There's still hope!! (Miss Jessie's Products)

Okay guys...so for the past year...I have been really struggling with my hair. It has grown so fast...that I have lost control of it! It is so soft and curly, that it won't stay in and style for longer than two days (and that's on a good day).

Some of my issues are:

1. I need some type of moisturizer for my curls....to keep them from getting dry!
2. I need something that I can style my hair with everyday...that is not too heavy
3. I need a product that is gonna detangle my hair!

About a month ago I ran into some products from "Miss Jessies" and from what the reviews says...it really works. So next month I will be trying these products...

1. Miss Jessie's Curly Pudding
2. Miss Jessie's Baby Buttercreme
3. Miss Jessie's Curly Meringue

As soon as I use them I will let you know how they work!!!

For more info about these products...you can go to their website
http://www.missjessies.com/

I've Decided....

Okay so after some loooonggg discussions with my family and with myself, I have decided not to get sisterlocks...here are my reasons:

1. Cost- it is very expensive to the installment. I have A LOT of hair and I know that it would cost me at least a grand to get them. Not only is the installment a pretty penny, but the upkeep would be too! at least for the first year...until I decided to do them myself...

2. Maintenance-while I think that they are BEAUTIFUL, I know that I wouldn't upkeep them on my own like I should...I sometimes get lazy and I wouldn't want my hair to suffer because of it.

3. Boredom- this is why many of my friends and family say that it wouldn't work for me! I get bored with my hair easily, and like to change it every so often...and let's just say that I would be very upset to spend all of my time and money on a hairstyle that I would be bored with. Also I have seen other people's blogs...after about 5-8 yrs...they cut them off or make them into traditional locks...

4. I love my curls- yes I have been at a crossroads with my hair...because over the past 3 years...It has grown so fast I don't know how to deal with it...BUT I absolutely love my curls...they have their own personality...and I love wearing my hair out.

I love sisterlocks...and think that they are beautiful!!!!!!!! But they aren't made for everybody...and right now I know that they aren't made for me!

Updates....

Okay...so I haven't been updating my blog site...its just been very hectic time for me!!! But I promise that I will update more this year!!!

SISTERLOCKS

Okay so I still want them...sooo bad. I have been talking myself in and out of getting them for a year. I have so much hair, and right now I just keep it braided. I didn't think I could afford them (being that I am a college student and all...) so I decided in Dec to just train my hair to go straight. It was BEAUTIFUL...but I wasn't happy. I felt like I had been through too much with my hair to go back to the straight look. Don't get me wrong...I'm not knocking it...its just not for me anymore.

So I am now looking for someone in VA (particularly in the Richmond or Hampton Roads area) who does sisterlocks. If anyone knows of anybody!!! PLEASE LET ME KNOW!!!!

I have been natural for almost 2 and a half years...it has seemed like a such a long time. But I know that there are some more things that I need to learn. The more I will learn, the more I will share with you all...that is what Knew Growth is all about right?? lol

Knatural Beauty

Another Angel has Recieved Her Wings

On Feb 2, 2010 I found out some devastating news...One of my best childhood friends was stabbed to death by her boyfriend. She was only 25.


Although I haven't spoken to her in a number of years...I have always considered her as a sister. When we were growing up, we were inseparable. She was a firecracker! Full of life. What I admire most about her is that she was different...and she wasn't afraid to be different.


I know that God has a plan for all of us... and we should never question His will...when it is our time to go...then its our time. But Lord knows that we miss her here.

I just ask everyone to pray for her family and friends...especially her two babies she left behind!!

I am thinking of starting a scholarship fund in honor of her...and also having a domestic violence forum for my mentoring program. As women we need to teach our girls about relationships, and especially UNHEALTHY relationships!!! It's time for us to end this epidemic!!!!

Danielle, I love you and I wish that I could have spent more time with you when we got older!! Our different paths separated us...but you will always be my sister!! I miss you!! R.I.P....Until we meet again...

Knatural Beauty

There is a calling on my life....

Hey all,

Well, its 1:18 in the morning...and I am sick...high fever, chills, feeling hot and then cold...yep I have it all (except the coughing and runny nose...thank you Jesus!) so I am wide awake.

One of my favorite songs is this song by Vershawn Mitchell "Over and Over." This song talks about the reason why you are here...on this earth...God keeps waking you up in the middle of the night...and the questions is....WHAT AM I DOING HERE???!!!



God can speak to you in many ways...through people, through His word, through music...but you have to be willing and open to hearing it...

