An early stage in life for me and having a different way of growing up was my early path of growing into an older naturalista adult. I was raised in a combined family household because my father married after gaining custody of me as a young child at the age of four years old. My dad and I are of African American descent. My father's wife, and stepmother was of Caribbean descent. She was from Kingston, Jamaica. Little did I know growing up would teach me a different way of life, morals, upbringing, feminine care and hair care to show me my heritage roots. My hair as a child was faithfully braided all the time. My stepmother did a deep conditioning every two weeks after my braided hair style wore down and then a repeat again. At five years old, my aunt on my dads side of my family of African American descent permed my hair behind my stepmothers back. She was furious, and I had no idea why. She spent months afterwards repairing it back to normal and getting it back to the best way to