 Over the course of 2013 Neno Natural focused on hair education. In 2014 we are going to continue with hair education but with a renewed focus on hair ingredients and DIY homemade hair care recipes. To balance that off we're opening Neno Natural up to bloggers and anyone else that wants to share some of their own experience and knowledge about natural hair via a new feature called Queen of Kinks, Curls & Coils. Click here to apply. Anyone can apply but only the best will be published.
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1. What's your name and where are you from?
I'm Kiara and I am from Hampton, Virginia, United States. 2. What is your hair type? I have a mixture of mostly 4a with some 3c patches 
3. When did you go natural and what made you do it?
I decided to go natural about 6 years ago, I transitioned for a year and then big chopped Aug 2010. My decision came after dealing with my skin condition after a really bad relaxer experience. 4. What was the most challenging thing about going natural? For me, learning what worked for my hair and what didn't seemed to be the most difficult part. It took a lot of trial and error. 5. What is your weekly regimen? I usually wash my hair weekly, most times Friday nights so my hair has time to air dry. I try to pre-poo with an oil to help detangle, wash with either bentonite clay, ACV, or my fav Trader Joe's shampoo & conditioner. I try to deep condition every wash and I style my hair once a week as well. 6. What is your daily morning regimen? I usually take down my pineapple, spray a little water on it, shake down my curls and walk out the door. 7. What is your daily night time regimen? I normally work out most afternoons so my hair is in a pineapple, so to prep for night time I just tie my hair up in a satin scarf. 8. Do you use heat on your hair at all? I do. I rarely use flat irons or curling tools. I do use my blow dryer at times as well as sit under a hooded dryer occasionally. 
9. Do you braid your hair? If so, how often do you do so in a year? Normally once, or twice a year at the most. I normally don't leave them in for longer than a month at a time because I start missing my hair. 10. Wide-tooth comb or Denman brush? Wide-tooth comb 11. Is your hair normally loose or in a protective-do? It's normally loose. Protective styles and I, just don't get along because I like being able to wash my hair. lol But I do plan to try a few this upcoming winter. 12. Have you ever had a hair tragedy? What was it? How did you recover from it? I would say currently I am experiencing some hair issues. I've been experimenting a lot more and trying new things which causes me to play in my hair a lot more often. I want to focus on health and strand retention. That is my current goal and I think adapting a method that keeps me from playing in my hair all the time will help. 13. What's your biggest tip for maintaining healthy or long hair? Enjoying every moment of your journey! A lot of us get so wrapped up in length checks and how fast everyone else's hair is growing that we try to rush our journey. Loving your hair every step of the way will require you to focus on its health and that in turn will promote length retention. 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 Azelia Lang and I'm from St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. 2. What is your hair type? My hair type is mostly 3c but 4a in the middle of my head. 
3. When did you go natural and what made you do it?
I went natural in 2012. After my last perm in January 2012, I fell in love with the texture of my new growth and decided that I was not gonna perm it again. 4. What was the most challenging thing about going natural? To me, the most challenging thing about going natural is learning your hair and getting used to it. It takes time and a lot of patience to create a regimen and stick with it, find what products work for you, what styles look good on you, how to do them, and 5. What is your weekly regimen? Every Sunday is wash day for me. I will co-wash and after I will deep condition for about 30 min to 1 hour. On top of my deep conditioner I will add oil to seal in the moisture. After washing out my deep conditioner, I will towel dry my hair with a micro-fiber towel. After towel drying, I apply my leave-in, then my moisturizer, and an oil to seal in the moisture again and give some shine. I wash my hair with shampoo like once or twice a month. 6. What is your daily morning regimen? I normally wear my hair curly. I will get up in the morning and spray my hair with my water and conditioner mix, then apply my leave in, moisturizer and oil. I will then style my hair. 7. What is your daily night time regimen? In the night time I will put my hair up in a pineapple and put on my scarf or bonnet. 8. Do you use heat on your hair at all? When doing my wash n go's, I do diffuse and stretch my curls with a blow dryer on warm low heat after air drying. Other than that, I do not use heat at all. I only flat iron my hair once or twice a year just to see how much it grew. 
