Natural Hair

Wow, it's been SO long since I have updated my blog. This post is going to be about hair. Let's get right to it....

"We don't go natural, we return. Natural is where it began!"

I went natural December 23rd, 2013. I didn't plan on transitioning to go natural, but retrospectively I transitioned for a few months before cutting the relaxed ends off. I had a haircut and my last relaxer in May of that year. I was letting my cut grow out and never got another relaxer. So, by December, my new growth was pretty wild and hard to tame. I was getting tired of washing, blow drying, and flat ironing the two textures. During winter break, I decided I wasn't going to be stuck doing my hair the entire time. I cut the relaxed ends off. I have never felt so free!

The picture below is from the day I cut my hair! It wasn't perfect, but I was happy to be free lol...

I have had it cut and shaped a couple times since then. I have been a little scissor happy with trimming my own ends. I need my ends trimmed one more time and then I'll leave it alone!

This is my hair as of last week! My shrinkage is crazy, but this is what it looks like when it's stretched a bit. I don't use a lot of heat, but once in a while, I'll flat iron it and wear it until shrinkage gets the best of me lol...

Okay, that's my little hair story lol... I'll be back soon!

Dai

Back 2 This Hair Thing Tho...

I am so insprired to go natural!

I always have been, but lately I'm really feeling like I REALLY want to go natural. I'm tired of wearing my hair short now. I've been doing this for 2 years now, a little on and off in the beggining, but pretty steady in the past year or so. It grows fast (and I LOVE how my new growth feels!), but styling it, it doens't grow long without breakage. Even before I cut my hair short, I've never really had problems with my relaxed hair that alot of other women experience. The biggest problems I've had with my hair is breakage and I completely expect that with a relaxer and the amount of styling I do (on a daily basis).

I'm tired, though! I'm tired of doing my hair everyday. Tired of sitting in the salong for cuts every so often. Within the last week or so I've had this urge to just take some scissors and cut it all off.

My biggest worry is that I won't like my hair THAT short. I'm just ready for something new. Originally, I planned to just get my hair cut shorter and shorter each time, but my hair stylist won't cut it short how I want. I don't know if she does that on purpose or if she really just likes my hair the way she does it lol... Then I said I'm just going to get a fade by the time the summer comes. I'm getting restless. I'm ready to start over asap!

I'm telling you, if I keep feeling this way....*eyes the scissors*

~LaDai

Don't Get Your Hair Wet !!

So two things happened to me today: I went to the pool and then got caught in the rain!

So I went to the pool today and my intentions were to just chill poolside in my bikini and look cute. Who was I kidding, this is Florida!! It was so hot and humid today, I had no choice but to get in.

I feel like there's so many unnecessary things to worry about as a black girl on the poolside (or at the beach or lake wherever you're from). I can either just take a dip in the water, be cute, and not get my hair wet--OR--get in the water, have fun, BUT then be ashy and have messy hair afterwards.

So I got in and just chilled, didn't do too much, all because of my hair. I still had a good time, though, don't get me wrong. My whole plan was to not have to wash my hair at the end of the day (and be cute sitting by the pool). So I did that. I even met some guy who thought I was good looking enough to come over and talk to me.

But after all this and keeping my hair in mind, I got caught in the rain! (Every girl's nightmare right?) I even cancelled my date tonight with a nice guy! I told him it was because of the horrible weather! When in reality, it was because now I had to shower AND wash my hair and all that extra jazziness. I don't even know why I put so much energy into not getting my hair wet at the pool, besides the fact that I got rained on.

I can even remember being young getting in the tub for a bath and Mama hollered from the kitchen, "Don't get your hair wet!" If you're anything like me, the bath tub wasn't just where you bathed, that's where you went swimming too. LOL !!

Why is it that I (and the rest of black women who share my sentiment) just can't go to the pool, get my hair wet and all, without having to be worried about what people will think of my hair when they see what happens when water has it's way?

...If I was natural, I'd be good!

~LaDai