My Experience With... Going to a Salon (Natural Hair Journey part 2)

Over 5 years ago, I decided to start a blog when I had a terrible situation regarding Wen hair products. It isn't my first hair horror story, and quite frankly it probably won't be the last. Hey, that's all part of life and growing up, right?

I've also given you dedicated readers a glimpse of my natural hair care journey. Well, kind of. the last time I left you guys off, I had sort of given up on the idea of natural hair. I decided to keep using the texturizer line that I'd been using for a while. BUT, as of August 2020, I achieved the biggest breakthrough that I had in years: I had transitioned to natural hair for a full year. And like an idiot I blew it.

Let me tell you something about natural hair... It is not easy to manage. it has its own personality, its own likes and dislikes, and demands it's own holidays. But honestly, for this, it was so worth it. And the past quarantine made it very easy for me to grow my natural hair at home.

From a daycation I managed to take this summer.

Afro Puffs! It's fun to play around with your hair.

This was a go-to style of mine.

I don't care what anyone says, Eco Styler rocks!

 

But as fun as it was, I knew I had to do something with it. I knew working virtually would come to an end, plus I wanted to explore some ways to style my hair without chemicals.

I decided to get my hair done at Ulta, because I have shop there before and I love the atmosphere. I set up an appointment, went in, got my hair washed and conditioned with the BEST-smelling shampoo and conditioner (I really wish I remember what it was called!), and got myself a blowout with a flat iron press.

I'd hoped it would have looked like this:

But it kind of looked a little more like this:

Uh... Nailed it?

LET ME BE CLEAR ON A FEW THINGS.

1. I know my hair wasn't long enough to pull that off. I just used it as a reference point.
2. The hairstyle is super cute. And yes the hair color is 100% my own. God gave me natural highlights. And ombre apparently. (Thanks, God!)
3. The stylist I had did a good job with what she was given, and she was extremely sweet.

While I hold no ill feelings with Ulta or the stylist, or even the hairstyle itself, I probably could have done this on my own, and unfortunately whatever products they used to leave in my hair while they flat ironed probably relaxed my hair. All that progress. All that patience. All that hard work and effort. Gone.

I had to get my hair texturized all over again. It was all very familiar and slightly comforting (at least in the sense that my hair would return to a sense of normalcy), but I knew the deed was done. I had officially reset the clock. It's been about five months now, and I like getting to know my hair all over again. I don't know how much longer I'll keep it up, but I am thinking of trying stretched and heat-set styles. I love the effects of cold wave perms, I just don't like the process and the initial roots phase.

Hopefully, I'll have a third part of this sometime in the future!

Plugging time! youtube.com/jessieberrie 

What's your go-to style?