9. Do you braid your hair? If so, how often do you do so in a year? No I do not braid my hair. 10. Wide-tooth comb or Denman brush? When styling, I use a wide-tooth comb to detangle first and then I use my denman brush to smooth. When doing my wash and go's I use neither. I just finger detangle. 11. Is your hair normally loose or in a protective-do? My hair is normally loose in a wash n go. I also do alot of twists outs, braid outs, and flexi rod sets. 12. Have you ever had a hair tragedy? What was it? How did you recover from it? I never did a big chop. So of course, I transitioned. My first year of going natural was rough. I didn't know how to make my natural hair blend with my relaxed hair so I was constantly flat ironing my hair and wearing it straight. I eventually got severe heat damage. The whole right side of my hair was broken off at the front. My hair in that area was about 3 inches long. I got highlights a couple of months after my last relaxer, so I believe that also played part in my breakage. After a whole year of flat ironing my hair and watching it break off more and more, I decided to completely stop using heat on my hair. I began doing natural hair styles in June 2013 and saw a major difference in the overall health of my hair. I kept on clipping my ends about every 2 months until all of the heat damage and relaxed hair was gone. I always tell people that the first year of my natural hair journey was like a waste because all of my hair was damaged and my curl pattern was completely ruined. So technically I went natural in June of 2013 when I put away the heat. Now I only use heat on my hair about twice a year, and when I do I make sure I use a heat protectant. If I had to do it all over again I would definitely big chop. Everyone is different but I think transitioning can be really stressful. 13. What's your biggest tip for maintaining healthy or long hair? Keep your hair moisturized, stay away from styles that pull or put stress on your edges, stay away from too much heat, and be patient. It doesn't happen overnight. Do not try to change your texture. Embrace your kinks and curls. For beginners, going natural can be a tad bit stressful but do not give up. You will eventually fall in love with your natural hair. Learn your hair, love your hair, and watch it flourish! :-) 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 Rikki Danielle and I am originally from Kansas City, Mo., currently residing in Hawaii. 2. What is your hair type? My hair is a mix of 3c and 4a. 
3. When did you go natural and what made you do it?
I went natural on January 1st, 2005. I transitioned for 4 months prior with micro braids and kinky twists (those were super popular then!) and did the big chop for the new year. It was my senior year of high school and I was soon to graduate. I wanted to start my new chapter with a change. My sister transitioned in her middle school years and her hair is beautiful. We have they same parents so I thought to myself, " I know my hair is just as pretty! We have the same genes!!" 4. What was the most challenging thing about going natural? Gosh, the change! Having relaxed hair seemed so much easier at the time. Trying to find the right products. In 2005, there weren't all the natural hair brands like now. No stylists in my area knew much about caring for natural hair. It was a lot of trial and error! I did wash/go's every day. 5. What is your weekly regimen? Right now, my regimen consists of weekly washing & deep conditioning, then I finger coiling my hair. That is what I'm known for now! I love them because I can do the coils and not have to do it again for a week! I also love the definition and how polished my hair looks. I'm not a fan of the frizz! I love the way polished natural hair looks on me. 6. What is your daily morning regimen? In the mornings, I unwrap my hair and use a bit of water to bring my hair back to life. I may have to recoil a few smashed coils, but other than that, I'm good for the day! 7. What is your daily night time regimen? I simply put a little of an oil on my hair then wrap it with my satin scarf. Super easy! 8. Do you use heat on your hair at all? No! I will not use heat until I've grown my hair out a couple years. I know how damaging heat can be and I want to retain as much length as possible! I didn't use much heat when my hair was relaxed and it did well, so I know my hair will be even better without heat being natural. 
