Happy Nappy Gal! Going Straight

Going Straight

It will be two years in September that I did my big chop and went natural. Don't worry, I am still very natural and plan to remain that way until my last day. Thursday I decided to get my hair washed, trimmed and flat ironed. It was the first time my hair had been straightened since I started this natural hair journey. I have to say that while I love being natural and realize how versatile it is, once straight I started missing my natural curls immediately. I noticed things that I forgot were an issue in my previous hair life, like needing to pull my hair back during activities like cooking and putting on make-up. I forgot how annoying it is to constantly collect the hair from your glossy lips when the wind blows. Wind is currently not my friend. It has also been quite warm this past few days and long straight hair on your shoulders is just plain hot and not in the good way. While I understand that I am not my hair, thank you India Arie, I feel a little less unique with my straight hair in a world 

where most women are wigged, weaved or relaxed.While the only thing between my straight and curly predicament is really just a good douse of water, I am doing my best to hold out because who knows how long it will be before I do this again. While natural curly hair may not be everyone's idea of beauty, I notice that many of us are natural or going natural. We are changing the way we look at ourselves and slowly changing the ideals of those around us. With that said, I can't wait until a full week is over so I can happily embrace my big hair again.

 

Do you prefer your hair straight or curly?

Be blessed! Be Free! Be Fashionable!

Kris, 

Happy Nappy Gal! Happy Anniversary to My Hair !?!

Happy 1 Year Anniversary to My Hair!!!

I have been so busy this past month, I celebrated my belated one year natural hair anniversary this past Sunday. The original day was September 20th but I was out of town helping a friend with a job so I didn't have time to reflect on my year let alone celebrate. I was asked earlier September by one of my hair idol's Koku Gonza, what I planned to do for my hair birthday. Would I buy my hair a cake? Well, I went out for breakfast, bought myself a cupcake and stopped at the beauty store for shea butter which is a large part of my hair regimen. Yes, I put a candle in my cupcake and blew it out as well. My hair wish? I will keep that to myself just as if it were a regular birthday wish but I do want to leave you with somethings I have learned to appreciate the first year of my natural hair journey.

Natural hair is a lot of work but I am not complaining. My hair is the healthiest it has ever been. It is more versatile and fashion forward. It grows really fast, as a matter of fact my hair is back to the original length it was before my big chop. I love that when the wind blows it doesn't get stuck to my lipgloss. It is a conversation starter everywhere I go. When I want to wear it straight, I can straighten it with no chemicals involved. I have not had a chemical burn on my scalp in well over a year. This is the hair I was born with and I have never felt more beautiful.

My 1 Year Hair !!!

My First Natural Hair Closet Post

September 22, 2012

Saturday September 22, 2012, I posted my first Kris's Closet with my newly chopped hair. I had been without a relaxer for a few months so that I would not be completely bald when I said "goodbye relaxer". I ended up with close to three inches of hair and I quickly learned my first hair style, the finger coil. I loved my hair but I was nervous about how people would perceive me. I quickly reminded myself that it was about how I saw myself that mattered. 

The Stages of My Growth

Left to right: before natural, 2 days after my big chop, a week after my 1 year mark

Thank you for being a part of my journey!

Be blessed! Be free! Be fashionable!

Kris,