| Supernapptural...! |
| Thanks to the love, support, & encouragement of my wonderful husband, I was able to take a step I had often let pass through my mind . You know the one, every time you see a sistah rockin' a natural you think to yourself, "if only I could do that!" (you can) |
| Thanks also to me just being lazy and tired of the burning of relaxers, spending all day at the salon, and never being able to get my hair wet (runnin' from the rain like it was acid or something). Now I am FEARLESS! I enjoy the rain falling on my head, I can be active in all the ways I enjoy without EVER worrying, "how's my hair?" It was difficult at first because I didn't like the way I looked with short hair. And it took a little while to be able to manipulate my hair and find a style that worked for me. |
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| My relaxed hair always looked good. Going natural wasn't about that to me. In May 2002, I had what I didn't know at the time would be my last relaxer. I got a fresh "perm" for the engagement pictures Curt and I were about to take. We decided to get married in September and I began to contemplate wedding styles and how I could enjoy the Jamaican beach and still keep my hair nice and silky -- something only my stylist was able to do. We would be on the island 2 days before the wedding day and I was worried the weather and the water would trash my cute style. Well, I couldn't take my stylist with me and I didn't know what else to do. Then it got closer to "touch-up time" and I just couldn't bring myself to get a relaxer any more. I decided I would get braid extensions. That way I would have style, versatility, and be able to let my new growth grow. Then, on Ocober 11th I went and got the braids taken out, did the Big Chop, and got comb twists. I felt so strange walking out of that salon "bald-headed." |
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| My husband LOVED it. He said those braids were too itchy anyway. My first day at work with the shortest hairstyle I had ever had was a tough one. I got so many compliments though. (Too many I thought, I must look horrible.) I had combed out the twists the stylist had given me cuz I felt like they were too little, but the style I ended up with was not cute. But I was happy about making the change and that I could play in my hair without worrying about what would happen to it. As I became more comfortable messing around with it, I figured out how to twist it myself. That style is shown in the beach pic. Then, one day when I was feeling lazy and not wanting to wash my hair, I separated each twist into smaller twists, the smaller coils you see in the other pic. Now I love it even more. I have a full, fluffy,coily fro! |
| coiliscious! |
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| O.K. So who was it that said, "Remove the kinks from your mind, not from your hair..." |
| chapter three |
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| Highlights April '03. |
| For inspiration during my transition and even now, I cut out several pictures of styles I liked, taped them inside a notebook, and looked at them nearly everyday. After the big chop, I spent hours and hours on my favorite website Nappturality. It really helped me feel more beautiful and learn how to care for my new head of healthy hair. |
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| I love this hair! |
| Dec 02 |
| Feb 03 |
| Sept 02 |
| My ultimate goal is to have long, luscious locs down my back, wrapped in rafia and colored yarns. I haven't begun to loc yet though because I really enjoy being able to brush and play in my hair. As it grows, I look forward to having an even bigger coily fro like the above pic and then I can't wait until I can make a huge afropuff! When my twists reach my shoulders I know I will tire of twisting all that hair every couple weeks and then I will begin to loc. |
| I feel so free now. |
| Braids for my wedding... |
| Galveston, May 03 |