9. Do you braid your hair? If so, how often do you do so in a year? I have had braids several times during my journey. I can't braid my hair myself, so I don't do it as often as I'd like. If I could, it would stay in braids! 10. Wide-tooth comb or Denman brush? Both. I love them both. I use my wide tooth comb when detangling and then smooth with my Denman. I don't know what it is about that Denman brush, but it smooths my hair like a dream!! I took a few rows out of my brush for better smoothing. 11. Is your hair normally loose or in a protective-do? Right now it's in the protective stages. After 10 years and 7 big chops, I'm finally letting my hair grow as long as it can naturally. I've never seen it super long and curly, so I'm sticking with all sorts of protective styles until I reach my ultimate goal. 12. Have you ever had a hair tragedy? What was it? How did you recover from it? Before the 7th chop, I used to use texturing kits to loosen my curls. I didn't understand my hair fully and was going the easy route by still putting chemicals on my hair. It was very pretty, in a pixie cut, but I was damaging my scalp constantly from the product. The last kit gave me a horrible scalp burn on my edges and I vowed that from that day I would never do another texture kit again. I grew it out some and decided to do something different by coloring it a rich brown for my marriage ceremony. It looked nice for a month after and then that was it!! My hair was so dry and horrible! I did the final 7th chop in January '15 and never looked back. 13. What's your biggest tip for maintaining healthy or long hair? Know your porosity! It truly helps when finding what products work for you and helps you break the product junkie habit. Natural hair doesn't need 20 different products at one time to look beautiful! Less is more. Also, water! Water grows all things! Internally and topically. Drink plenty and use plenty on that hair! 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 Brittany Tate. I'm from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. 2. What is your hair type? My hair type is 3c 
3. When did you go natural and what made you do it?
I big chopped in 2012, however I transitioned from relaxed hair starting in 2011. I initially wanted to achieve healthy relaxed hair. I accomplished that but I wanted more. I would see women of color with endless styles and beautiful textures. I wanted that as well. I was afraid but I was up for the challenge. The best decision I ever made. 4. What was the most challenging thing about going natural? Unfortunately I was never taught how to care for my hair in its natural state. It was challenging for quite some time. I did a lot of research and created a regimen that worked for me. Through trail and error I learned what ingredients I loved & what hairstyles I couldn't live without. 5. What is your weekly regimen? I deep condition or incorporate a hot oil treatment every Friday. Depending on my style of the week I co- wash every 2 3days and shampoo in the middle of the week. I moisturize and seal every other day. 6. What is your daily morning regimen? I massage my scalp with my oil of choice; it changes from passion fruit oil to coconut oil before washing. 7. What is your daily night time regimen? I moisturize and seal then follow up with a silk scarf. I also sleep on a satin pillowcase if my scarf comes off. 8. Do you use heat on your hair at all? I apply heat once every 3 months or more. Before July of 2015 I didn't apply heat for two years. 
9. Do you braid your hair? If so, how often do you do so in a year? I do not braid my hair. 10. Wide-tooth comb or Denman brush? For wash and go's I define my hair with two different sized Denman brushes. 11. Is your hair normally loose or in a protective-do? My hair is normally loose unless you consider perm rod sets a protective style. I style with perm rods twice a month and air dry. This style last for up to a week. 12. Have you ever had a hair tragedy? What was it? How did you recover from it? I have yet to have a hair tragedy. I stick to what I know. I'm currently growing my hair out after two years but beforehand I would get my hair tapered. I was very detailed when explaining to my stylist what I desired. I am very vocal about what I want. I even check in between cutting. I would hate to get up from the chair and not get what I paid for. 13. What's your biggest tip for maintaining healthy or long hair? First and foremost it is awesome to pull up your favorite youtuber, blogger etc and get ideas, but make it your own. What works for them will not work for you in its entirety. Also remember less is more. I realized the simpler my hair products were the less buildup I had to worry about and my hair wasn'tweighed down with product. 14. Where can we find you online? (blog, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube etc).
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