It has been a while since my last post and I have a few updates. I wish I could post pictures but I am having camera issues.
1) BYE BYE MICRO BRAIDS!!
I loved the braids in the beginning. And in retrospect it was good to give my hair a break for two months. However, towards the end things were not so great. I took my braids out a week earlier than I intended because I had a braid fall out from the root right along my edges. Horrible sign. When I took my braids out I realized why I don't particularly care for weaves. It took me 6 hours (over a two day period) The hair that was braided along the edges were turning into little dread things. I was afraid to comb out my own hair so I wore a scarf for two days until I could get to the hair salon.
2)The Hair Salon
I am studying abroad in London so I had no idea about what I was going to do with my hair. I knew I needed a trim and some type of treatment after the braids and I was too afraid to come it out myself. Luckily, I have a cousin who lives here so she referred me to someone. The hairstylist was very nice and they did a deep conditioning treatment with Nexxus Humectress. My hair was unbelievably soft. She blowdried and flat-ironed it and it looked better than how my hair looks after a fresh relaxer some days. I almost felt like a sell-out to this whole transitioning process even though I didn't relax. I felt myself slipping back into "straight hair mentality". For a minute there I thought maybe I do want to keep on relaxing. But it has been a couple of days and I'm terribly bored with the straight hair. I plan on doing a braidout when my sister visits me with the hair products I asked her to bring. As a result of straightening my hair, I have no idea about the texture of my new growth at the moment
3)Class
In my Britain & Slavery class we were discussing the survival of African culture and hair came up. I am the only black person in this class so you know all eyes were on me. My teacher remarked that when he visitied Barbados he saw lots of little girls running around with wild hair that was sticking up but their mothers had straight hair that was more eurocentric. Let's put his problematic description of the little girls' natural hair aside. I had to explain the relaxing process to him and told him that in order to truly explain the politics of BLack hair we would need a couple of classes to really get into it lol. I also told the class that I was transitioning so I sort of fell like a sell-out again when I showed up with straightened hair on Tuesday. Then today my Corporate Communications teacher commented on the fact that my hair was worn down today, out of the braids. He said it doesn't make a difference but I could tell he preferred the straight down look. We'll see if he says anything when I wear my braidout. HA. This makes me wonder about my future in corporate America.
4)Sites
Through reading some blogs, I found maneandchic.com. It is like a one-stop shop for transitioners. I just love it! I learned which tools to buy (I got a Jilbere shower comb and a denman brush). My natural godsister also recommended tightlycurly.com. I recently also found napturality.
Anywho,
I'm excited to continue on this journey. 3.5 months post-relaxer! |
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