2014 RECAP & 2015 GOALS

2015 new year picture

Happy new year ladies

I hope you have all have a great start to the year. I pray that 2015 brings us all good health, happiness and God’s blessings. When I reflect on all that has happened in the first few weeks of the year it makes me realise just how much I have to be grateful for.

As this is my first post of the year I will share a quick recap of 2014 and some of my plans for 2015.

2014 Was…..

My Hair

Updo

I can honestly say that in 2014 I became 100% happy with my hair. I always had a love/hate thing for my ends and hoped to trim them off gradually which I did. After my impromptu relax and trim in December I realised that I now liked my ends and was happy with my hair from root to tip. This does not mean I think my hair is perfect…I could still list out all its flaws but I am now pleased with the state of my ends that I finally feel contented. So yay to 2014!!!

The Hairducation Consultation Service

By far the biggest dream come true for me in 2014 was the launch of the Hairducation Consultation Service.

A few years back I would never have imagined that I would be doing half the things I do today and I could not be happier despite the ups and downs of being a serial entrepreneur. I thank God first and foremost and then I thank you all for your kind words of encouragement, your support, your patronage and for making my dreams come true…..thank you.

It has been such a pleasure for me to get to know my clients and their hair.  One of my clients was kind enough to share her progress with me and gave me permission to share it with you all.

Afolakemi result

When I met with her she was already on a hair journey but found sometimes felt confused by the vast amount of information on various sites. She wasn’t always sure what she was doing was right or wrong for her hair and wanted me to guide her through it.

I met and consulted with her, created her hair regimen and followed up with her regularly. What I loved the most about working with her was that she played her part. She followed the regimen HOWEVER she had a few suggestions for tweaking the regimen which we discussed and agreed on.
For me the best part was of the whole process was her sending me her pictures and saying “ we did it together so I thought I should share my progress with you.

The difference might not seem outstanding to some but I certainly see progress. Her hair is thicker and a bit longer. Now imagine what it will look like 2 or 3 years into her journey. I don’t offer instant hair growth and fortunately all my clients seem to have realistic growth expectations. I look forward to taking on more clients in 2015.

In 2015 I will…….

My hair plans for 2015 are twofold

1)  I would like to maintain my current hair health and length of my hair, this means I really have to stop skipping wash days…..a bad habit I seem to be developing.

2)  I would like to reduce my shedding rate by focusing on hair care from within i.e. eating better, exercising regularly, getting more sleep and drinking more water. I do all these thing already but I am so inconsistent and this is what I need to work on. One month I am good…next month…..not so good.

I am so excited about what 2015 has in store and hope more of all our dreams become reality. What goals did you reach in 2014? What are your 2015 goals?

The next blog post will be about the shoulder length hump, why many ladies seem stuck at this length and how to grow past it.
Come back soon ladies.

x

Lade
Learn | Change | Grow

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11 Comments

  1. Island Girl
    January 19, 2015 / 12:39 pm

    Hello Lade! 😀
    Great post! I especially loved seeing your featured client’s progress in her hair journey, very inspirational. I’m eagerly looking forward to your next post because I seem to be stuck in between shoulder length and armpit length..

    • omolade
      Author
      January 28, 2015 / 9:32 pm

      Hello

      Thank you so much. the post about moving past the shoulder length hump is now up. happy reading.
      x
      Lade

  2. January 20, 2015 / 10:34 am

    Hi Lade. I hope you’re able to achieve your goals this year and more. Although, i’d like to see you reach tail bone length. Lol!!! I nominated you for an award. The details are on my website. You can check it out when you have the time. Have an awesome week ahead.

    • omolade
      Author
      January 28, 2015 / 9:47 pm

      Thank you Hilda
      I hope you achieve and exceed your goals too. Will check out your site…
      stay blessed

      x
      Lade

  3. Oyindamola
    January 21, 2015 / 10:15 pm

    Please I need help with my hair for it to to grow long.I relaxed my hair late last year but I cut it early this year.My hair is due for retouching since the relaxer is still in my hair even though I’ve already cut it. Please what can I do to make it long.

    • omolade
      Author
      January 28, 2015 / 9:36 pm

      Hello Oyindamola

      Please read the information under the How To Care for Black Hair section of this site. I suggest that you create and stick to a healthy hair care regimen and with time your hair will be healthier and longer.
      Good luck.
      x
      lade

  4. Modupe
    January 22, 2015 / 2:15 pm

    Wow! That’s really a great improvement on her hair. And best of luck to your goals this year. Well this is my first time of commenting but have been reading your post since November 2014. I just started my hair journey this year by texlaxing on 2nd of January. My hair length is below shoulder blade but hope to reach bra strap length or mid back length hopefully this year & I retouch every 5-6 months but I need to improve more by deep conditioning & following a regimen because I only moisturize & seal in ends every day,wash & condition every Thursday since I’ve started my hair journey. Thanks for creating Hairducation….God bless you.

    • omolade
      Author
      January 28, 2015 / 9:41 pm

      Thank you so so much Modupe

      I am glad you are finding Hairducation helpful and you must be doing something right to have gotten to BSB. I hope you get to BSL soon and that you step up on moisturising and sealing.
      But I do understand and their are periods I struggle to keep up with my regimen too.
      So long as we don’t make it a habit 🙂
      happy hair journey
      xx
      Lade

      • Modupe
        January 29, 2015 / 6:42 am

        Don’t know if I’m doing something right, all I can remember before texlaxing was I relax every 5-6months,I straighten hair twice in a year & use head net every night. Anyway I’ve trimmed off my split ends…I’m now at Shoulder Blade length. 🙁 and yea you are right sometimes I skip moisturizing & sealing…too bad. Will surely try my best this year.

  5. January 25, 2015 / 8:27 am

    Hello. This is completely off topic but did you design your blog yourself?

    • omolade
      Author
      January 28, 2015 / 9:30 pm

      lol…yes and no….my brother and I did, he is my web designer so it was a joint project.