This post has been sponsored by Maui Moisture. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
For someone who wears their natural hair all the time, I rarely ever talk about it on the blog. I’m not really sure why, but I decided that I wanted to change that and talk more about my curly hair journey. I’ve partnered with Maui Moisture for today’s blog post to talk about my curly love story and share how I grew to love my curls over the years.
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This may come as a shock to most of you, but when I was growing up in middle school and high school, there wasn’t a natural hair movement taking place and it was cooler to have straight hair than to have curly hair. I remember sitting down between my mom’s legs as she braided up my hair, and I would complain very loudly about how much it would hurt. I was very tender headed, but I enjoyed how easy it was to wake up and go in the morning without worrying about my hair. Which I’m sure is the reason why my mom kept my hair braided all those years.
But once I hit high school, my mom told me that it was time for me to learn how to take care of my natural curly hair and I had no idea what to do with it. Most of my classmates had straight hair except for a few, and the ones that had curly hair straightened it every day. So of course, I did what everyone was doing and would wake up a few hours earlier just to straighten my hair before school. I literally fried my hair so much that I completely changed the curl pattern of my hair!
I did this same routine up to until halfway through my sophomore year when I tried to embrace my natural curls and learn how to manage them. It was a slow progress of transitioning, but I did it. And then I had the great idea of dying just my bangs blonde (at home!). Alas I obviously damaged the front of my hair doing this at home bleach job. It wasn’t until my senior year when I did my first big chop that I learned how to love my curls for what they were. My crown.
In my senior year of high school, I organized a hair drive to support kids with cancer, and I challenged my high school to get 25 donations at my event. If I did, then I would shave my entire head and donate what I could for cancer. When I tell you, it was the most freeing experience I’ve ever had I truly mean that. I’ve shaved my head twice now for different reasons, but each time was a special memory. When I shaved my head, I grew an appreciation of my curls and learned to appreciate me as person. I learned that my hair didn’t define who I was, and my beauty didn’t come from straight or curly hair. It came from within.
Skip to 2020 and I, of course, love my curly crown and have finally found a brand that works for my curls. I’ve been using the Maui Moisture Heal & Hydrate + Shea Butter line for a few weeks now, and my hair has been loving it! The reason that I love this line, which you can find online during these trying times, because it’s vegan, silicone and paraben-free, and it leaves my curls feeling moisturized. Plus it even has Aloe Vera as the first ingredient, which we already know is nature’s miracle worker.
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For me, I only need to wash my hair once or twice a week. Any more than that, my hair gets very dry. I like to start off my curly hair routine by using the Heal & Hydrate Shea Butter Mask all over my head. To make sure I get every curl, I like to section off my hair into 4 parts and lather on the product from the tips up. The ends of your hair are typically the driest part of your hair because those strands are open more often to the elements, which is why they need the extra love.
Next I go in with the Shea Butter shampoo and conditioner to cleanse and moisturized my scalp. This set does a great job of refreshing my hair while leaving it feeling hydrated and bouncy. After my scalp is cleansed, I use the Combing Cream to detangle my hair with a detangler brush.
I highly recommend checking out Maui Moisture, if you’re looking for a new curly hair brand to test out. You can find all of their products online in the multicultural hair section.
