{"id":4402,"date":"2020-09-09T16:01:39","date_gmt":"2020-09-09T21:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unclefunkysdaughter.com\/blog\/?p=4402"},"modified":"2020-09-09T16:09:46","modified_gmt":"2020-09-09T21:09:46","slug":"natural-hair-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unclefunkysdaughter.com\/chatbox\/2020\/09\/09\/natural-hair-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"How I became My Own #HairGoals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In 2012, I decided to make a change to my hair. I no longer wanted to deal with the scalp burns and lifeless hair from the relaxer I used to receive so I decided to go natural!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I didn\u2019t do the big chop but I did transition and grew my hair to at least a decent fro to my liking, than that\u2019s when I decided to cut off my relaxed hair. At this point in time I was so clueless on how to care for my hair as I had little to no education when it came down to being natural. Everyone I knew had a perm, I was in a situation where I just had to go through trial and error all alone. At this stage I wasn\u2019t comfortable wearing my hair out so that\u2019s when I introduced weave and wigs back into my life, it was kind of like a “fake it till you make it” thing for me. As my hair grew longer I decided to wear my hair out on the regular. I would use conditioners to do a wash and go! My curls were popping but my hair would feel extremely dry. I didn\u2019t understand why it was feeling this way until than I decided to watch tutorials on YouTube to learn how to properly care for my hair. I realized when watching the videos that I was doing everything wrong when it came down to properly conditioning and moisturizing, and that\u2019s when I introduced deep conditioning into my life. Deep conditioning my hair literally made a dramatic change to how my hair felt and also looked. I would deep condition once a week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fast forward to 2014 I decided to straighten my hair, and voila!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I was so amazed at the overall health and growth! This was the healthiest my hair has ever been as an adult. My hair surpassed the length I had when I had a perm in my hair and it was so much fuller. It took 2 years to learn about my hair and to gain the proper knowledge on how to care for it. I was so excited that my hair was finally flourishing! From that year on I\u2019ve became more confident than I ever been! At the end of 2017, I decided I wanted to show people my natural hair journey; and that\u2019s when I became a natural hair influencer. I started creating YouTube videos to show the different styles I\u2019d create and also how to care for your hair (and I even showed my failed styles).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I just wanted to show people my overall journey, good and bad, to help those who didn\u2019t understand how to care for their hair or what styles to wear. When I first became natural I didn\u2019t have that knowledge, so it felt good to be able to show my audience the true definition of being natural. As the years went by my hair continued to flourish. I can finally say I\u2019m my own hair goals! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

xoxo
Harris Janae<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In 2012, I decided to make a change to my hair. I no longer wanted to deal with the scalp burns and lifeless hair from the relaxer I used to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":4406,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,16,1,975],"tags":[525,1009,1010,1008,52,386,717,1022,1006,46,1007,1023,62],"powerkit_post_featured":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4402","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blogger-corner","8":"category-hair-how-tos","9":"category-hair-tips","10":"category-lifestyle","11":"tag-blogger","12":"tag-chemical-free","13":"tag-chemical-free-cleansers","14":"tag-cleaning","15":"tag-conditioner","16":"tag-deep-condition","17":"tag-deep-conditioner","18":"tag-frizz-control","19":"tag-hair-masque","20":"tag-hair-tips","21":"tag-heal-renew-intensive-hair-masque","22":"tag-how-to-reduce-frizz","23":"tag-natural-hair"},"yoast_head":"\nHow I became My Own #HairGoals - Chat Box<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/unclefunkysdaughter.com\/chatbox\/2020\/09\/09\/natural-hair-journey\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How I became My Own #HairGoals - Chat Box\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In 2012, I decided to make a change to my hair. I no longer wanted to deal with the scalp burns and lifeless hair from the relaxer I used to…\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/unclefunkysdaughter.com\/chatbox\/2020\/09\/09\/natural-hair-journey\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Chat Box\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-09-09T21:01:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-09-09T21:09:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/unclefunkysdaughter.com\/chatbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/harris-blog.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Harris Janae\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Harris Janae\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/unclefunkysdaughter.com\/chatbox\/2020\/09\/09\/natural-hair-journey\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/unclefunkysdaughter.com\/chatbox\/2020\/09\/09\/natural-hair-journey\/\",\"name\":\"How I became My Own #HairGoals - Chat Box\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/unclefunkysdaughter.com\/chatbox\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/unclefunkysdaughter.com\/chatbox\/2020\/09\/09\/natural-hair-journey\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/unclefunkysdaughter.com\/chatbox\/2020\/09\/09\/natural-hair-journey\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/unclefunkysdaughter.com\/chatbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/harris-blog.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-09-09T21:01:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-09-09T21:09:46+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/unclefunkysdaughter.com\/chatbox\/#\/schema\/person\/c81a86e6c7cfe76e771c7d40a36471f2\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/unclefunkysdaughter.com\/chatbox\/2020\/09\/09\/natural-hair-journey\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/unclefunkysdaughter.com\/chatbox\/2020\/09\/09\/natural-hair-journey\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/unclefunkysdaughter.com\/chatbox\/2020\/09\/09\/natural-hair-journey\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/unclefunkysdaughter.com\/chatbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/harris-blog.