“No, No, No! I’m not ready.” “Well what you waiting for?” she said. “I don’t know” was definitely not a good answer as I sat in my stylist chair with dried ends and about 25% of new growth. She offered to cut off ALL my hair and I just didn’t think I was ready so I sat there listening to her and my mother say “Go ahead and do it” lol. I know it wasn’t in the best looking shape but I still thought I was doing ok lol. So I broke down and asked her how much was she going to cut and she just said enough. Don’t get my wrong, I trust my stylist and she had been taking care of my hair for a while…until I stopped going back in October. I just thought I could handle transitioning to natural, which I had been thinking about doing for a while, on my own. I was just tired of getting relaxers with the burning of the scalp and all that. Just ready to get to know MY hair.
So she went to work and honestly, it didn’t feel (or look) half as bad as I thought. She cut it all the way down with the scissors then shaped my back & sides up, shampooed me, put some Silky Milk setting lotion on me, and set me under the dryer for a few. I’ll admit I thought it was cute (along with all the spectators in the shop) but I was a little nervous for like an hour. What do I do with it??? Am I going to have to wear big hoop earrings all the time??? What are people going to think??? Then I started liking it (and realized how convenient it would be) and got over it lol. I guess just like with any kind of change or anything new we try there’s going to be that nervousness.
That was March 27th so it’s been almost 4 weeks. She has moved to a shop a little further away so I can’t see her on a regular basis like I would like. So last week I rediscovered a shop I went to a few years back for a cut. I remember that they had a barber in there so I went to him to shape me up. Turned out pretty good so I’ll be going back. Next time I’ll just have to suggest to him to do his cutting without picking it out because not all of my hair shrinks back up the same. Eventually I will grow it out (naturally) but for the summer months I have decided to keep it short & sweet…and neat ;-).
Now to get a little deeper lol. I feel like since cutting my hair, I’ve become a little more free. I never would have pictured myself doing something so random and brave but it feels good (And I think I wear it well too). To me, it shows how much I have grown and matured from say…a few years ago. I know by doing so I encouraged (at least) one person to go through with their BC ;-).
Loving my TWA. My next mission is to find the best products (shampoos, conditioners, moisturizers, curl enhancers) for my hair…without becoming a product junkie lol.
Thanks for letting me share.
So she went to work and honestly, it didn’t feel (or look) half as bad as I thought. She cut it all the way down with the scissors then shaped my back & sides up, shampooed me, put some Silky Milk setting lotion on me, and set me under the dryer for a few. I’ll admit I thought it was cute (along with all the spectators in the shop) but I was a little nervous for like an hour. What do I do with it??? Am I going to have to wear big hoop earrings all the time??? What are people going to think??? Then I started liking it (and realized how convenient it would be) and got over it lol. I guess just like with any kind of change or anything new we try there’s going to be that nervousness.
That was March 27th so it’s been almost 4 weeks. She has moved to a shop a little further away so I can’t see her on a regular basis like I would like. So last week I rediscovered a shop I went to a few years back for a cut. I remember that they had a barber in there so I went to him to shape me up. Turned out pretty good so I’ll be going back. Next time I’ll just have to suggest to him to do his cutting without picking it out because not all of my hair shrinks back up the same. Eventually I will grow it out (naturally) but for the summer months I have decided to keep it short & sweet…and neat ;-).
Now to get a little deeper lol. I feel like since cutting my hair, I’ve become a little more free. I never would have pictured myself doing something so random and brave but it feels good (And I think I wear it well too). To me, it shows how much I have grown and matured from say…a few years ago. I know by doing so I encouraged (at least) one person to go through with their BC ;-).
Loving my TWA. My next mission is to find the best products (shampoos, conditioners, moisturizers, curl enhancers) for my hair…without becoming a product junkie lol.
Thanks for letting me share.
KB
