Are you still natural?! | Journey To Waistlength | Jo Michelle
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- čas přidán 11. 04. 2017
- I can't thank my day one followers enough for staying down while I've been MIA with the updates! This video explains it all. It's been a crazy 4 years, watch and see what I've been up to. And if you want to join me on this journey to waist-length hair using protective styling and treatments, subscribe and stay tuned!
The wig I'm wearing in this video was custom made by an AMAZING Orlando stylist KeoAndra Coleman (@itsmekee on Instagram) I've already been wearing this wig for over a year and its still just as amazing as when I first got it.
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Girl I've been with you from the VERY beginning. You were one of the reasons I started my natural hair channel. So happy to see you making videos again. Thank you for sharing this. I haven't been pregnant but it's good to know what could happen.
Ghana Goddess most definitely, Ive been with her too and you as well. You both inspired me to start my journey in 2012! Much ❤❤❤ to you both!
Thank you so much for following!
So happy your making more videos again. 💕 you were my go to girl when I started my natural hair journey in 2011!!
"Being natural was not natural for me anymore". Thissss! I love your honesty because I have been feeling this way for so long. You inspired me to give my natural hair journey another chance.
Love the realness of this video. Can't say how much I appreciate you speaking the truth. I love my natural hair but best believe it is a lot of work & a lot of people don't talk about that. Keep doing what works for you hun!
I'm experiencing post partum hair loss so I feel you boo. I'm proud of you, you can definitely do it
thank you love!! This was just a crazy few years for me but I'm ready to get back to feeling like my old self
I remember when you did your big chop. I have been following you for a long time and I will continue to follow. I will join you on this journey. We have similar stories. I was doing so many twist outs and braids out and then I got pregnant. I started wearing braids and sew-ins. Now my hair seems like it is the same length from a couple years ago. I have to find a natural stylist here in Jacksonville , FL. Good luck with your journey!
Jo Michelle...I am so thankful you made this video. I have been on my own natural hair journey for the past 3 years with crown breakage and other issues. I restarted again 5 months ago. I am too accustomed to wearing wigs and my natural hair. I often felt guilty about the lack of attention I had given to my hair when I as weighed down heavily with work, home, church, and school obligations. I am happy that you made this video and shed some light for others like me who embrace their natural hair but also wear protective styles and wigs!! I excited about your journey and incorporating new ideas, techniques and habits!! xoxxo
Wish I could love this video a million times over! I honestly missed your videos, been a LONG time subscriber. Congratulations on everything: your marriage, baby, becoming an entrepreneur, and your makeup line! I too have experienced very similar things as you have when it comes to life changes and time investment towards natural hair so it's so wonderful to be able to follow your unique and distinctive journey. I look forward to seeing your progress in months to come. Good luck! 😊
Glad your back!! Congrats on all your accomplishments!
So happy your making more videos often now. You're the one that inspired me to go natural 4-5 yrs ago when I was in high school. I love your videos! Pls keep them coming 💗
SAME! lol
I truly appreciate you speaking about this. I have experienced similar if not exactly what you experienced after having my second child. I finally got back on track to a healthy hair journey after growing my edges out from protective styling early this year. Defintely joining you on the journey, keep going girl!!
Literally been watching your channel since you started! I've been looking for more videos so happy that you started again. Love you lots 😘 thanks for being an inspiration to me.
thank you for making this video! I don't have a kid, but everything else u said I've been going through...I started to feel bad about it but I'm glad to see I'm not the only one...like you said it's to the point I don't feel right with my own hair anymore either I'm wearing wigs or box braids...I'm in school and clinicals all day so I don't have the time to put in the way I did before and I definitely see a difference in my hair..and I will definitely be looking into buying that headband I hate those combs..I'll be on this journey with you!
Your honesty is appreciated
This unit is everything!
Thanks for your true honesty. To many youtubers fake the funk. Glad you kept it real.
I wondered why you stopped the vids!... Lifes blessings happen!! Your vids really helped me embrace texture when I big chopped. Glad to have you back!
Omg thank you for this!! I am currently 7 months pregnant and GIRL! Natural hair and pregnancy just don't mix. Twist outs and rod sets only last me like every 3-5 days; ain't nobody got time for that. So I've been straightening my hair often because it's easiest to manage that way. But it's making me sad because now I'm getting heat damage. I think after I drop my baby girl I'm going to have to start over like you. Hopefully my post partum shedding isn't too bad.
Same here girl. I pretty much wear wore wigs after giving birth to my first. I bunned it and then just went into wigs. I keep my hair in twists pretty much every day until wash day and I keep deep condition when I can. I also keep it under wigs and don’t use heat on it. It’s been almost a year and a half and my hair looks good. My husband recently asked me why I don’t wear my own hair and again like you I had to explain to him that I don’t have the time to maintain it like I used to before we were married. Also like you I now have a goal to grow my hair to waist length as well. Wigs to waist-length. I need to get that edge grip. I see you have locked your now and it looks great.
You are amazing! I had the same experience with my hair and depression after pregnancy. It's so good to know I was not the only one.
I love that wig and I love your natural hair! You can rock either!
I've been with you from the begging as well! I am definitely on the journey with you!
I also been with you since the beginning. during that time I've made some major mistakes but I will join you on the journey.. I also will be using protective styling due to time issues also ..Let's go.