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/unclefunkysdaughter.com\/chatbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/harris-blog.png\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":1080},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/unclefunkysdaughter.com\/chatbox\/2020\/09\/09\/natural-hair-journey\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/unclefunkysdaughter.com\/chatbox\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How I became My Own #HairGoals\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/unclefunkysdaughter.com\/chatbox\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/unclefunkysdaughter.com\/chatbox\/\",\"name\":\"Chat Box\",\"description\":\"Uncle Funkys Daughter\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/unclefunkysdaughter.com\/chatbox\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/unclefunkysdaughter.com\/chatbox\/#\/schema\/person\/c81a86e6c7cfe76e771c7d40a36471f2\",\"name\":\"Harris Janae\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/unclefunkysdaughter.com\/chatbox\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/defab714dea4bb76a35ef3653380e0f72880128c79679a54a0f978fa782c5473?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/defab714dea4bb76a35ef3653380e0f72880128c79679a54a0f978fa782c5473?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Harris Janae\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/unclefunkysdaughter.com\/chatbox\/author\/harris-janae\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How I became My Own #HairGoals - Chat Box","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/unclefunkysdaughter.com\/chatbox\/2020\/09\/09\/natural-hair-journey\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How I became My Own #HairGoals - Chat Box","og_description":"In 2012, I decided to make a change to my hair. I no longer wanted to deal with the scalp burns and lifeless hair from the relaxer I used to…","og_url":"https:\/\/unclefunkysdaughter.com\/chatbox\/2020\/09\/09\/natural-hair-journey\/","og_site_name":"Chat Box","article_published_time":"2020-09-09T21:01:39+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-09-09T21:09:46+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1080,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/unclefunkysdaughter.com\/chatbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/harris-blog.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Harris Janae","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Harris Janae","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/unclefunkysdaughter.com\/chatbox\/2020\/09\/09\/natural-hair-journey\/","url":"https:\/\/unclefunkysdaughter.com\/chatbox\/2020\/09\/09\/natural-hair-journey\/","name":"How I became My Own #HairGoals - Chat Box","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/unclefunkysdaughter.com\/chatbox\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/unclefunkysdaughter.com\/chatbox\/2020\/09\/09\/natural-hair-journey\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/unclefunkysdaughter.com\/chatbox\/2020\/09\/09\/natural-hair-journey\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/unclefunkysdaughter.com\/chatbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/harris-blog.png","datePublished":"2020-09-09T21:01:39+00:00","dateModified":"2020-09-09T21:09:46+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/unclefunkysdaughter.com\/chatbox\/#\/schema\/person\/c81a86e6c7cfe76e771c7d40a36471f2"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/unclefunkysdaughter.com\/chatbox\/2020\/09\/09\/natural-hair-journey\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/unclefunkysdaughter.com\/chatbox\/2020\/09\/09\/natural-hair-journey\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/unclefunkysdaughter.com\/chatbox\/2020\/09\/09\/natural-hair-journey\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/unclefunkysdaughter.com\/chatbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/harris-blog.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/unclefunkysdaughter.com\/chatbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/harris-blog.png","width":1080,"height":1080},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/unclefunkysdaughter.com\/chatbox\/2020\/09\/09\/natural-hair-journey\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/unclefunkysdaughter.com\/chatbox\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How I became My Own #HairGoals"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/unclefunkysdaughter.com\/chatbox\/#website","url":"https:\/\/unclefunkysdaughter.com\/chatbox\/","name":"Chat Box","description":"Uncle Funkys Daughter","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/unclefunkysdaughter.com\/chatbox\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/unclefunkysdaughter.com\/chatbox\/#\/schema\/person\/c81a86e6c7cfe76e771c7d40a36471f2","name":"Harris Janae","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/unclefunkysdaughter.com\/chatbox\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/defab714dea4bb76a35ef3653380e0f72880128c79679a54a0f978fa782c5473?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/defab714dea4bb76a35ef3653380e0f72880128c79679a54a0f978fa782c5473?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Harris Janae"},"url":"https:\/\/unclefunkysdaughter.com\/chatbox\/author\/harris-janae\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unclefunkysdaughter.com\/chatbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unclefunkysdaughter.com\/chatbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unclefunkysdaughter.com\/chatbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unclefunkysdaughter.com\/chatbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unclefunkysdaughter.com\/chatbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4402"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/unclefunkysdaughter.com\/chatbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4411,"href":"https:\/\/unclefunkysdaughter.com\/chatbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4402\/revisions\/4411"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unclefunkysdaughter.com\/chatbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unclefunkysdaughter.com\/chatbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unclefunkysdaughter.com\/chatbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unclefunkysdaughter.com\/chatbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4402"},{"taxonomy":"powerkit_post_featured","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unclefunkysdaughter.com\/chatbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/powerkit_post_featured?post=4402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}