Translation: I don’t think black women should wear their hair as it naturally grows out of their heads because that’s ugly and doesn’t look enough like the straight white folk hair I’ve been socialized to idealize.
This is some bullshit. This person will probably grow up and discriminate against black women in the workforce based on this bullshit. Someone tell me again that there aren’t tangible disadvantages to wearing your hair natural as a black woman. I dare you.
Getting a lot more comfortable with the fro. It looks a lot better today I think. Btw, that was me attempting to do a thumbs up.
Though I have made peace with the fro, I’m ready for a new change. One thing I keep hearing about in the Natural Hair World is the importance of protective styles. Now especially because the winter weather can be harsh on hair (no matter what hair type you have). Although recently, the weather here has been spastic at best. Also, I have fragile ends as it is, so a protective style is in my best interest. I mentioned to my mom the last time I saw her that I wanted to get my hair done proper at a natural hair salon, but that they were unnaturally expensive (see what I did there?). To my surprise, my parents called me today and told me to call them back with a salon and a price and pretty much implied that they’d pay (most likely due to a recent tax check). So now, I’m trying to decide what to do and where to go to get it done.
I’ve basically narrowed it down to two styles
Mini Twists:
As you can see, there is many inventive and fun things you can do with micro twists. Also, they’re pretty easy to maintain.
Or, a Curly Weave:
I was thinking around the likes of Rihanna
Or a la Miss Wynter Gordon (my napsperation)
The question is, where to go to do these things, and how much will they cost. In my experience with weaves and from what I know about hair salons, the weave would prolly be cheaper (this includes the cost of hair. braiding hair is much cheaper than extensions, but the procedure in general is still more) and not take as much time. But it takes a lot more maintenance and doesn’t last as long. I mean it can, but you have to be really diligent about taking care of it. And I told myself that it would be a while before I got another sew-in weave (its been more than a year tho). Also, these are two different processes that are done in two different kinds of salons. I’m leaning more towards the mini twists, but I don’t really know anything about braiding salons.
I think I’m gonna go with the twists, but to find a good salon. Guh. Decisions are too hard.
Today, I was Afro-Fabulous. Maybe if I feel like it, I’ll take a pic of the whole outfit.
I call this style “I washed my hair the other day and didn’t feel like pulling out the flat iron”. My fro was well received, but I still don’t feel happy with it. After about a year and some change of transitioning, there are still a lot of pieces of my hair that are relaxed, making doing anything to it wildly complicated. I’d like to go to one of those fancy African braiding salons and get it done for real, but they want too much money. Unless I flat iron it, my hair just refuses to completely cooperate with me. But I want to cut back on using straighteners because once you lose your hair to heat damage, that’s it.
Guh, I may start up a donation. A “Save the Fro” fund.
Hello all 142 of you! I appreciate you all being here, and I invite you into the little place that I call my mind. Many of you might not know, I have other interests outside of this one blog, and even multiple ones within. So I figured, to anyone interested, um…check them out?
My other blogs (for other things that I love, but that I felt needed their own outlet):
Michael Jackson (because if you haven’t noticed, I kinda love him)
About my MJ page: I’ve been tinkering with the idea for ages about just making another blog for him. But considering that I run three already, and rarely update the other two, I just don’t have the time. So this is me masquerading as a member of the MJ blogosphere. However, I have a vat of useless information stored away about him, so please, feel free to ask any questions about him. I’ll be happy to answer to the best of my abilities. Also, it will make me feel included. And I like having an excuse to talk about him.
This applies for any of my blogs or pages. Please, if you have any questions or anything, come talk to me! I like to talk if you haven’t noticed!
Well two nights ago, I posted a cry for help with my natural hair. After searching high and low, I found a few websites, forums, FAQ’s and YouTube tutorials. There is soooo much information out there about natural hair and how to maintain it; its not as easy as I once thought. I’m still a bit overwhelmed, but I feel less clueless at least.
Here is a tutorial on the traditional Twist Out style. Either tonight or tomorrow night (most likely tomorrow), I’m gonna give this a try. I’ll share my experience, and post before and after results. This is an adventure, but an adventure that I’m willing to share with you guys :)
I’m celebrating more than one year relaxer free! I didn’t to the “big chop” like most women transitioning to natural hair, but I let it gradually grow out on its own. The problem here is, I now have a full head of thick, natural hair, and no idea what to do with it. I want a natural style without having to use twists or locs.
My hair is naturally curly, and I was hoping I’d end up with something like…
A Wynter Gordon:
Or maybe something like a Rachel True:
Or better still, my girl crush, and the reason I went natural in the first place, Tracie Thoms (although to my understanding, Tracie uses twists and something called “Baby Curl” extensions, which sounds like too much work really):
But, I’m ending up with something more like this:
Not that there’s anything wrong with this, but again, I have no clue what to do with it.
So obviously, I need help. And there are probably other girls out there who need help too. I’m assuming there are also people out there with way more hair experience than me who can help. So I’ve decided to chronicle my adventures through nappy by starting a hair diary of sorts. I’ll be making more posts like this, and tracking my progress, and mostly shamelessly begging for help and style tips.
So…help a sista out! All my nappy girls out there: what styles do you use, and how do you achieve them? What products do you prefer? What the hell is a diffuser? And what kind of salons are ideal?
This is my life in pictures, poems, song lyrics, gifs, stories and whatever the hell else I feel like posting here. This is me, take it or leave it. :)
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This is my life in pictures, poems, song lyrics, gifs, stories and whatever the hell else I feel like posting here. This is me, take it or leave it. :)