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1. What's your name and where are you from?
Hi, my name is Ezeh Cynthia and I am from Nigeria. 2. What is your hair type? My hair type is 4C. 
3. When did you go natural and what made you do it?
I went natural in March of 2015; am the reason I went natural is because of the fact that my new relaxer which was PROFECTIV was making my hair shed and thin. 4. What was the most challenging thing about going natural? The most challenging thing about going natural was having to deal with two different hair textures because I didn’t do the BIG CHOP; I transitioned. 5. What is your weekly regimen? I have no special weekly treatment because most times, am on a protective styling though most times I try to clean it by washing but when not on protective styling, I wash every two weeks with black soap and I deep condition with heat before LOCing my hair. 6. What is your daily morning regimen? My daily treatment is massaging my hair with essential oils and pressing down my edges. 7. What is your daily night time regimen? My night time regimen when not on protective styling is sealing my hair and protecting it with my satin bonnet. 8. Do you use heat on your hair at all? Since I went natural, the only time I use heat is when I am deep conditioning. 
9. Do you braid your hair? If so, how often do you do so in a year? I braid my hair like 4 times in a year. When I am not carrying my natural hair or on braids, I am on weaves and wigs. 10. Wide-tooth comb or Denman brush? I use a wide tooth comb for my hair. 11. Is your hair normally loose or in a protective-do? My hair is normally on a protective hair do. I only wear my hair loose when u feel like I have gone too long on a protective styling and I want my scalp and my hair to breathe. 12. Have you ever had a hair tragedy? What was it? How did you recover from it? Yes, I have had a hair tragedy and it happened early this year. I had traction alopecia and like a large number of my front hair was gone and my front hair looked like I had receding hairline. I made use of of JAMAICAN BLACK CASTOR OIL, TEA RINSE, ONION+GARLIC+GINGER RINSE. 13. What's your biggest tip for maintaining healthy or long hair? My biggest tip for maintaining long and healthy hair are good detangling, washing the hair in section, deep conditioning especially with heat, use of satin bonnet and protective styling. 14. Where can we find you online? (blog, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube etc).
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1. What's your name and where are you from?
Liss (C. Lovely) from PA. 2. What is your hair type? Type 4 hair. 
3. When did you go natural and what made you do it?
I started going natural the summer before my freshman year of college. This was the perfect opportunity for me to start fresh, learn about myself, and start loving myself the way God created me. I wanted long healthy hair and I was so inspired by watching YouTube videos of people sharing their hair journeys. Although some people were unsupportive of my decision, I didn't care because in the long run my opinion was the only one that mattered and I was going natural regardless. Also, I thought if I can't even love my own hair, how will I expect my future daughter to do the same...I have to set a good example:) 4. What was the most challenging thing about going natural? It was hard for me to be patient. I got frustrated a lot during the transitioning phase because it was hard dealing with my 2 hair textures (natural roots and permed ends). It made it difficult to detangle and challenging to style. I just wanted my hair to grow fast! 5. What is your weekly regimen?
6. What is your daily morning regimen? I don't really do anything. I just style my hair for the day if it's not already in a protective style. 7. What is your daily night time regimen?
8. Do you use heat on your hair at all? Very rarely. I Straighten my hair once a year and occasionally blow dry. 
9. Do you braid your hair? If so, how often do you do so in a year? Yes, I put in box braids once or twice a year because it's one of my favorite protective styles. It's perfect for my active lifestyle. 10. Wide-tooth comb or Denman brush? I love how the Denman brush brings out my curls but.....WIDE-TOOTH COMB HANDS DOWN if we are talking about detangling! 11. Is your hair normally loose or in a protective-do? Protective style. 12. Have you ever had a hair tragedy? What was it? How did you recover from it? My hair started falling out after I got the Keratin Treatment! The stylist said the reason my hair was falling out was because I was brushing my hair too much/too hard when I was wrapping it at night...that was not the case. I recovered by leaving her salon, getting trim and stopping the treatments altogether. I just had to be patient and wait for my hair to grow back. 13. What's your biggest tip for maintaining healthy or long hair? MOISTURIZE! Having moisturized hair prevents shedding and it's the secret to making detangling easier. 14. Where can we find you online? (blog, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube etc).
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1. What's your name and where are you from?
My name is Nimi Aworinde. I'm a medical student, cake lover, and natural hair blogger. I am from Lagos, Nigeria. 2. What is your hair type? I have mostly 4c hair and a bit of 4a hair at the back. My strands are thick and my hair is super full. 
