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1. What's your name and where are you from?
My name is Sabrina Greene and I’m from Alexandra, Virginia (DMV area). 2. What is your hair type? Overall I would say i'm 3C type. 
3. When did you go natural and what made you do it?
I went natural in November 2015. I big chopped after transitioning for 11 months. Prior to going natural, I started to dislike my relaxed hair. That straight, damaged, lifeless mess was boring. I noticed that I loved the thick and natural curly look. Every naturalista I would see, I would compliment. Then I thought, what the hell! Girl, go natural! Never in a million years would I have believed I was hiding such beautiful curls! 4. What was the most challenging thing about going natural? Deciding to cut when I did. I originally planned to transition for a year and a half, but was tired of dealing with the two different textures whenever I would take a protective style out. So, I cut sooner than I planned. My hair was long all my life. So to go from long hair to basically a couple of inches of hair was shocking but I loved it. I embraced it and in the end was happy with the decision I made. Cutting my hair sooner allowed me to learn what products worked for me etc. Also, it helped step my makeup game up, lol… Couldn’t have a short 'do without a lightly beat face. 5. What is your weekly regimen? If my hair is not in a protective style (i.e. braids or cornrows) I deep condition once a week, do a wash&go and when it gets old I just wear my hair in a high bun for the remainder of the week. 6. What is your daily morning regimen? Add a little water maybe leave conditioner to a previous wash&go, fluff hair out with my hands and last, add jojoba oil to seal in moisture. 7. What is your daily night time regimen? Throw a bonnet on and go to sleep. 8. Do you use heat on your hair at all? Only time I use heat is: before getting box braids (my hair gets blow dried before braiding), when deep conditioning (sitting under hooded dryer) and when I diffuse (low heat or cool setting). 
9. Do you braid your hair? If so, how often do you do so in a year? I get my hair braided about 2-3 times a year. I leave braids in for no longer than 2 months. 10. Wide-tooth comb or Denman brush? I use a wide-tooth comb when detangling in the shower. I purchased a denman brush but haven’t put it to use yet because my curls define when I rake leave-in conditioner in with my fingers. 11. Is your hair normally loose or in a protective-do? When it’s cold, in a protective style most of the time. When it's warmer I like to wash&go. 12. Have you ever had a hair tragedy? What was it? How did you recover from it? No, I haven’t. Newly natural so… Was thinking about color but scared it will ruin my curl pattern. 13. What's your biggest tip for maintaining healthy or long hair? Deep condition weekly, moisturize daily, protective styles, trim when needed and patience. 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 Shar’del Haden and I am from White Plains, MD. At least that’s where I currently live! 2. What is your hair type? I am somewhere in-between a 3C and 4A, depends on the the day! 
3. When did you go natural and what made you do it?
I stopped relaxing my hair about 3 years ago, but didn’t really start taking care of my natural hair until a year after that. The reason I stopped getting relaxers was because I started getting sew-ins. I didn’t see the point of relaxing my hair if i was just going to braid it up. What made me embrace my natural hair was really research. I started watching natural hair videos on youtube and thought Hey I can do that! So after that I let the naturalness take over! 4. What was the most challenging thing about going natural? I found figuring out the type of hair I have and what it needed was the hardest for me when going natural. After watching so many videos I had to think about that my hair needed. Seeing so many products made it a little hard to decipher what was good for my hair and what wasn’t. Trial and Error! 5. What is your weekly regimen? My weekly regimen is to make sure I co wash twice a week. I deep condition over night one of those days. The other day I use the baggy method overnight. I normally keep the styling easy. A twist out or wash n go. 6. What is your daily morning regimen? Most days Im in the house for the majority of the day. I just make sure I moisturize my hair at some point throughout the day. It’s almost always in a pineapple. So I spray some light leave-in in it and add my choice of oil for the day. 7. What is your daily night time regimen? At night, if its not a wash night for me, I moisturize and pineapple my hair. Very simple. I use my satin/silk scarf to pineapple it. Then I sleep on my satin/silk pillow case. 8. Do you use heat on your hair at all? The only time I apply heat to my hair is when Im diffusing my wash n go. I use low warm heat, and I only do it for about 15-20 minutes. Then I allow it to dry on its own for the rest of the time. 
