| | Mika- updated 21-7-08!!!
 | ** CHECK OUT MY VIDEOS .. THEY'RE HAIR RELATED VIDEOS I FOUND ON YOUTUBE AND I THINK YOU WOULD FIND THEM REALLY INTERESTING
link to my youtube natural hair video playlist!! gotta check them out ---> http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=A5016F31B539E7E6
link to my fotki videos (some videos are posted on here as well) --> http://video.fotki.com/msmikamika/
ღ ღVideo topics include ღ ღ:
ღHow to's ღ:
* 2 strand flat twist, flat twist, attach kinky twist (kinky hair), 3 strand twists, braid french twists
ღDocumentaries ღ:
natural hair and black women (great for general knowledge better said education on natural hair etc, some take a historical viewpoint as well)
ღDiscussions ღ:
talk shows, personal views etc (great for general knowledge better said education on natural hair etc, some take a historical viewpoint as well)
ღImage Slideshows ღ:
beautiful natural hair sistas (these videos are great if you are thinking about going natural)
ღ Personal natural hair related videos ღ:
my grandmother's reaction to my hair!
ღ Music/Entertaining videos related to natural hair ღ:
Live performances of india's I am not my hair! great!!
And of course im still adding videos all the time so subscribe or check back frequently!
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Attention!!!
Hey everyone i have a video on you tube of me singing at my campus x-mas dinner so check that out and tell me what you think ok??
link to my fotki videos--> http://video.fotki.com/msmikamika/
link to watch it on youtube-->
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♥♥♥♥My story♥♥♥♥
Hey everyone,
My name is Mikaela and since i was about 9 years or so i've had my hair relaxed. allllll my life i've been blessed with nice long thick hair and it has grown on me. i could never see myself cutting off all my hair but as the years have gone by, i've done a lot of experimenting with dies and such and it has damaged my hair badly. It could be a factor that i dont take care of my hair enough or the way i should but i still believe its because of over processing and just to much experimenting...!!!
Back in high school I did contemplate the idea of going natural and I reach so far as to go a while without relaxer and even cutting a lil patch of hair above my ear to track the grow lol. Eventually I relaxed. I'm glad I didn’t do it back then because I didn’t know all the stuff that I know now and to go natural in high school after the length I had would have been a mess. I don’t think I would’ve been able to withstand all the comments and criticism.
♥♥Decision to Transition♥♥
I finally decided to transition in March 2007 after just one day getting fed up with my hair and started searching for info about going natural. Boy did I find a lot of stuff I got hooked on natural hair info and thank God was introduced to Fotki. It was because of fotki and all the inspiring ladies with their hair and stories that made me finally joined fotki and made a pledge to go through with the natural thing.
♥♥My Big chop decision♥♥
So in my 7th month post relaxer (4th in actively transitioning) I BC! You can read my experience and the first reaction I got from others here--> http://public.fotki.com/msmikamika/all-natural!!!!!/my-bc-experience-an/
You can view my Big chop pics here--> http://public.fotki.com/msmikamika/all-natural!!!!!/the-big-chop!!-bc-d/
Long hair girls get ready to be inspired! You can do it too!!
♥♥Advice to all the ladies like me and thinking about going natural♥♥
I just want to say first off make it your decision to do this and do it for the right reasons. I know it takes for a lot of us fried and broken off hair to actually start considering to go natural. That’s what got me thinking about it. but I soon did it for me and:
• Found out what those chemicals are really doing to my hair
• Realized how having my hair relaxed changed my perception of beautiful hair and the perception that I had of my own natural hair which was something that I didn’t really give a lot of thought to only when it started getting hard and dried out and then I’d be like “mann I need to get a relaxer again!” I mean what kind of mentality is that?
• Starting being proud of my natural stresses and started to actually show it off as early as my transition.
• I decided I wanted to inspire others to go natural as well by giving other ladies the facts and prove to them that this is the way to go
You are welcome to leave comments and inspiring messages on my fotki.