I always support your products and pages! 💜
Your makeup is gorgeous and I was just going to ask about the wig, but some of the ladies beat me to it. I;m natural too. I have been for about 15 years now, but I do love my wigs as a protective style. And the Wig Grip save your edges as well as keeping your wig in place. Thanks for sharing.
Can't wait to see how you progress! Side note, you would look great with locs😉, but I'm biased.
OMG! I just had this convo with a co-worker. I've been natural for 6 years and my hair is the same length. But I now see the error in my ways. Ya girl was doing way tew merch lol. It's nice to not that not everybody that's natural has hair to their kneecaps after 2 years lol
Great video!
Omg, i was sick my entire pregnancy as well, AND had postpartum alopecia. I felt like a freak of nature. thanks for sharing ❤💛💚
I will be watching!
After watching this video and being inspired I am going to start my own journey however it will be a little bit different. "Journey to bra strap length" ! I have to take baby steps before I can run to waist length because my natural hair is currently at my color bone. Great video btw! And thanks for the inspiration!
yay!!! I want to start a hair journey myself but when I mention it to hair stylist where I live none of them are as excited so I don't try. Please share any tips or tricks you learn during this journey!!!
Hi, welcome back!
Question? You said your hair journey will be different from other naturals (or something of that nature), exactly how is yours different? Maybe I missed that part....because many naturals wear wigs, oils scalp, and redo hair and/or length checks quarterly. Just asking, not starting trouble
I can totally relate to not having the Time to do the twist outs and Bantu Knots. I wear Senegalese twist a lot sometimes crochet braids styles. I'm on the same journey to wait length. We can do it. 😃
awesome, definitely want to get on a healthy hair journey.
Join meeee
Jo Michelle I so happy to see you are back! I just had my 2nd child and postpartum shedding is no joke! I have similar natural hair stories so I can so relate! Thank you for doing this video! Lots of love and blessings to you and your family!
I've experience post partum as well. I got upset and did a big chop.
Love your lipstick hun! What are you wearing on your lips?
I have a two year old as well and experienced shedding after giving birth. I completely understand where you are. I've been thinking of going on a similar journey. Is there a natural looking wig you can recommend without combs? And I'm definitely getting the wig clip.
I experienced postpartum hair loss as well.
nice video. hair loss was new to me as i have 4 kids, but this time around it really killed my edges. great share.
oh ...What is an affordable, but great shampoo, conditioner you would recommend?
I remember you from back in those K.I.S.S./Hairlista days girl, lol. After too much styling, coloring and a final press that left me with 3+ inches of heat damage all around, I'm pretty much back to where I started in 2009 too. So I'll be right here with you trying to grow my hair back. Are you thinking of using any hair growth pills while you grow your hair?
Beautiful 😍
Thank you!!
Hey, just a suggestion. To help you retain length don't redo the braids so often. Still wash and treat if you want though. I've been retaining all my growth with wigs and I keep the braids in 3/4 months at a time. HTH. Just don't want you to manipulate your hair too much and it hinders your results.
You're so beautiful! 😍😘
When you go to the salon can you vlog it? Would love to hear some tips from a pro.
You should try wild growth oil
i was sick my entire pregnancy as well
Lip color details please!
Where's the wig from though? lol
Just added the details to the description bar lol
Two steps ahead of me! Thank you...its still beautiful! Wigs are so bomb when you're going natural! I'm going on my third year...whew!
I completely understand the struggles with being pregnant. And being a humble submissive wife to my husband is extremely important and a top priority. The people that are able to produce, market and sell the wigs, weaves and hair extensions to companies in the US, are people that feel that we as so-called African American women have a low self-esteem and rely heavily upon their products to make ourselves look and feel beautiful; that without us using their fake hair, we are destitute and basically a lost cause for society. I hear your reasons for wearing the fake hair, but please consider wearing a real covering like a head scarf instead of the false hair. The fake hair comes from people who's ancestors had a huge part in the enslavement of our ancestors and I just can't understand why so many of our women choose to wear fake hair as a form of protecting the hair to reach a certain growth level. These people have and will always have a perpetual hatred for us. You mentioned that you are very active within your church....did you know that many churches do not instruct a woman to wear a covering ordained by the Most High which is mentioned in 1Corinthians 11:5. Most of if not all of the fake hair has been cursed and offered up to demonic gods and entities and then we are placing that on our heads... on top of a glorious covering( our natural hair) given to us by the Most High. I have met you in person once or twice because you were friends with one of my former friends by the name of Brianna of whom resided within the St.Pete area. Your natural hair was so gorgeous and fit you perfectly. I know that was so long ago and you were younger and in a different space within your life, but wearing fake hair is so detrimental to black women... not just in a fleshly aspect but on a very deep spiritual level. As Daughters of Zion we are supposed to be led by the Spirit and not by the flesh. I hope that you are able to receive this message without any anger because I'm coming from a very pure heart and a lot of our women don't know these things; so if no one ever speaks up then a lot of our people will forever remain in darkness and ignorance.
Jeremiah 10:2
Thus saith Elohim, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.
Leveticus 13:30
Then the priest shall see the plague: and, behold, if it be in sight deeper than the skin; and there be in it a yellow thin hair; then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the head or beard.
1Corinthians 11:5
But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.