9. Do you braid your hair? If so, how often do you do so in a year? I braid my hair probably once a year. It is normally during the beginning of the summer. 10. Wide-tooth comb or Denman brush? Though I love my denman brush I have recently been using my wide tooth comb more often. I find the detangling to be mush easier and less fall out. 11. Is your hair normally loose or in a protective-do? My hair is normally loose. I enjoy the almost weightless feel of my hair on my head. lol 12. Have you ever had a hair tragedy? What was it? How did you recover from it? I’ve never really had something happen to my hair that was devastating. The closest thing to a tragedy I can think of is the condition of my hair before I started taking care of it correctly. It was the most driest I had ever felt and the ugliest if I so say so myself. Once I realized that just putting a wig over it was obviously not helping, I did some research and brought the right products for my hair. Best thing Ive ever done for my hair! 13. What's your biggest tip for maintaining healthy or long hair? I know many naturals say this but MOISTURE MOISTURE MOISTURE! I can’t stress it enough. Keep that hair moisturized from the beginning to the ends. Thats the only way to retain length. 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 Cecily, aka Cecilys Natural I am from Milwaukee, Wisconsin currently staying in Conway, Arkansas. 2. What is your hair type? Hair type 3C 
3. When did you go natural and what made you do it?
I went natural June 10, 2014. I was tired of my hair always breaking off, & I never got perms often but every 3 months maybe longer & one day I just noticed all the new growth I had & how pretty my curl pattern was & just decided to go natural. & I'm very happy I made that decision my hair has been the healthiest it has ever been 4. What was the most challenging thing about going natural? The most challenging thing about going natural was when I was transitioning for about 6 months, trying to maintain my natural curl pattern & also my transitioning ends. 5. What is your weekly regimen? Sunday is normally wash day for me, I like to co wash, with Shea moistures 10 renewal conditioner & deep condition with there raw Shea butter deep conditioner then style my hair either in a braid out, or twist out, using there curl enhancing smoothie & a little argan oil to last the whole week 6. What is your daily morning regimen? I like to just spray some type of oil on my hair to hydrate my hair for the day & head on out the door. I keep it simple 7. What is your daily night time regimen? For my night time routine I always mist my hair with a little bit of water mixed with Sheamoistures 10 renewal conditioner & rub a little oil on my hair & put my silk scarf on to protect my ends & I'm ready for bed 8. Do you use heat on your hair at all? I used heat on my hair once when I was 6 months natural but have not since then because my hair began to shed a whole lot. 
9. Do you braid your hair? If so, how often do you do so in a year? I love braiding my hair. Protective styling has helped me so much with my hair growth journey. I braid my hair about 6 times a year. I like to do Marley braids & box braids 10. Wide-tooth comb or Denman brush? Wide tooth comb. 11. Is your hair normally loose or in a protective-do? Equal I like to protective style & also let my fro out. 12. Have you ever had a hair tragedy? What was it? How did you recover from it? When I got my hair straightened for the first time I had some heat damage. But I really took care of my hair constantly deep conditioning twice a week & treating my hair like a baby, keeping it moisturized & I have no more heat damage & so glad I didn't have to cut my hair to recover from it 13. What's your biggest tip for maintaining healthy or long hair? My biggest tip is deep conditioning, I think deep conditioning is super important for keeping your hair moisturized & giving it all the nutrients that it needs. Specially with curly hair we need all that moisture to keep our hair from being dry. deep conditioning is key 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 Kristina and I'm from South Carolina, USA. 2. What is your hair type? My hair type is 4a/4b 
3. When did you go natural and what made you do it?
I went natural in December 2013. I wanted to be natural to achieve healthier hair. 4. What was the most challenging thing about going natural? The most challenging thing about going natural was loving myself in my natural state and learning to trust the process and to be patient. 5. What is your weekly regimen? My weekly regimen is to deep condition once a week, co wash twice a week and use the L.O.C method every time I wash my hair Bc my hair tends to get very dry. 6. What is your daily morning regimen? My daily morning regimen is to use a spray bottle mixed with a leave in conditioner, oil and water and lightly spray my hair to keep it moisturized. 7. What is your daily night time regimen? My daily nighttime regimen is to spray my hair with the leave in, oil and water and tie my hair with a silk scarf. 8. Do you use heat on your hair at all? I use heat on my hair at a minimum if I want to go out for a blown out look. 
