Short Hair Don't Care

Yup, I did it! Chopped it off.  Who gon check me?!?!?! LOL I feel all tough actually I feel really EMPOWERED by my natural hair.  I have been awaiting this moment since freshman year.

Time for some HairStory...

My first transition November 2008

First transition

Once upon a time there was a fair brown maiden who immigrated from the beautiful land of wood and water Jamaica when she was ten.  She was natural all her life and most of the people arouns her was also natural.  Coming to this new environment, she was greeted with straight hair everywhere she went.  Nonetheless she never gave in and rocked her braids, cornrows, and beads to school.  Then, one day I suppose her hair was looking rather unkempt and a substitute teacher brought this to her attention in front of herself and her peers.  She decided to start pressing her beautiful mane in 8th grade since it seemed more acceptable.  By March of her freshman year, she got so fed up with the hotcomb and decided to get a relaxer. In the beginning her hair was thriving with the relaxer, it was thick , luscious, and shiny.  Tragedy struck! Her hair started thinning, breaking, and getting shorter.  Somehow, she stumbled upon a video by someone by the name of lovelyti2001 who had really long hair from stretching relaxers and transitioning.  She started this tranisition process November 2008, her freshman year.  LOL (random thought just popped into my head: So,  I had no shame and would go to the caf with my hair deep conditioning in a shower cap under a bandana all the time to the cafeteria.) I diverge...but transitioning became too much and in the summer of 2009 she relaxed again.  She relaxed once again and set her mind up that she would transition again and follow through.

Snipping away March 2011

All my hair after I was done cutting

Now to the main point of the blog.  I was always afraid of short hair.  I had hair idols and I wanted to show my natural hair when it would hang naturally to my shoulder at least.  I wanted to transition for a long time.  I refused to let anyone see me with hair shorter than neck length. How unrealistic? So how did I chop it off?  I got my lovely hair straightened at the dominicanos and boy was it long and bouncy...yup it had me feeling myself.   I decided to cut it the day of the Carnival on The Quad event that CSO put on.  My hair was all sweat out and all you saw was roots and mangy ends hanging from it.   I couldn't stand it much longer so before I could consult anyone and change my mind.  I just started chopping and with each snip I felt so much better, more liberated.

Earrings and Puff, oh and the bathroom

Side twists with the fro

This post was just to show off how beautiful it is to rock a TA (tiny afro).  Here are the three key ingredients: panty house, earrings, and conditioner.  Panty house...yea I said it, all your ripped pany house will come in handy here.  Take the panty house cut it up in small pieces.  It will be your new ponytail/afro holder and headband.  I mostly use it as a headband but sometimes I want to make my puff look like a ponytail then use two.  One as a pony tail and one has a headband.   Now, I am not a big fan of earrings...idk why.  But earrings, accentuates your face as your hair is pulled up on your head.  It is just a great accessory that adds a BIG difference to that afro puff.  Conditioner and I are in a relationship, I swear.  I never loved a hair product more than conditioner.  Words cannot begin to describe it.  It softens and moisturizzes your hair especially hello hydration by Herbal Essences, BEST Product hands down!! I use conditioner to wash (co-wash), to detangle, as a leave-in, and as a styler.  Its a multi-use product.