First Trim

Yay! I got my first trim in almost two years today! I can't believe (actually I can) that I waited this long! Craziness! To say I miss my hairstylist in Chicago is beyond an understatement!! I miss you girl! In fact, I'm getting ready to send you a message.

Meanwhile, what a trip today at the hair salon. First of all, the reason it took so to get a trim was because I was really afraid to have anyone do it here. It seems a lot of the hair stylists here are not trained. So there's a lot of trail and error going on! Anyways, I absolutely had to get a trim so I braved it.

The girl said she has trimmed natural hair before and that she has natural hair herself. Now you would think that would put me at ease, right? but it didn't. Anyways, she did quite a few things wrong. It was frustrating cos I had to say stuff like "don't do that", "use this instead", "be careful", etc., etc. Now, get this: When she was ready to trim my hair, she said she wanted to cut it first to get rid of the ends, or something to that effect. She then proceeded to put the scissors to my hair and randomly snip! What!! Is she nuts! Anyways, I told her to just trim it the proper way.

After a frustrating few hours, I had my tresses trimmed and flat-ironed. Needless to say, the effect of the flat-iron didn't last! My curls were coming back before I was out the door. Ok, she did do one thing right: She gave me a heck of a scalp massage. It was wonderful! Even though there was drama surrounding getting that as well. Geez! Can I just go to the hair salon and have a drama-free experience. What I would do to get a real good hair stylist here! It would be nice to go to the hair salon and not have to tell the stylist how to do her job. It's all good. This is the beginning of restoration cos my hair has been crying for help! NP, where are you to "love my hair to life"! I guess I gotta do it myself now, huh? Alrighty!

Rocking my crown! :o)

Yay!

Got me some Jane Carter Solution. I'm so excited! This might just be the hair care solution I've been looking for. It'smade out of 100% natural ingredients. Fabuloso! Meanwhile, I've been rocking this mohawk for a while (Took it out and did it again). I think it's time to let it take a break for a while. Go back to the good 'ol two-strand twists.

Will keep ya posted on how Jane Carter Solution works out.

Rock your crown! :o)

Water, water, water

Water is so good for our hair. If I were at Church I would say "Touch your neighbour and say water" Lol! Seriously though there's this myth in the black community that we're not supposed to wash our hair a lot cos doing so can strip it of moisture, etc., etc. What a lie! Black women should actually wash their hair at least once a week. Our poor men, having to put up with smelly tresses. Lol. Plus, it can prevent healthy hair and growth because it clogs your pores. Now, it's hard though, right? With busy work schedules, etc. but I think it's time we took care of our crowns (Preaching to the choir now). Start with every two weeks. You'll see the difference. If you've got natural hair, it's easy ;) If you have braids, they can be washed. If you have a weave......screech! I dunno much about that but you could take it out and wash and put it right back. Hmm, that would be expensive, huh? Girls, all I'm saying is it's time to take care of our crowns so that they shine and are beautiful and so that on the days you ain't got a weave or braids, you can still leave home without a wig! All it takes is some TLC and water! :o)

Rock your crown!

Hair Products

I live in Nigeria and believe it or not, it is so hard to find hair products for natural hair. It amazes me. You would think we would embrace our crowns more here but not so. There are times I feel like my hair is not what it used to be or what it should be cos I haven't been using the right products consistently since I've been here. Anyways, I'm determined to explore and start making my own homemade products. I'm excited cos they'll be organic and I strongly believe my tresses will be better off for it. Yay! I'm excited! Watch this space :o)

Rock your crown!

Why is your hair so short?

So today I met someone who was truly mystified by my natural hair. She wasn't quite sure if I had locs or what. Lol. At the moment I have a mohawk (a temporary one :)). Needless to say I get a lot of stares. You see, here in Nigeria, natural hair is still a new thing. Anyways, her and her husband asked me all sorts of questions about my hair. I wasn't bothered by it at all. In fact, I LOVE talking about my hair. Anyways, one of her questions was why my hair is the length it is given that I've been natural for so many years. I had to explain that it's longer than it looks, which I demonstrated by pulling it and then I proceeded to explain that I have tight curls. It's interesting how many black women don't understand the natural state of their hair. I also explained to her that everyone's has a growth threshold so no matter how long you grow it out, it will only grow so long. So that's my answer :o)

Rock your crown!