This is my first official blog, I was blogging for a bit on another site – I will remain nameless, but I must admit I didn’t really like it! I have seen others use this one and I must say I do like it a lot more. This blog is going to be about my hair, stories, etc. My natural hair journey has most def been a journey!
I started off natural July 20,2008. I was a lurker on LHCF for a while, and saw all the beautiful heads of hair. I also was a content lurker on youtube as well! Seeing such beautiful hair inspired me, and the day of July 20th, I cut my hair on my own. I’m not sure if I even used sharp enough FRESH scissors! lol. But I did it, and I will admit I was in shock at my OWN self, for doing so!
I had been permed for SO many years, I didn’t know what to do. I didn’t know how to react, what others would think. I was afraid to even tell my family.
Fast forward to a year later, and I loveeeed being natural! I loved my curl pattern. I loved people telling me they loved my hair or ask me what did I do to get it to be that way. I just loved it. My permed tresses never gained much attention. I was sold and told my self I would never perm again!
A few months later, maybe 2 months to be a exact — I did a texturizer. I lost so much hair from trying to comb through it because that is what the directions had told me to do (stupid stupid stupid! lol) I wasn’t AS afraid because my thought was, “My hair is sooooo thick, I can afford to lose some strands!) After I was done, I thought I was lookin FIERCE! But UH OH, I didn’t get the top portion of my hair very well, so what did I do? I did a “Corrective texturizer” a week or 2 later. NOW it “was perfect” (so I thought).
Immediately I saw that I had accidentally done a few parts toooo straight, so my hair was looking uncomfortable lol. I dealt with it for a little while, up until I realized I couldnt take it anymore. I had lost my texture, I lost a part of ME that I worked so hard for.
I took my NEW pair of scissors, and cut off any of the straggly straight pieces I could without cutting off ALL of my hair. I snipped off 4 inches in the frontal top part, and felt SUCH a feeling of relief. I knew I had just cut off a lot of my progress, but I rather have a head of healthy hair, then long jacked up hair — and that is what I was working with in the front.
I Krystal MC vow to never put any type of texturizer, perm, relaxer – anything that alters my curl pattern through chemicals, AGAIN!
So now, 11/30/09 — I am transitioning back to ALL natural so I can have the beautiful tresses God blessed me with again. I am so so ready for a year to pass to gain my length back. I have been wet bunning for half a month now. I will be wet bunning for a year with the occasional alternative due for other events IF I feel like it. But honestly, this is the easiest and most elegant style I can do right now. OHHH, I’m ALSO growing out color too.
- See the color in the back?
I want to CHOP it all off, buttt then I’d look like a creature or something, because my hair would be allll kinds of uneven! It’s already uneven in the front. But I’m happy with what I did. I told my self I wouldn’t color anymore. And I don’t think I will. IF I ever do, I’m doing highlights with a deep color, nothing too stripping – or the wands that have color, well I take that back. I will just do clip in pieces if I want color! Because I honestly want a color that most people probably would find CRAZY — like this….
- Pink clip in highlight!
I want to find something that is like that but curly too, you know like a natural type african american coil — buttttt i have months before i even consider putting those in!
Well, this has been my first entry of SHH until next time!
<3,
NaturalBrownBarbie
