Happy New Year beautiful people! I am pleased to introduce this year's FIRST Captured Curls feature. Meet Alice, a fellow natural hair blogger with a great head of hair, enjoy her curly girl story below.
Please, introduce yourself!
Hi! I’m Alice and I run the natural hair care/beauty blog Alice in Nappyland. I’m also a student getting a degree in computer science and studio art.
What is your current hair care regimen?
I co-wash with Aussie Moist or lightly shampoo my hair with Shea Moisture’s Raw Shea Butter Moisture Retention Shampoo, which is probably one of the gentlest shampoos I’ve ever used, once a week. Every other week I use a “real” shampoo to get ALL the build up, I’m currently testing one by Herbal Essence but I’m not ready to say if I like it or not. On the weeks I use “real” shampoo I deep condition with Shea Moisture’s Organic Raw Shea Butter Deep Treatment Hair Masque. After all of that, I set my hair with flat twist or twists Shea Butter, Qhemet Biologics Burdock Root Cream and IC Fantasia’s clear gel. After about 2-3 days, the flat twists/twists come out and I rock a loose style for the rest of the week.
What is your hair type and what works best for your texture?
I’d say a combination of 3c, 4a and 4b. My hair is fine but I have a lot of it. So I like to wear loose styles because most protective styles look a little sparse. I love to dye my hair (henna red, black, brown, pink, red…) so even though I’m color free now, protein treatments are my best friend in terms of keeping my strands happy.
What reaction did you get when you first decided to go natural?
I got a lot of positive reactions! I went natural my first year of college when I was away from a lot potential negativity (family, close friends, etc.). But when I sent them pictures they all LOVED my TWA with the exception of one aunt. But since I don’t see her too often it wasn’t a huge issue.
Did you BC or transition, if so when or for how long?
I Big Chopped after about 3 months of transitioning. I couldn’t deal with the different textures!
What makes you love your kinks, curls and coils?
I’m a style chameleon and I love changing my hair to reflect how I’m feeling on a particular day. I’ve never had this kind of versatility with texturized or straight hair!
Where can we find you on the web?
I blog at aliceinnappyland.blogspot.com, tweet at Alice_Nappland and tumble at aliceinnappyland.tumblr.com. I hope to see you at one of them ^_^
Anything EXTRA you want us to know?
Thank you so much for having me Alex!
Post Title
→Captured Curls: Alice of Alice in Nappyland
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→https://side-swept-hairstyles.blogspot.com/2012/01/captured-curls-alice-of-alice-in.html
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