3. When did you go natural and what made you do it?
I went natural in 2013 after watching some natural hair styling tutoriasl. I tried them out on my relaxed hair and was very upset because it wasn't as beautiful on relaxed hair. I ended up big chopping without transitioning. 4. What was the most challenging thing about going natural? The most challenging thing for me is the shrinkage and all the tangling that comes with it. 5. What is your weekly regimen? My hair lives mostly in protective styles, but when it's out I deep condition weekly, and shampoo fortnightly. 6. What is your daily morning regimen? I simply refresh my curls with my moisturizer or leave in conditioner. 7. What is your daily night time regimen? I use the LOC method at night. I spray with water, and then lock the moisture in with coconut oil and either my leave in or organic shea butter. Sometimes I leave the oil out, because I don't want my hair to get too oily. So most times it's the LC method for me. :). I never forget to sleep with my satin scarf. 8. Do you use heat on your hair at all? Yes, I blow dry my hair whenever I don't have time to stretch it without heat. 
9. Do you braid your hair? If so, how often do you do so in a year? My hair is almost always braided. It's braided for most of the year. 10. Wide-tooth comb or Denman brush? Wide-Toothed Comb 11. Is your hair normally loose or in a protective-do? My hair is hardly ever loose. I'm trying to grow long hair and studies can be tasking, so for now I'm a protective style freak. However, I don't neglect my hair while in protective styles. 12. Have you ever had a hair tragedy? What was it? How did you recover from it? When I first went natural I was as clueless as could be. I used to wash my hair with bathing soap because I didn't realise I needed to care for short hair just the same way I cared for long hair, so my tiny hair then was breaking like crazy. All the breakage ended when I started to use shampoo and deep conditioner. 13. What's your biggest tip for maintaining healthy or long hair? Moisturize! And deep condition! And sleep with a satin scarf or pillow! Just show your hair love. 14. Where can we find you online? (blog, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube etc).
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1. What's your name and where are you from?
My name is Iliandra Balentina and I’m from the beautiful island of Curaçao (Caribbean) 2. What is your hair type? Hair type 3c 
3. When did you go natural and what made you do it?
End of 2012 I stopped relaxing my hair, because of breakage and empty spots. My hair was thin and unhealthy due to abuse of clip-in weaves (f.e taking them out only once a week). I had a short bob, so I decided to transition instead of the big chop. 4. What was the most challenging thing about going natural? The most challenging was transitioning and not knowing exactly how my hair was going to be, since I’ve had relaxed hair my whole life. 5. What is your weekly regimen? I wash my hair every 7-10 days depending on the products I use that week. Every time I wash my hair I use shampoo, a mask/deep conditioner and conditioner. After washing it I use my styling products and that lasts for the whole week+. 6. What is your daily morning regimen? Daily morning regimen, mostly using edge control or gel for my edges and a next day spray….. then style! 7. What is your daily night time regimen? I always wear my hair in a pineapple! 8. Do you use heat on your hair at all? Only once or twice a year, using heat protections. I’ve damaged my curls with heat so I’m scared. 
9. Do you braid your hair? If so, how often do you do so in a year? I’ve braided once this year, think I’m starting to do it more often. 10. Wide-tooth comb or Denman brush? Denman brush all the way!!!! I use it to detangle before and during conditioning. 11. Is your hair normally loose or in a protective-do? My hair is usually in a wash and go or in a puff 12. Have you ever had a hair tragedy? What was it? How did you recover from it? Biggest hair tragedy was having split ends, thin, weak, uneven, unhealthy hair with empty spots … The WORST ever!!! I started using a hair regrowth treatment, castor, coconut, olive and avocado oil. During my transition and hair growth I was only wearing wigs. 13. What's your biggest tip for maintaining healthy or long hair? Taking good care of your hair by using the right products for your hair type. And not using a lot of heat. Eating healthy and drinking a lot of water helps too. 14. Where can we find you online? (blog, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube etc).
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1. What's your name and where are you from?
My name is Raquel Robertson. I am born in Dallas, TX. Raised in Denver, CO and currently living in New Orleans, LA. 2. What is your hair type? I have a few different hair types. Wavy in the front which is 3b and back is more 3c. 