9. Do you braid your hair? If so, how often do you do so in a year? Yes I braid my own hair and I love wearing braids so I usually braid it at least 3 times a year. 10. Wide-tooth comb or Denman brush? Both. 11. Is your hair normally loose or in a protective-do? I love to wear my hair loose and in protective styles, so I try to keep a good balance between the 2. 12. Have you ever had a hair tragedy? What was it? How did you recover from it? One hair tragedy I had is I went to get my ends trimmed professionally and she gave me a butchered short haircut. I recovered from it by never going to her again and learning how to take care of my hair and in the meantime did protect styles for my hair to grow. 13. What's your biggest tip for maintaining healthy or long hair? The biggest tip for maintaining healthy hair is to keep your hair Moisturized and trim your ends. 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 Chelsea Williams and I’m from Maryland. 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 several times before sticking with it. My most recent big chop was during the summer of 2012. I decided to go natural because I was tired of spending so much money on weaves. I was also curious as to what my natural curl pattern looked like. Sadly, I had never seen it before. 4. What was the most challenging thing about going natural? The most challenging thing about going natural was learning how to retain length and moisture. 5. What is your weekly regimen? I don’t shampoo or co-wash my hair weekly. I do twist-outs in between my shampooing and co-washing. You can find a break down of my current hair care routine on my website. 6. What is your daily morning regimen? I take down my “pineapple” and fluff! Sometimes I will mist - and I do mean mist - my hair with a rose water and vegetable glycerin mix. 7. What is your daily night time regimen? I pineapple my hair and cover it with a satin scarf or bonnet. 8. Do you use heat on your hair at all? Yes, I use heat on my hair. I use heat on my hair after I shampoo or co-wash. 
9. Do you braid your hair? If so, how often do you do so in a year? No, I do not braid my hair. My hair gets too tangled, and I end up having to trim my ends. 10. Wide-tooth comb or Denman brush? Wide-tooth comb. I’ve never tried using a denman brush. 11. Is your hair normally loose or in a protective-do? My hair is normally loose. I’ll occasionally wear my hair in a high puff or ponytail. I don’t wear my hair up often though as I am prone to headaches. 12. Have you ever had a hair tragedy? What was it? How did you recover from it? I’ve had several “tragedies”! My first hair tragedy was in the summer of 2010. I had already been natural for 9 months. I had always worn protective styles and at that point, I had never learned how to properly care for my natural hair. I became extremely frustrated and decided to go to a local Dominican shop to get a relaxer. I regretted it almost immediately. About a week later, I cut off all my hair again. 13. What's your biggest tip for maintaining healthy or long hair? A healthy diet, exercise, and lots of water are the most important ways to maintain healthy hair. Topical products will not be as effective if you do not maintain a proper diet. 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 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?
Ashley Raye and I am from Charleston, South Carolina 2. What is your hair type? 4B 
3. When did you go natural and what made you do it?
2 years ago I decided to go natural. I went natural because my daughter always wanted her natural curly hair to be long and pressed out like my extensions and hair. She felt that having straight, relaxed hair meant you were beautiful. So I transitioned my hair to show her how to love her hair. 4. What was the most challenging thing about going natural? Finding the right products to use on my hair and the maintenance. 5. What is your weekly regimen? I wash/co wash my hair weekly and style my hair depending on its length. My hair grows very quickly. I started out doing a roller set with perm rods/2 strand twist on the top of my hair and coil the sides. How that my hair has grown a few more inches I do mostly 2 strand twist all over. 6. What is your daily morning regimen? I use my argon oil on my hair for shine and moisture. Then I use my Curls Blueberry edge control to lay my edges. A couple of sprays of my Organix Moroccan Oil and I am out the door. 7. What is your daily night time regimen? I re-twist some of the my hair that had frizz using my Camille Rose Jai Twisting Butter then I use a silk bonnet at night to cover my hair. 8. Do you use heat on your hair at all? NO! Hardly never. I hate the hair dryer. 
