So last friday I was studying in the library and I got super bored! I started thinking about my hair (my new obsession since I decided to go natural) and I had an epiphany!
I had become so obsessed with my hair I began over manipulationg it and I was making such uneducated decisions.
In the last week, I had rolled my hair on sunday, Bantu knoted it on monday, flat twisted it on wedneseday and wanted to wash treat and roll on friday. Now, if the whole point of going natural was to ensure a low maintaince style, there is no way this could be healthy for my hair!
My crazy, Irrational decision then? I decided to go and do the big chop! I mean if I have no hair then I guess I can't fiddle with it right?
I walked to the salon, so confident playing "I am not my hair" by India Arie in my earphones jamming and thinking, this is it! this is gonna be awesome!
When I got to the salon, I confidently said "I wanna cut all my hair off! Just leave all the new growth!". The ladies looked at me astonished and said "But you have no new growth!" LOL. Thats when I realised that I had a problem.
I became so obsessed with my hair that I was not giving it a chance to just be and grow! What I was doing may have been worse than the relaxer itself!
So I decided to get Nubian twists, yup I decided in that moment to get braids! This way, I could keep my hands of my braids for a good long while and they were light enough for me to keep up with my Regimne!
We will soon see the results of my decision in 2 months when I take them out :)
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