go natural!

I’ve decided to make my “go natural” goal unspecific meaning I don’t it to just be about my hair. I’ve noticed that a lot of the “bad” ingredients that are in some hair products are also in skin care products as well. These ingredients are bad for your skin for the same reason they are bad for your hair. If I refuse to put these ingredients on my hair I don’t think I should be hypocritical and use them on my skin.

My solution: Unrefined shea butter. Ya’ll…this stuff is the business. It has SO many different uses. I already know that my hair cannot live without shea butter but refined shea butter goes through so many processes that it is stripped of all its miraculous properties. All but moisturizing of course.

All I know is that many of us have too many products (product junkies) or plain spend too much on too many products. I’m the latter. I’m not a product junkie but getting different products for specific areas or needs can get expensive.

Unrefined shea butter for me is a blessing, I use it on my hair and on my skin. Actually the only thing I use on my skin is Unrefined shea butter and sometimes a little Bio-oil. Thats it. USB can be used as a shaving cream as well si I no longer buy shaving cream (But really because most shaving creams irritate my skin)

I don’t use it on my face, because I have naturally oily skin. Instead I use some sort of Ambi cream depending on my needs at the time.

But to sum this up right quick I have the top 10 uses for USB:

1. Moisturizer for dry skin
2. Eczema cream
3. Blemish cream
4. For softer smoother skin
5. For burns
6. Wrinkle reduction cream
7. Moisturizer for dry hair
8. Shaving cream
9. Anti-itch cream
10. Stretch mark prevention cream

http://www.theorganicsheabutter.com/shea101.htm

(I do not buy shea butter from them)

The only thing that is hard for me, in doing this is how to deal with the two textures and how to deal with my hair constantly breaking because of them. Its funny that I didn’t really care about the breakage when my hair was fully relaxed it was just like an everyday thing and I took it as shedding. It truly never really bothered me, but now it just makes me so sad.

Another thing thats hard, is that I’m afraid of getting a BC. Like really. I’m actually willing to deal with the two textures long enough to avoid getting one and trimming my relaxed ends little by little. The issue is that I want BSL hair by my graduation in 2012 and I wonder if I’ll make that goal. I think I will survive if its only APL but I WILL be disappointed.

Now people are telling me to do mircobraids or kinky twists to deal with the two textures, but I absolutely despise weave and all fake hair. So for me, thats an “absolutely not”.

Also, since I’ve started doing this, I haven’t worn my hair straight for 3 months. I recently straightened it to discover I don’t know how to work with straight hair anymore!!! haha its crazy. I’m WAY more comfortable with my natural hair texture.

I’ve learned that I absolutely cannot live without my shea butter or my hair oils. I’m on vacation for 2 weeks and I left my shea behind and now I’m crying because I can’t do anything without it.

Its funny how things change. : )