1 year Natural featuring Tejada

 

What’s your name and where are you from?

Tejada Sands, and I’m from San Salvador.

I remember sharing your photo post big chop last year, how would you describe your hair 1 year after?

 One year after, I can say that it’s still manageable. I enjoy seeing the growth and knowing that it’s healthy. I have a scalp condition, seborrheic dermatitis and it always required me washing often. Therefore, being natural was the best way to handle it, even though it’s still not the easiest of processes.

Were your friends, family, supportive during your hair journey?

I won’t say that they were unsupportive, just misinformed. This issue to them was , how was I going to deal with the hair. There were those that also like that I made the change. Now, it’s not really such a big deal, nor did it ever bother me.

What lessons have you learnt about yourself and your hair during this past year? Would you do anything differently?

This journey is really teaching me patience. The styles don’t always come out how I want, and I think that’s my biggest issue. Sometimes, I do wish I had a different type of hair, just for styling purposes, but for the most part I enjoy what I have and embrace it. So, being able to embrace my hair was also a big lesson. I honestly don’t think there is anything that I would do differently, maybe do the big chop earlier so that my growth could be even further along. 

If you could go back a year, what would you tell yourself about your natural hair?

I would probably tell myself to be more adventurous with it.

What are your current hair staples?

Oils that can be found in my pantry: Olive, coconut, grapeseed. Ecostyler gel and a really good leave in conditioner, currently using the Cantu leave in cream. Once I’ve emptied a product I like to try others as well.

What’s your go to hair style?

Now that it’s long enough I’d say a puff.

Who are some of your natural hair inspirations?

I don’t really have any per say, there are some youtube stars that every now and again I catch up on, but I found I’m not really hair obsessed so I don’t spend a lot of time on it. But journeytowasitlength, and Naptural85 would probably be 2 that I follow.

What would you like to see more of from the Bahamian natural hair community?

I’d like to see more natural hair events and meet ups. Even though there is an online community there isn’t a huge personal interaction community. I’d also love to see more naturals blogging and vlogging. We have a lot of talented naturals and they should share those talents with the world.

Blessings & Love,

Drea

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