♥♥Hair Statistics♥♥
First relaxer: 1996 or 1997
Last relaxer: november 2006
Big Chop: june 15th 2007
Length at Big Chop: +- 2 inches all over
Ultimate goal : Bra strap or a bit longer ( but we'll see in the meantime i just want my hair to growwwww lol)
| | General Information | | Profile Type: | Personal | | Gender: |  Female | | Age: | 21 | | Tags: | long hair, going natural, transitioning, relaxed hair,nappy,st maarten,netherlands antilles | | Languages: | english,dutch,papiamiento (somewhat) | | I'm here for: | Photo sharing, Friends, Networking | | Contact Information | | Email: | removed because of spam but if you would like to contact me via email msg me in my guest book!! | | Personal website: | http://mikaelab.hi5.com-----------http://www.youtube.com/msmikamika--------------www.fotki.com/msmikamika | | Yahoo! ID: | mika_luvz_da_boyz | | My Cities | | Current: |  Netherlands Antilles, Curaçao, Groot Piscadera | | Hometown: | Netherlands Antilles, Sint Maarten, Cul De Sac | | Background & Lifestyle | | Marital status: | In a relationship | | Sexual orientation: | Straight | | Smoking: | Non-smoker | | Drinking: | I never drink | | Children: | I don't have kids yet | | Education: | In college | | Ethnicity: | Black/African descent | | Origin: | I'm From the friendly island of St. Maarten.. it's in the Netherlands Antilles (soon to be Dutch Caribbean) | | Body type: | Average | | Height: | Shorter than average | | Religion: | Catholic | | Interests & Personality | | Interests: | i love singing but lately havent been really active in it. i also love dancing (as a passtime) and working on my laptop!!! | | Sports: | im not a sports person!! | | Music: | dancehall,zouk,kompa,soca,r+b,gospel,carnival music!!!! (GOTTA REPRESENT THE CARIBBEAN) | | Movies: | saw 1+2, the passion of the Chirst, shrek 1, happy feet, | | Television: | the nanny, golden girls | | Heroes: | God, the saints in heaven.. and my mom..i really look up to her.. | | Books: | virgin's triangle and miguel's street (not really a reader though) | | Friends: | Deecoily, Hamira, AfroChick, QueenMoe, newness, SpokenWordz, LovelyMissYoli, Naturalyhair, Mia, Mrs Sweetness(July and Aug updates), hOnii, NottyLock, Karonica, Shiraz, WhipEffect, Songstresss83, going natural, Meeka, Lina40, drea, mzharper11, Ineka, Snugglez41685, MaLinda, Ginuwinelovr, BlkButterfly__updated 7/9/08, Miss Nappy Lady, __._Debonaire_.__, Sardonyx (goodbye to fotki Aug 18), Nappilymi, Bublnbrnsuga, ~BlackPearls~, Kinkerbelle, Kutemommie, FroaliciousDiva, Triniempress, svrbrownsuga, afrosoulicious, I'm Free**Natural for 3 years**Sept updates, Toya Updated JULY 15, 2008, Jenny..Updated 3-15-08, JustKei, Candie (Updates July 29, 2008), michelle1908, Shatani: The Sequel, TalkingYam, Lil*Miss, Biyah, "Mistytea", ♥ NappyLove: UPDATED: 4 SEP 2008 ♥, NeeNapp *~*6/21/08 Updates*~*, ♥ ♥Lvgurl -Its a girl! - due dec 10th ♥ âÂ, ~*BeautyWitch*~, shortycocoa ** august updates complete **, NaturalC, kblc06-Updated 08/25/08 Brand NEW UPDATES!!, phillygyrl, NaturallyPretty1908, tffy2004, Kemi, Dijah has UPDATES! 5/3, Add my new album http://public.fotki.com/NappFrizz, Hairalicious-I'M FREE, Eclark6--updated 5-27-08, InThoseJeans, Sweetfacekay ..::END OF AUG. 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