9. Do you braid your hair? If so, how often do you do so in a year? Yes I am currently wearing my favorite style Goddess Faux Locs which my stylist calls hers Tzipporah Fauz Locs. I love them! 10. Wide-tooth comb or Denman brush? Wide Tooth 11. Is your hair normally loose or in a protective-do? Protective 12. Have you ever had a hair tragedy? What was it? How did you recover from it? Yes it was during the gray/silver hair era. I got my entire natural hair Bleach 2x in one day and it came out horrific. My hair was green and porous. After trying everything to get that gray color my hair was super damaged. My hair fell out in the middle where it was over process. I had to deep condition and use protein on my hair b/c I had so mush chemical damage, heat damage, and my hair was in a very weak state. 13. What's your biggest tip for maintaining healthy or long hair? No Heat! 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?
Tina Kelley from Houston, Texas 2. What is your hair type? My hair type is Curly with a side of Kink. 
3. When did you go natural and what made you do it?
This is my second time natural. I did my second big chop in September 2013. 4. What was the most challenging thing about going natural? The most challenging thing about going natural for me was understanding that most of my friends and family would not accept it. They just didn't understand why I wouldn't perm my hair. When my hair was permed it was so pretty to them, but in its natural state they didn't like it at first. 5. What is your weekly regimen? Every week I cowash, and deep condition my hair. I only shampoo it once a month or when I have product buildup. 6. What is your daily morning regimen? Every morning regardless of the style I spritz my hair with a water and mixed chicks leave in conditioner mix. 7. What is your daily night time regimen? I pineapple my hair if it is a wash n go, perm rod set, or any roller set. However, for twist outs or braid outs I usually just wear a bonnet. 8. Do you use heat on your hair at all? I used heat for the first time since my big chop last week. I got a silk press to monitor my hair growth, and because I needed a haircut. 
9. Do you braid your hair? If so, how often do you do so in a year? I have only has braids in my hair with extensions twice in the past 3 years. Other than that I do braid outs every couple of months. 10. Wide-tooth comb or Denman brush? I use both! When I am in the shower conditioning my hair I use the wide tooth comb to detangle. However, when I am styling my hair I use my denman brush faithfully. 11. Is your hair normally loose or in a protective-do? I do lots of perm rod sets in the winter time, but during the summer months I love wash n go's. 12. Have you ever had a hair tragedy? What was it? How did you recover from it? Yes, unfortunately I had a hair tragedy. The first time I was natural I got a Keratin treatment so that I could switch from curly to flat ironed hair whenever I wanted. I didn't take into account that I have a much tighter curl pattern in the back than I do in the front. When I would wash my hair the back would revert back quickly while the front stayed straight as a board. I could no longer do twist outs because the hair in front would simply unravel. After months of unsuccessful curly styles I shaved my hair off with the clippers and started over. 13. What's your biggest tip for maintaining healthy or long hair? My biggest tip is to deep condition your hair whenever you have a few hours around the house. You have to act like your hair is dying of thirst so you need to constantly moisturize it. Moisturized hair is healthy hair and it breaks less often than dry 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?
I'm Donyell Johnson, and I'm from Greenville, SC but currently reside in Nashville, TN. 2. What is your hair type? My hair type is a Mix of 3C/4A. 
