On December 6th, 2016 I big chopped my hair. After transitioning for a little more than a year, I decided to cut my hair. After I cut it, my hair took off and grew longer than it ever was when it was relaxed. Here are the four things that I believed helped my hair to grow. The first thing was NO HEAT! I do not put heat on my hair. The only time I did was when I graduated (back in May). Keeping heat off of my hair helped me not to heat damage it which helped my hair to grow. The second thing I did was protective styles. Whether my hair…
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This Little Curl of Mine!
This little curl of mine, I’m going to moisturize you. I will use coconut oil, olive oil, Shea butter and a host of products to make sure that you are moisturize and happy. This little curl of mine, I’m going to twist you up at night. I will take my time and twist every little part of you so that you can grow and stay moisturize. This little curl of mine, I’m going to trim you whenever I see that you have split ends. I don’t believe in leaving you injured and weak so whenever you split I will cut it off so you can continue to grow strong. This little…
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Big Hair Don’t Care
In December of 2016 I big chopped my hair. Big chopping my hair means that I cut off all of my relaxed ends of my hair or damaged hair. I was about 11 years old when I first relaxed my hair. Relaxing hair is adding chemicals to the hair to change the chemical formation of the hair. I remember when I was 10 or 11 years old wanting to have straight hair so that I was accepted by my “friends”. During the next 9 years I would relax my hair and straighten it with a flat iron so that my hair could be really straight. I would look in the…
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Welcome!
Welcome to This is Elyse! I am so happy that you have found my blog. My blog is a place where I share the raw unedited version of me. In life, we always are conforming to society that we miss the beauty of being us. We forget how to be real and unique. This is Elyse, is me, sharing what makes me real and unique. I do this through life lessons that are shared by way of stories, devotionals, natural hair hacks, lifestyle tips and so much more. I’ll talk about real issues that we face and how I deal with it. Most importantly, I am going to be sharing my journey in…