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Are you looking for the opportunity to tell your story? Well you’ve come to the right place!  Allow us to tell your story of success with your natural hair, your weight loss journey or both! Please submit the answers to the below questions to curlfriends2011@gmail.com along with some pictures of your progress.  We look forward to hearing from you and sharing your story.

Embracing Your Coils, Kinks or Curls

What’s your name and where are you from?

What was your determining factor in you being ready to accept your coils, kinks or curls?

Did you big chop or transition; dates?

What has helped you in your healthy hair journey? Websites, forums etc

Tell me something about you that may surprise people?

What’s your favorite product/style?

Do you think your natural hair makes people view you in a different light?

How has this journey impacted your perception of yourself? What have you learned.. if anything?

What is your favorite characteristic of your hair?

How can we keep in touch with your progress via social media?

Body Transformation in Progress

What’s your name and where are you from?

What made you decide today is the day I begin to transform my body?

What are your health/weight goals?

Has your perception of yourself change since you’ve loss weight?

Has working out “really” become a part of your lifestyle or will you stop once you reach your goal?

Has your recent weight loss encouraged you to follow other endeavors?

What is your workout/eating regimen?

How do you prefer to workout and why...alone, with a trainer or with a friend?

How did you overcome the dreadful weight loss plateau that everyone talks about? 

How can we keep up with your progress via social media?

Wash And Go...I Think Not

One of the top hairstyles that most naturals wear is a Wash-N-Go...am I one of them?? Unfortunately I Am Not. I think one of the biggest misconceptions is that if a person is natural they can automatically do a wash and go. Let me be the 1st person to tell you "A wash-n-go is not for everyone!" Some things are meant to be in their rare form and others aren't. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that I'm not happy with the hair God has given me, because I am...but I'm even happier about what my hair can do once manipulated.
The term 'Patience is a Virtue' can be applied to so many situations, the one situation that I've seem to have mastered patience with is my hair. A little manipulation and alot of TLC can go a very long way. Below are pics of me fresh out the shower, hair still soaked...and pics of what my hair looks like after I've applied my gel or moisturizer...depending on my style of choice.

So don't have your mind so set on being able to wash-n-go that you allow your hair in its "natural state" to make you perm it. Spend some time with your hair, get to know it, you never know what the outcome could be. You could be missing out on something amazing!

My Natural Truth...No Lye

Hi Everyone, I'm Quirky Coils and I have gone natural 3 times in the last 6 years. The first time I was forced because of a bad perm, the second by choice and I transitioned until my perm was completely gone. I ALWAYS relapse and take the easy way out and resort back to relaxing my hair. This time is different; on April 23, 2011 I did the "BIG CHOP"! Not to sound cliché but it was the most liberating decision of my life. I didn’t know what to expect, how I would look and what others reaction would be, but for the 1st time, I didn’t care! Going natural is something that I’ve always contemplated, tried but never did I FULLY COMMIT. The last few years of my life have been a journey about learning who I am, what I love, what I like and what I want. It’s been the most amazing time in my life, now its time for one of the major attractions of my journey of life…learning to love me in MY NATURAL EXISTENCE!
I am ready for this healthier way of living. I am ready to continue to be the controller of my life in spite of the disapproval. I feel that we should be able to be our true selves (nappy, curly, straight) and still be loved. I will no longer live my life based on some one else’s way of thinking. The noise of their opinions’ will not drown my inner voice. Thanks for taking the time out to view My Natural Truth…NO LYE!