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1. What's your name and where are you from?
My name is Jessica Correia and I live in Cranston, Rhode Island 2. What is your hair type? I am mostly 3B/3C with my crown being 4A – my hair is a fine texture. 
3. When did you go natural and what made you do it?
I’ve been natural since 2007 but suffered from SEVERE heat damage!! My only way of dealing with it was to continue to wear it straight or wear it in a bun ( as you can imagine that gets old pretty fast) Until one day while on the phone with my best friend, she began to tell me she had booked herself a hair appointment for a Deva Cut. She convinced me to make an appointment and try out this salon, so I did. Walking into the salon, I voiced my concern to the stylist and told her to just get rid of ALL the damage, so she began to cut. Now this is when I can say I made the best decision ever! 4. What was the most challenging thing about going natural? The most challenging part of going natural is finding the products that work for me. I have friends that are natural and would recommend products, but what works for them doesn’t always work for me. So with trial and error, I’ve nailed down a few holy grail items that my hair loves. 5. What is your weekly regimen? I follow the curly girl method and do the wash and go with sulfate, paraben and silicone free products. I wash my hair once a month – co-wash every 4 days and deep condition once a week. 6. What is your daily morning regimen? If it’s not my wash and go day, I use a spray bottle with water and spritz my hair to add back moisture and refresh my curls. 7. What is your daily night time regimen? The pineapple doesn’t work for me because my hair is currently a TWA (Teeny Weeny Afro) So a satin bonnet is my best friend, I do not sleep without it. For added protection, I sleep with a satin pillowcase over my pillow too. 8. Do you use heat on your hair at all? NO HEAT!! I big chopped July 2015 and do not plan on adding heat until my one year mark, just to see where it falls. 
9. Do you braid your hair? If so, how often do you do so in a year? I do not braid my hair. Right now it’s too short, but I can’t wait until I can! 10. Wide-tooth comb or Denman brush? 90% of the time I finger detangle but sometimes I use the Denman Brush –I love that brush! 11. Is your hair normally loose or in a protective-do? Always loose 12. Have you ever had a hair tragedy? What was it? How did you recover from it? The only tragedy I can think of is when I had the heat damage – wearing it out curly look ridiculous because my hair strands went from curly to bone straight. So the way I recovered was cutting it! lol 13. What's your biggest tip for maintaining healthy or long hair? DEEP CONDITIONING IS KEY!! Because of our spiral pattern, it takes longer for our natural hair oil to reach out ends so adding back moisture is crucial. Patience is important too – be patient detangling, go gentle on your hair strands to avoid breakage. 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?
Andrea Imafidon aka Drea, I am a Brown Girl from Boston but live in Providence, Rhode Island 2. What is your hair type? I have at least three different hair types: 3c, 4a and 4b, I told you, lol.
3. When did you go natural and what made you do it?
I went natural on April 26, 2010 when I relocated to Chicago. It was one of the most liberating things I ever did in my life. I went back to my natural state because I grew tired of waiting endless hours and spending endless money at the salon for my hair to be damaged. I also wanted to be liberated from chemical and transition my lifestyle. 4. What was the most challenging thing about going natural? The most challenging thing about going natural was not knowing what to do with my hair. I would spend hours enrolling into Youtube University lol and becoming frustrated when my hairstyle did not come out exactly like the tutorial. 5. What is your weekly regimen? I usually co-wash between my washes, detangle, condition. I also deep condition and use hot oil rinse more in the winter since I live in frigid New England. 6. What is your daily morning regimen? I usually light spray my hair with water and oil mix and fluff my hair and go. 7. What is your daily night time regimen? I usually light spray my hair with the water and oil mix along with lightly oiling my hair before I use the pineapple method. 8. Do you use heat on your hair at all? I barely use heat on my hair. Usually when I get a protective style, my stylist blow dries my hair to get a better grip when braiding it. 
9. Do you braid your hair? If so, how often do you do so in a year? Yes, I do braid my hair and I usually have it braided three or more times a year to protect and grow my hair. 10. Wide-tooth comb or Denman brush? I use a wide-tooth comb. 11. Is your hair normally loose or in a protective-do? I usually wear it loose during the warmer and milder months. During the cold winter months, I usually braid it and wear protective styles. 12. Have you ever had a hair tragedy? What was it? How did you recover from it? I really haven’t had any hair tragedies thank the Lawd! The only minor one I think I had was when a stylist tried to do a wash and go on my hair and my hair is too thick and course for that. I looked like a chia pet. 13. What's your biggest tip for maintaining healthy or long hair? I have long and thick hair and my best advice is to do what is best for your hair and don’t be a product junkie. If you find something that works for your hair stick with that product instead of spending endless amounts of money on products that are not compatible with your hair type. 14. Where can we find you online? (blog, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube etc).
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