Legendary Fluertzy

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Fleurtzy is no stranger. With her awesome youtube channel and her very helpful blog Texture Playground, I’m sure most of you know of her or have seen her before. It’s my pleasure to bring her over to Afroniquely You. Hope you enjoy:

Been Natural for?
I’ve been natural for nearly 5 years.

Loves being natural because:

I love the freedom, versatility and beauty of my natural hair. I am in awe with my hair at this stage. My journey has been very fulfilling. When I first decided to go natural after 5 years of relaxing, I did not know what to expect. I was excited and nervous, because I originally relaxed my hair to have more styling options. I wore a single ponytail all through high school and did not want to have to go back to that. Going back natural was a blessing. Watching my hair grow and experimenting with products and techniques have helped me learn how to care for my hair and style it in its natural state. I am still learning and that is part of the beauty of this journey. It just never gets old!

Challenges being natural?

My biggest challenge is keeping my ends moisturized. People never guess that I have difficulties with moisture because my hair always seems very soft, but I promise you that it is because I care for it, and I pay close attention to my ends. If I neglect my hair for any given time, it shows and my ends are the first part to show it.

Fav products?

I’ve been making a lot of my products at home in the past year. I’ll speak of my favorite ingredients: mango butter, jojoba oil, castor oil, coffee butter, shea butter and hemp seed oil, to name a few. Of the conditioners I use, Yes to Carrots Mud mask and Pantene Relaxed and Natural Replenishing Mask are definitely noteworthy.

Word of Advice:

Avoid HEAT! I’ve had my worse hair experience thus far with heat. It it so easy to overprocess our hair when heat is used inappropriately. I use that word vaguely because there is no telling you much heat is damaging from one person to the next. It greatly depends on your hair starting health, porosity, elasticity of your hair, protective barriers (products) between your hair and that heat dispensing tool. You just have to be very careful and use your own judgement.

Also avoid wearing your hair too tight. You can create a host of problems for yourself, and have to spend a great deal of time regrowing your hairline. For sleek ponytails, you can use a scarf, headband, tie your hair the night before, hair gel or natural wax, etc. You get the idea.

Helpful Sites/Books:

At the top of my list for helpful sites are always NaturallyCurly.com and Motowngirl.com. There are so many other sites and blogs that I know are wonderful and helpful. I always recommend Grow It! by Chicoro to those contemplating going natural and those who are already natural. I took a few pointers from her book. My favorite place to shop for ingredients is Texas Natural Supply. They have some of the best prices for ingredients, great customer service and expedient shipping.

Link up:

Blog: http://textureplayground.com/blog

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/Fleurzty

I hope this interview was helpful to you, be sure to check out more like it.

Stay Blessed and Afroniquely You!