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															<description><![CDATA[Anyone who knows me, knows that my heat-damage struggle took WAY too long. I started experiencing pretty bad heat-damage almost six years ago, after years of getting Dominican blowouts — week after week. But my transitioning period took years because my stubborn ass was initially hesitant to go heat-free. Towards the end of 2018, I]]></description>
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															<description><![CDATA[Nurturing my curls back to health has been quite the journey. The one thing you need to have when transitioning from heat-damaged hair to healthy curls is patience — there’s no question about it. I have had a few haircuts since the damage — trims and even a lob back in 2017 — but the]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2018 18:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[As much as I love the curly/natural hair movement, I’ve realized that it could often times be hella judgmental. I have naturally curly hair that I wear curly more than straight these days since recovery from really bad heat-damage. But even after getting my curl cut this September, I told my stylist that though straightening]]></description>
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							<title>Why a Curly Cut Is Crucial When Transitioning From Heat-Damage To Healthy Curls</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2018 19:19:35 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[It’s taken a REALLY long time for my curls to recover from heat-damage—almost 5 years to be exact. But trust me, this isn’t the norm. I’ve always had very long hair and for the longest, letting go of my length was harder than the trauma of loosing my curls—if you can believe that. I started]]></description>
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							<title>How I&#8217;m Recovering My Heat-Damaged Curls This Summer</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2018 19:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[I am over spending hours at the hair salon and if there is one time of year where I avoid it like the plague, it’s the summer. Broiling under a hair dryer in 90 degree weather is not my cup of tea. That is one of the main reasons why I embarked on the journey]]></description>
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