05.27.08
Posted in at 4:21 pm by queent
And I don’t regret it for one minute. I could’ve let it grow some more, but why? I like it short. I’ve worn it like this before so I wasn’t concerned at all about not liking this length. I’m more up to seeing how I handle the ‘in between’ stage. I’ve been reading a lot of articles, blogs, and websites about natural hair and skin care. I’ll be using Moe’s recipe starting tomorrow night for a natural oil to make my hair grow happy and healthy quickly. I’ll post updates on how it goes over the next few months.
I’m happy.
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05.26.08
Posted in at 10:29 am by queent
I keep reading everywhere about trying different products out to see how they affect your hair. I guess I haven’t quite grasped why there’s a need for that. If something works, why is there a need to find something new? Does it stop working?
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Posted in at 10:28 am by queent
I might be making the jump a lot sooner than I planned. I took out the weave Friday night. That was the most relieving experience in a long, long time. Whew! Saturday we went to my sweetie’s home town and kicked it there til Sunday. I left my hair in the crinkled, braided state it was in from taking out the weave. I just slapped a headband on and kept it movin’. I looked like Spike Lee’s sister…lol
Last night I washed and conditioned it really well with the intention of twisting the relaxed ends and letting them dry to wear loose. Only twisting wet conditioned, short hair is a little challenging, especially at 10:00 at night (in other words, tired!). So I combed the front towards the back of my head, threw a cap on and went to bed. I work up this morning with a kind of wavy thing going on in the front and of course massive curl in the back. Back to the headband.
I’m impatient. I’m looking at my roots in the mirror every hour wondering “Do I have enough to just chop it off?” I want to think I do, but I;m not sure yet. This transition phase might not last very long.
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05.20.08
Posted in at 9:45 pm by queent
No more weave ever again! I woke up in the middle of the night last night with my head feeling like it was on fine. I couldn’t scratch it enough. It’s not that I can’t get in between the tracks to scratch; it’s just that the scratching wasn’t reliving the itch. I wanted to pull my damn hair out. Some how I used jedi mind tricks on myself and managed to get back to sleep for the night. It hadn’t itched as much during the day, but it certainly still itches. I’m back in my room right now and it itches like crazy. So I decide to Google ‘weave itch’ in an attempt to see what products frequent weave wearers recommend. As I’m reading a forum, I see the most common solution that seems to work is witch hazel, which would do just fine. Then I got to a post that resolved my issue, but not in a way that I really wanted to hear.
Synthetic hair. Damn it. The stylist used synthetic hair to add to my hair to make the braid thick enough to sew into. I wish I had remembered in allergic to synthetic hair, because I know that I am. But I get my hair braided so infrequently that I didn’t think anything of it when she was doing it. So when I get back to Houston, this is going to have to come out. I can’t live like this and its not good for my hair or scalp. If I keep scratching like this I’m going to scratch sores into my head.
No more weave. Ever.
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05.19.08
Posted in at 4:34 pm by queent
Well I got a weave and I can at least say I’ve had the experience as an adult. I never thought I was a ‘weave person’ to begin with. Nothing against anyone who wears them, it’s just not my thing. I have hair; I like my hair, so never had the desire since my first and only weave when I was 18 (funny that wasn’t long after I cut all my hair off the first time…lol). I’ve learned that I was correct. I am not a weave person. I don’t hate it; it’s actually grown on me in the few days I’ve had it and worn it out in public. But I don’t love it, and I’m going to wear it for about a month to get my money’s worth out of it and then it’s coming out. That will be in the end of it.
I’ll post pictures in a few days. I’m in the airport right now heading to Nashville for a conference. If it weren’t for this darn conference I would’ve changed my mind about my hair style and wouldn’t have even gotten the weave. When I went to the girl who is about to become my stylist for the next few months, she was finishing up a kinky twist set on the person before me. When she finished I knew that would be my next style and will probably carry me through til about the end of the year. I’d seen the style on another girlfriend of mine in Atl and always liked it on her, but wasn’t sure if I’d like it on me. And I didn’t know that was what it was called either. But I see the difference and what sold me on it. The lady I saw Friday night had them longer than my girl wears hers. Funny how just a small change makes such a drastic difference. But it did, and I can’t wait til the end of June when I get it too.
***Update***
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