3. When did you go natural and what made you do it?
I went natural about 3-4 years ago. My transition started when I saw a photo of this ladies hair that was so full and curly. In my mind I thought, "yessss, I want my hair like that." I also had a friend that used a lot of natural products on her hair and she introduced me to how she washed her hair and I loved it. 4. What was the most challenging thing about going natural? The most challenging about going natural was having patience while transitioning. Mainly because I wanted my curls to look a certain way. 5. What is your weekly regimen? MY weekly regimen consist of washing my hair at the beginning of the week then wear a style for the whole week. Through out the week I moisturize my hair by spritzing it with water and apply moisturizer and sealant if I need it. 6. What is your daily morning regimen? In the morning I usually just style my hair for the day. 7. What is your daily night time regimen? At night I spritz and moisturize then I wrap it up for then night using a satin scarf or bonnet. 8. Do you use heat on your hair at all? I use heat on my hair occasionally. Once of twice a year I straighten my hair. During this time it’s not a lot of heat just enough to straighten it. 
9. Do you braid your hair? If so, how often do you do so in a year? I do braid my hair. I do braid-outs or sometimes I will do a braid style using extra hair. I don’t have any set times. 10. Wide-tooth comb or Denman brush? I use both a denman brush and a wide tooth comb. I use a wide tooth comb more often. I often detangle with it on wash day. 11. Is your hair normally loose or in a protective-do? Since I am trying to grow my hair I like wearing protective styles. 12. Have you ever had a hair tragedy? What was it? How did you recover from it? I have had a hair tragedy. When I first went natural I was living in Colorado which has dry air. I was very familiar with what my hair needed. Then I moved to New Orleans and man! I had no idea what I was expecting. After I moved my hair was completely different because of the humidity. I struggled with months to keep my hair moisturized and nothing worked. My hair was always dry no matter what I did. After a while of living in New Orleans I found a new regimen that worked with humidity. 13. What's your biggest tip for maintaining healthy or long hair? I know a lot of people say this but keeping your end moisturized will help with maintaining length and that will keep your hair long. Moisturizing your hair will keep your hair healthy. 14. Where can we find you online? (blog, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube etc).
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1. What's your name and where are you from?
My name is Ashly Rodriguez. I'm from Boston, Ma. 2. What is your hair type? My hair type is a mix of 3c/4a. In the back of my head my hair is 4a and as you get closer to the front it is more of a 3c. 
3. When did you go natural and what made you do it?
I went natural June of 2014. I had the choice of either relaxing my hair again after a year of not getting one or just cutting off the relaxed ends and going natural. I decided to cut off the ends. 4. What was the most challenging thing about going natural? The most challenging thing was letting go of the flat iron for over a year to let my natural hair be great. That break gave me a chance to get my curls healthier again and get rid of my heat damage that I dealt with. Also learning ways to style my hair was also a challenge at first but now I love being able to explore new styles to try on my hair. 5. What is your weekly regimen? Each week I Cowash or shampoo my hair, then I deep condition my hair. I always let the deep conditioner sit in my hair for about an hour before I rinse it out. I really just listen to my hair and what it needs. If one week it's dry, I'll add a hot oil treatment in the mix or If I need to give my hair a little TLC after a few weeks of styling, I will add a protein treatment. 6. What is your daily morning regimen? About 3 days of the week I massage Jamaican Black Castor Oil on my scalp in the morning. If I feel that I need to, I will moisturize my hair in the morning with a mix of leave in conditioner and oil. 7. What is your daily night time regimen? I just make sure my hair is protected each night before I go to bed. I always put my hair into a couple pineapples when my hair is out, and cover it with a Bonnet. 8. Do you use heat on your hair at all? I haven't in some time. I've given my hair a major break for the past year and a half. But I do plan on using it for some styles in the future. 
9. Do you braid your hair? If so, how often do you do so in a year? No 10. Wide-tooth comb or Denman brush? I like them both! Can we call it a tie? 11. Is your hair normally loose or in a protective-do? Lately it's been more out but at least once a month for a week I like to put my hair in twists or flat twists to give my hair a break. 12. Have you ever had a hair tragedy? What was it? How did you recover from it? My biggest hair tragedy would be my heat damage. It was so bad. The damaged was done from when I was flat ironing my hair daily while I was letting my relaxer grow out. I didn't even know what my curls were supposed to look like because the damage was that bad.. I recovered by not flat ironing my hair anymore and focusing on caring for my hair. Protein treatments and deep conditioners really helped with getting my hair healthy again. 13. What's your biggest tip for maintaining healthy or long hair? My tip for maintaining healthy hair is listening to YOUR hair and finding what works for YOU. Also be sure to protect your hair at night! 14. Where can we find you online? (blog, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube etc).
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1. What's your name and where are you from?
