If you ever met me, you would never imagine I am a natural curly gal. You see for many (many) year I spent the majority of my Saturdays mornings and Wednesday late afternoons heading to the hair salon so my hair can be washed, put in rollers and the blow dry. I go to a Dominican hair salon, as ( I hope I don't offend any other salons out there) my hair its a tad hard to handle. I have lots of hair, enough so that if it was possible I could uproot half of it and provide it to someone else and still have enough scare hair dressers around the tri-state area! and the few times I have entered a non ethnic hair salon expert their faces after wetting my hair is always priceless!
So, after setting a bet that I could and would save $2200.00 under a 3 months period, I set to to the task of cutting out a few necessities, and hair salon visits 2x a week was the most logical one to axed as it would save me about $100.00 a week (oh yes Dominican salons are inexpensive starting at $50.00 per visit)
This was a gigantic deal for me, as the last time I had let my hair curly I was at the beach in Dominican Republic and proceeded to blow dry my hair as soon as I reached my mother home.
So, the bet started the last week of September, and although I had to spend some money to get my curling maintenance products I can say I not only saved the bet amount, but surpass it by a cool $1000.00 total.
Before & After
And yes, I do get my hair blown out every few weeks, however I have learned to finally embrace my natural hair, and if I must say so myself it has given me an exuberant amount of extra sex appeal lol
Below are the only two products I use in my hair, they prevent it from frizz and conditions my tresses at the same time. Although not inexpensive, trust me when I say a little goes a long way.
They are available at your local Target Store
oh how I wish they were in existence during my college years!
Tell me, have you embraced your natural side yet? If so what's your curly ritual?
Until next time!
XO
