My Personal Hair Interview

Hello, Ladies. I decided that I wanted to do an interview about my life pre-HHJ and during my HHJ. It is something that I wanted to share with world about my hair's struggle and my personal struggle. It is a wonderful story, kind of inspirational, to me and hopefully to others. I hope you enjoy it. I had a lot of enjoyment going down memory lane. ENJOY!!!!!

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WHAT IS YOUR NAME? Alexis Moore

...AGE? 22

MAJOR? Biology

PLANS FOR THE FUTURE? Medical School

BEFORE HHJ, WHAT WAS YOUR LONGEST LENGTH OF HAIR? WL about eight years ago

RELAXED? I am relaxed

ANY DAMAGES, CUTS, BREAKAGE, etc LEADING TO YOUR HAIR NOT BEING THE SAME LENGTH? I decided to cut my hair, from WL to EL to avoid comparison of other family members, its weird, I know
DO YOU HAVE A HAIR INSPIRATION?

IS THERE A LOT OF MEMBERS IN YOUR FAMILY WITH LONG HAIR? On both sides of my family there are people who once had long hair but doesn't have it anymore. On my mother's side, I have the longest hair. On my father's side, I am in fourth from the longest hair. My aunt is about MBL.

WHAT IS YOUR WORST HAIR EXPERIEMENT? ugh, the dreaded dye. It made my hair really weak.

WHEN DID YOU DECIDE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR HAIR? I believe I wanted to make a difference around January 2008

WHEN DID YOU START YOUR HHJ? December 2008

HAVE YOU BEEN COMMITTED? I have been ever committed. I have done everything in my power to keep my commitment to healthy hair

HAVE YOU HAD ANY SETBACKS WHILE ON YOUR HEALTHY HAIR JOURNEY? Yes, At first I did not have any growth

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PRODUCT? Creme of Nature Deep Active Moisturizing Conditioner

DO YOU HAVE ANYONE ROOTING FOR YOU ON YOUR HHJ THAT IS NOT APART OF THE SITE? yes, My mother and my boyfriend are great supporters

DO YOU HAVE ANY DISCOURAGERS? Most definitely. My father's side of the family do not know about my HHJ, but they do not believe that I can grow my hair out.

WHAT IS THE MOST RIDICULOUS THING ANYONE HAS EVER SAID OR DONE TO YOUR HAIR? One day, my father's mother saw me outside my yard one day and saw my hair and asked was it a weave. I told her no, and while I was walking away from her, she grabbed a fist full and gave a hard tug. My head hurted for about three days.

IF YOU CAN GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE ABOUT YOUR HAIR IN THE PAST? I would never relaxed my hair. I feel like its so weak when relaxed.

IF YOU COULD, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE ABOUT YOUR HAIR NOW? My hair tends to look dull, I love for my hair to have a natural sheen. Also, my hair is very weak when wet. I would love to change that too.

HOW OFTEN DO YOU RELAX? I at least wait ten weeks. I have gone 12 and I am currently doing 15.

TRIM? every other two relaxers, so about two times a year

DUST? whenever its needed

WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT GOAL? I have been trying to get to APL since 2008 lol

WHAT IS YOUR OVERALL GOAL? I would love to be WL againHAVE YOU

INSPIRED OTHERS TO START A HHJ? I want to think that I have inspired my mother to do better by her hair

I HOPE YOU ENJOYED MY SELF INTERVIEW. ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE ASK.