My Hair

Thoughts on my hair…

July 28, 2013 By Mrs. Mom Leave a Comment

Have you ever thought of cutting your hair? How about perming it?

I have spent the past four years natural. I haven’t cut, permed, or changed the state of my hair chemically since I did my big chop. I really love my hair, when it looks the way that I want it to. Yet there are times, like today, when I really don’t feel like messing with it. I have 4a/b hair. What does that mean? Well, it means that I have tightly coiled hair. My hair is shoulder length, but after washing it, it shrinks above my ear. This can be really frustrating because it takes a lot to actually style it.

Actually, I’m sitting here right now trying to figure out what I’ve been doing with my hair for the past four years…Oh how quickly the time flies by.

I think many black women that have transitioned their hair to it’s natural state go through the same thing. We each cope with it in different ways and try to find different ways of handling “the hair crisis.”

Patience…that’s what it takes. The only way to figure out what works for me is to try different things. In the process, I’ll figure out what works and what doesn’t work…

This is what I think of my hair today…uh…

My Straightened Hair

June 12, 2013 By Mrs. Mom 1 Comment

I had been going to and fro with my all natural, un-straightened hair for about 2 years. I have already been natural, without any type of processing, perms, or color for the past 4 years, but I straightened it 2 years ago. At that time, I straightened it frequently and I ended up damaging my hair. That was when I decided that I would not use so much heat on my hair. After making that decision, I didn’t use heat at all and my hair grew back very fast.

This year, I decided to straighten it. I must say that I loved the texture, length, and fullness of my hair. I am so glad that I did it. Let me clarify what I mean by straightened. I flat ironed my hair.

I am still 100% natural…

Now I need to decide what to do with my hair next…

My New Hair Style

April 22, 2013 By Mrs. Mom Leave a Comment

Recently, I decided to change up my hair style a bit. I have had my hair in its natural state, no chemicals, since 2009. When I found out I was pregnant, I decided that I would do something different to my hair for a little while. I wanted to let my hair take a break from the dry air of Utah and I didn’t want to mess with it. I had a lot of morning sickness for a while so it took some time for me to actually decide and style my hair the way that I had liked.

The first style that I did took four days to complete. It was the first time that I had braided my own hair. (I’ll write another post about that) This time I decided to do something that would take less time to put in and to take out. I went with the braids that Janet Jackson wore in the movie “Poetic Justice.” This style took me 9 hours. Now that may seem like a long time, but I took care of my children, at and napped throughout the entire process.

I am really liking this style. My only complaint would be that the hair is heavy and super long. Yet I am going to keep it in for a little while. I worked so hard that I don’t want to to go to waists by taking the braids out too soon. I would do may hair like this again.