Alicia Gettys. Birmingham Alabama 2. What is your hair type? Don’t really know my hair type. I care more about my hair being healthy than trying to classify my curls has one type 
3. When did you go natural and what made you do it?
Transitioned in 2013. Fully natural in 2013. There wasn’t a monumental thing or an epiphany. I use to wear my straight hair in lots of curly hairstyles. Saw that in between perms, my curl pattern was something I liked, so I went for it. 4. What was the most challenging thing about going natural? Dealing with the humidity in the South during the spring and summer months. Moisturizing is key. I would find myself moisturizing my hair daily just to make sure. Winter also plays heavily on hair moisture but it doesn’t get that cold down here. 5. What is your weekly regimen? Oil treatment (4 hours), Shampoo, Deep Condition (8 hrs), Apply product, wear bun overnight and into the next day (hair is still wet). Wash and go’s can last 4-5 days depending on weather and my workout routine for that week. 6. What is your daily morning regimen? Dampen hair with water, apply EcoStyler to curls, pull back into low pineapple, get ready for work, take down and shake 7. What is your daily night time regimen? Nothing much. Pull up into pineapple and either put on Satin cap or sleep on satin pillow (most of the time it’s the pillow) 8. Do you use heat on your hair at all? I protective style with perm/flexi rods 5-6 times a year (use low heat). To straighten my hair, I use large rollers for a roller set (med heat) and hit the roots if needed. I will straighten my hair 3-4 times a years. Always apply a protein treatment before straightening my hair. 
9. Do you braid your hair? If so, how often do you do so in a year? Not that often 4-5 times a year for crochet braids or when I’m wearing a wig. 10. Wide-tooth comb or Denman brush? Fingers! If I absolutely had to pick one it would be the comb. 11. Is your hair normally loose or in a protective-do? 2015 was all about the protective styles. I was trying to grow my hair. I would say 80% of the time, my hair was put up. This year it’s the completely opposite. 80% of the time, I rely on the wash and go. 12. Have you ever had a hair tragedy? What was it? How did you recover from it? No. Thank Goodness 13. What's your biggest tip for maintaining healthy or long hair? Moisturize your hair. Find what works for you and stick with it. In a world where we are bombarded with the newest natural hair product, we have a tendency to ditch what we are using and go to the ‘trend’ products. If something works for you and your hair, stick with it. You hair is different from everyone else’s and it’s important to remember that when you find out what works for them doesn’t work for you. Doesn’t make your hair better or worse. Just different. 14. Where can we find you online? (blog, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube etc).
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1. What's your name and where are you from?
My name is Leslie Jerome, Instagram name is neptunesquest. I am from Long Island, New York. 2. What is your hair type? My hair type is 3c/4a. 
3. When did you go natural and what made you do it?
I had terrible heat damage so I transitioned and big chopped on June 2014. 4. What was the most challenging thing about going natural? The most challenging thing about going natural for me, is preserving hairstyles. (Perm rods, braidouts etc.) 5. What is your weekly regimen? I deep condition weekly with my homemade avocado deep condish and cowash it out, and do the LOC method and style my hair. 6. What is your daily morning regimen? My morning regimen is I remove my satin scarf/ bonnet and fluff my fro 7. What is your daily night time regimen? My nighttime regimen if I'm wearing a Wash&Go I usually band my hair at night so I can keep my fro stretched. 8. Do you use heat on your hair at all? No I do not but I plan on straightening my hair for my 3 year anniversary. 
9. Do you braid your hair? If so, how often do you do so in a year? Yes I braid my hair, I usually have a box braid protective style and I do that 3-5 times a year. Whether rotation between twists, braids,faux locks etc. 10. Wide-tooth comb or Denman brush? Wide- tooth comb. I am team finger detangling though 11. Is your hair normally loose or in a protective-do? Depends on the season, summer my hair is normally loose but during fall and winter I love protective styles. 12. Have you ever had a hair tragedy? What was it? How did you recover from it? Yes color damage and heat damage. Only way to recover is to big chop and start over. 13. What's your biggest tip for maintaining healthy or long hair? My biggest tips is deep condition, protective styles, and oiling your scalp and giving yourself scalp massages to promote growth. 14. Where can we find you online? (blog, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube etc).
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1. What's your name and where are you from?