God spoke to me in the shower!!! yes the shower!!! And the crazy thing is...it was about my hair!!! I was contemplating washing my hair...because I have been so lazy with it...but I didnt because its cold outside and I didn't want to get sicker than I already was. What He said to me was "There is a calling on your life"

So for the past couple of months, I have been contemplating different styles for my hair...I have A LOT of hair...and its getting hard for me to handle...I wear braids but because its sooo soft it unravels and gets frizzy in a couple of days....it drives me NUTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and then I wanted sisterlocks but they are too much money for me right now...and then I thought about straightening my hair....which I did not want to do!!

So what does this have to do with me being in the shower and God speaking to me?? Here is the truth...I have never thought of myself as an attractive girl...and it was all mental for me...even when I lost the weight that I thought was holding me back...I still didnt feel pretty. Well a lot of people loved my long permed hair...and I was judged for it a lot of times...and also I recieved the wrong kind of attention from it, and I was tired of it...

So because I had low self esteem...my hair was my confidence...it was my ego...and I knew that if I really wanted to get "authentic" self esteem that I could finally LOVE myself the way I wanted too...so I CUT ALL MY HAIR OFF!!!

I was sooo upset...but I KNEW it was something I had to do....because God is a jealous God and he doesnt want you to worship anyone but HIM!!! and I felt that in order for me to be in tuned with God, I need to remove that thing I worshiped...and I told God that HE was in control...

But in the shower, I realized that, HE still wasnt in control....I decided for HIM that I would cut my hair...what if that wasn't my fake confidence? what if that was my calling on my life?? I realized that I didn't want to straighten my hair for the same reasons I didnt want to cut it...it was my security...I was flattered by the attention of my hair...and now..its "growing out of control"

I know what some of you are thinking...is she complaining about a head full of hair?? YES when you cant take care of it properly!!! What good is good hair if you cant do ANYTHING with it?? I have always loved hair...doing hair....ever since I was little...I actually taught myself how to conrow in the 3rd grade....and I use to watch every beauty show on tv!!!! My older sister was also in beauty school, and I use to get in trouble for playing with her things...especially the manakin head...lol

Maybe hair is the calling on my life...maybe by my hair going out of control, is telling me that I did the wrong thing, and that HE is in control....

Now Im not saying that I regret cutting it...but the reasons why I cut...I should have talked to GOD first....

So all tonight...me and God has a looong talk...and I opened my ears, and my heart...and I listened...and HE spoke to me...loud and clear!!!

It may not make since to you, but its not suppose too!!! God requires a INDIVIDUAL relationship with Him and what is for you could not be for me....

so I encourage everyone to talk to the LORD!!! Open your heart...ask the HOLY Spirit to take rest in you...I promise you..He will tell you your calling!!!!

okay so im sleepy now...part two...coming soon...lol

until next time,
Knatural Beauty

Knew Growth is expanding....

Okay guys,

So its been a long time since I've gotten up here...The month of October has been so busy for me!!!!

While this blog is suppose to be just about natural hair....I have decided to make it about life in general....knew growth just doesn't include natural hair, but it includes every that comes along with it, all the knowledge I have been picking up about myself and about the world in which I live in.....

So here is to making knew growth more than just natural hair topics....here is to making it life topics!!!

Until next time...

Kendra

P.S. please dont take my name (knew growth inc.)....it's my vision!!!

Sisterlocks coming soon!!!

I am happy to say that I will be officially join the sisterlocks community soon! I have been natural for two years now, and honestly I really didn't expect my hair to grow soooo fast! For the past year, I have been frustrated with my hair, not knowing what to do with it! I have tried braids, but my hair is soft, so it doesn't last too long. Then there is the twist, and twist out, which is cool, but with my thick hair, it takes hours to do, and if I leave it in more than a couple of days, it starts to curl and lock up (really bad).

Then last year, while I was at a church service, I saw this lady who had beautiful dreads!! At first, I would have never ever thought of getting dreads, but after seeing hers, I wanted to see what else was out there. I knew I didn't want to go back to perms, but at the rate my hair was growing, I know that I couldn't last like this....so that is when I found SISTERLOCKS!

I have been researching them for about a year now, and I have gotten some positves and negatives about getting them. Ultimately its up to me!!! And I chose to pursue them.

The only thing that stopped me was MONEY!!! I am a broke college student, and money is tight!!! And even though I wanted them sooo bad now, I decided to wait until I graduated to get them, that way I knew that I would be able to take care of them.

But this weekend, I was at the Eumoja Festival, and I ran across a vendor who has a natural hair shop, and I told her about me longing for sisterlocks. God must have been looking out for me because she offered me a price that I couldn't refuse...and after that, I set up my appointment!!!

Ladies and Gents I am soooo excited, I am sooo ready to get them!!! So in about a month, I will be on my way to a new beginning in my natural journey...hey, isnt this what knew growth is all about???

Until next time,
Knatural Beauty