3. When did you go natural and what made you do it?
I went natural in 2012, I hated going to the beauty salon and I also sweated out my relaxers thanks to Cheerleading in high school. Plus I wanted something new. 4. What was the most challenging thing about going natural? The most challenging thing about going natural is the transitioning stage and then finding the right products once you're natural. It's hard trying to handle two different hair textures. Once you become natural you're clueless about what products to get for your curly/kinky hair since it's all new to you. 5. What is your weekly regimen? I wash and deep condition my hair every week. I deep condition with coconut oil, castor oil, and Trader Joes Natural Spa Conditioner. Then after I deep condition I wash my hair with Trader Joes Natural Spa Shampoo and Conditioner. 6. What is your daily morning regimen? I spritz some water and add coconut oil to my hair. 7. What is your daily night time regimen? Honestly nothing, I just make sure I put that bonnet on my hair before I go to bed. haha 8. Do you use heat on your hair at all? Yes, sometimes when I do a wash n' go I blow dry my hair with a diffuser. I also flat iron my hair once or twice a year. 
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? Denman brush is the way to go! 11. Is your hair normally loose or in a protective-do? It is normally loose. 12. Have you ever had a hair tragedy? What was it? How did you recover from it? This is not like a huge tragedy but when I was pregnant with my daughter I was too weak to do my hair. I finally tried doing my hair one day but I got tired. I left my hair wet and kept a towel on my head for the next two days...my hair was so tangled. I spent hours deep conditioning it and it was still tangled, it took me hours to detangle my hair. After I got my hair detangled I had to cut it thanks to damage. I trimmed/cut my hair 3 times while I was pregnant because I was just too weak to take care of my hair which obviously causes damage. Thankfully all I did was drink water and eat healthy while I was pregnant since I wasn't taking my prenatal vitamins, so my hair is actually longer than what it was before I got pregnant. 13. What's your biggest tip for maintaining healthy or long hair? Drink lots of water, eat healthy, deep condition once a week, and keep your hair moisturized. 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 Jacinta and I am from Nigeria but I live in Pittsburgh PA. 2. What is your hair type? My hair type is more like 10C lol no but according to Andre Walker's hair chart I am 4C. 
3. When did you go natural and what made you do it?
I had my last relaxer December 29th 2012. I Started taking good care of my hair September 2014. I decided to go natural because I was frustrated with my relax hair. Here is the Youtube video of my natural hair journey:
4. What was the most challenging thing about going natural?
The most challenging thing about going natural was not knowing what to do for my hair. I could not figure out what products works well with my hair or how to style it. And that is why I thank God that now I have found a regimen/products that works well for me. 5. What is your weekly regimen? I wash my hair bi weekly. I usually pre-poo, wash, deep condition my hair. Then I will do a braid out, twist out or Bantu knots. I make sure that my style last me a week before I re-style it. Then I will leave my hair in a bun till my next wash. 6. What is your daily morning regimen? Depending on how I feel I would wear my hair out or otherwise I will just put it in a bun and go about my day. 7. What is your daily night time regimen? I would re twist or braid if I have have a special place or occasion but if not I would just put my hair in top loose bun. 8. Do you use heat on your hair at all? I do not use heat often. I've only blew out my hair once since I went natural. 
9. Do you braid your hair? If so, how often do you do so in a year? I do braid my hair once or twice a year. ( ex: Faux locs) 10. Wide-tooth comb or Denman brush? I do not like using comb or brush. I finger detangle. 11. Is your hair normally loose or in a protective-do? My hair is normally loose but I do put it away in a bun as my protective style or faux locs. 12. Have you ever had a hair tragedy? What was it? How did you recover from it? Oh yes. Back in August 2014 I wanted a crochet braids so bad. I went to a salon to install the braids and the lady was combing my hair forcefully, my head was hurting sooooo bad. I had to tell her to stop and that I could not continue with the style, so since then I've been doing my hair myself. 13. What's your biggest tip for maintaining healthy or long hair? My biggest tip for maintaining healthy/long hair is to learn about your hair, take care of it yourself the best way you can. Make sure you eat well, stay healthy, build a steady regimen for your health and hair. And leave your hair alone. Be patient with your hair it will grow!! 14. Where can we find you online? (blog, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube etc).
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