of wide-ruled papere. She had always known her passion for writing since she was eight, and she remembered having difficulties finishing any of her short stories in her teenage years. They always seemed to go on endlessly, and she was not the type to lan the sequences out; she enjoyed the suspense herself.

She gazed at her reflection in the window, and the first thing she noticed were the whites in her hair. She had aged beautifully and gracefully, just as she had asked God to let her. And how time had flown by she found hard to believe. She could still remember her youthdays like they were yesterday. Perhaps she ought to write an autobiography, she thouht. But she lacked what to write, or even what part of her life to begin from. She knew people who wrote autobiographies always had a climatic phase in their lives that made their story so unique from others, but even the few excitement she had had in her life were of no significance. She was growing older, and she knew she wanted somuch to leave behind her name, a story from which the world would be inspired; one to tell others she had once existed. And one by which many would be saved.

Relaxed to natural hair transition

Hello everyone! I'm so excited to write my very first blog. I have so many things I would like to share with you, but I will do my very best to focus on one at a time. And also I will be handling different topics each day.

I decided to go natural around February 2009, and I must say it is a great feeling seeing what my natural hair looks like after years of endless expenditure on perms. I remember standing infront of the mirror in the bathroom, and thinking, "Oh my goodness! I don't remember how my natural hair looks or feels like". It was at that moment that I decided to turn naturalist altogether ^^. But going natural, vegetarian, and trying to lose a few pounds have been a few of my greatest challenges this year, and I still am at the first stage of transition (it's hard to give up chicken^^). 

Taking this major turn means changing my entire mind-set and lifestyle. I shall set aside time from school, and post tips and advice on our major topics of focus that I get from researching and also from my own experiences, and I hope they will be helpful to someone. As wonderful and self-fulfilling the decision may seem, wearing my hair is a real challenge, not to mention in the winter.

We are about three weeks into winter now, and I've been wearing my hair out all this while. I thought it is okay to wear your afro out in the winter, as long as you grease it constantly. But I found out that leaving your hair out in the cold for an extensive period of time can cause it to dry up, and this can cause your hair to break. I spray my hair everyday, and oil my scalp when I have the time, but these don't seem to be helping.

Wearing cotton hats is not good either, because it absorbs moisture. So your best bet is to wear a protective hair style, like cornrows, braids, or weaves. If you are an afro newbie like me, or want a hairstyle that promotes the most growth, braiding is the way to go.

Coconut oil, olive oil, and tea tree oil are the three oils I have managed to memorise that are very essential to promoting health to the body and hair. I have yet to try sheer butter, which has been negated by some people, so stay tuned for updates on that.

I have not decided what my next topic will be about, so I will end here. Take care, and see you tomorrow!

Hello dear readers!

Welcome to my blog. In case you are visiting for the first time, I'd like to give you a warm welcome and thank you for giving my blog life by viewing it lol.

I'll start with brief introductions:

I call myself AfroDiva. 1) Because I have an afro and 2) I know how to rock it like a real diva should^^. 

Things I love in life are:

Church 

Food (None other than my African food^^)

Music (Try guessing what type)

Animals (My fav right now is the shi tzu puppy. This particular one lol

) 

Movies (I'm in love with the Joseph movie)

Dance

Photography

Writing (songs, poetry, stories).

So much for a brief intro eh? I'm not good at summarizing stuff, but don't worry. I'll do my best to make sure none of my posts ever bore you to sleep lol. 

I know my blog is not s0 colourful, but I'm working on it, so it'll take some time and research. 

So that's all for the intro. Looking forward to viewing your feedback, and have a blessed week!

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