My name is Milka From Kenya. 2. What is your hair type? Type 4C 
3. When did you go natural and what made you do it?
In 2012... 4. What was the most challenging thing about going natural? I had no idea what I was doing, and to make it Worse, I was in China where Facebook, YouTube are blocked sites. So I just had to struggle with it alone... (Learned the hard way) 5. What is your weekly regimen? I Deep Condition my 4C hair once a week. 6. What is your daily morning regimen? Depends with the hairstyle. Well, when I have Minitwists on, usually I will spritz some water and I’m good to go. Remember, Water is has to be your hair’s best friend It’s the best moisturizer! If it’s not in a protective hairstyle then I will Set the hair the previous night in Twist-Outs or Bantu knots or flat-twist Basically whichever way I want Using my whipped Shea butter mixture which has (Olive oil, Castor oil, Jojoba oil , Coconut oil,) In it, Spitz some water as I set. In the morning I will style as desired and Go… 7. What is your daily night time regimen? Mostly if my hair was set previously I will redo the style again , this time in chunks cause I just need my curl Definition to pop and the volume remain the same… 8. Do you use heat on your hair at all? I use heat mostly once. Sometimes Twice if I miss seeing that growth haha! 
9. Do you braid your hair? If so, how often do you do so in a year? I do braid my hair often yes, My favorite protective style however is Mini-Twists which I do myself. I have to have a protective hairstyle after 2 months so my scalp could relax. 10. Wide-tooth comb or Denman brush? Wide- tooth Comb anytime.. 11. Is your hair normally loose or in a protective-do? Mostly it’s in a protective style. (In a month for instance 2 weeks it has to be in a protective style be it Updo or twist-outs but my Ends have to be protected. 12. Have you ever had a hair tragedy? What was it? How did you recover from it? Yes, After Giving Birth to my Son, My edges started thinning out just a little not much. So I decided to always be in a protective hairstyle so my hair could have a breather and recover from the thinning edges. It did work; I was always on Mini-Twists 13. What's your biggest tip for maintaining healthy or long hair?
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1. What's your name and where are you from?
Hey you! Yeah, YOU! My name is Linda Hurd and my nickname is Leeny Lynn. I am from the West Bank of New Orleans, Louisiana. 2. What is your hair type? I am mainly a type 4 hair type with a sight mixture of 3b and 3c in the front of my crown. 
3. When did you go natural and what made you do it?
I actually went back to natural when I was in high school as a junior. I did it because growing up I always had natural hair and peer-pressure made me go to a hair salon to get a relaxer. I was tired of being bullied and called names. I realized that after relaxing my natural hair in eighth grade that people were going to bully me regardless if my hair was relaxed or natural. I started accepting myself for who I was and the young woman I was becoming. I transitioned to natural for 6 months and did a big chop. I never looked back and embraced my natural. 4. What was the most challenging thing about going natural? The most challenging thing about going natural was finding products and hair styles that worked for me. 5. What is your weekly regimen? My weekly regimen is pretty solid whenever I rock my wash n gos. Oil scalp and do scalp massages Monday through Wednesday. Wednesdays nights I mainly detangle and pre-poo my hair for Thursdays. Thursday is my mid-week wash and re-style. Sunday I shampoo and deep conditioned my hair and style. Then I repeat the same. 6. What is your daily morning regimen? My morning regimen is me simply taking my hair out from under a bonnet or scarf and I shake it out. I pick my roots and spray a little oil mist on my hair and I’m out the door. 7. What is your daily night time regimen? My daily night regimen mainly consists of spraying a water, leave in conditioner, and oil mixture on my hair before hopping in the shower. I place a shopping bag on my head to lock in the moisture and it creates the greenhouse effect for my hair. The steam from the shower makes my spray concoction come to life and makes my hair very soft and hydrated. I oil my scalp just a little bit and place on my scarf and bada boom! My hair is ready to play in the morning! 8. Do you use heat on your hair at all? Yes, I use heat on my hair to dry my curls after a wash n go. I use heat at least three-five times a month to stretch out my roots too. 
9. Do you braid your hair? If so, how often do you do so in a year? No, I never braid my hair. 10. Wide-tooth comb or Denman brush? Wide tooth comb always! 11. Is your hair normally loose or in a protective-do? My hair is normally loose. I don’t really wear protective styles. 12. Have you ever had a hair tragedy? What was it? How did you recover from it? Yes, I have had a hair tragedy. I over bleached and processed my hair with color. I recovered from my hair tragedy by going back to jet black hair and purchasing me a bonnet dryer so I can deep condition my natural hair with heat. I started weekly deep conditioning and I backed away from bleaching my hair. I also went to a stylist to get a haircut to start over again on my hair care journey. I rid- my hair from those ends and straggly pieces of hair. 13. What's your biggest tip for maintaining healthy or long hair? My biggest tip for maintaining healthy hair is to never get tired of feeling beautiful. Allow yourself to understand what you hair loves, likes, or hates. Take time out to be patient with your journey and find a regimen that you can stick to for your hair care journey. 14. Where can we find you online? (blog, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube etc).
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