Nappy Kitchen

Today is a special day...

It's my nappyversary! One month that is. *does chickenhead dance*

Boy, time sure does fly. I've learned a lot about myself and my hair in the short space of one month. I'm sure most people are amused about how much I focus on, and talk about my hair. But really it's all very fascinating to me. I've always been into my hair, even when I was relaxed. One can go into my gallery and look my pics for proof of that. Always buying some new product. Always fiddling in the mirror. My hair is now even more so of a novelty to me and I'm eager to see the way it grows and changes from day to day. I can honestly say I haven't had a bad hair day yet. So yeah I treat my hair like a science project, but I L.O.V.E. my hair. Contrary to some's belief, I won't go back to the relaxer once I get "bored" with playing with it. I've explored the possibilities of the creamy crack, and it pales in comparison to what I know my natural hair is and can be.

Cutting my hair forced me to view myself in an entirely new light. It forced me to redefine my perception of my own physical beauty. It drew attention to the face that I used to hide behind a long bang or layers of weave. I don't just look at myself...I see myself. And what I see is beautiful.

Long before I even made the final decision to stop relaxing, I shifted my mindset. I cannot express to you how important that is. You can't do something like this simply because you think it's cool or you want to please such and such. You cannot do something like this because you think your hair is going to look like so and so's. Sooner or later. You need to know what you are getting into...the up and downsides. I see so many girls on these hair sites that worry about shine, getting their hair to grow down rather than out, and just in general wishing their nappy hair would do something that it just will not do...ever! And it's obvious to me that they didn't do their research. They don't know about most black hair growing east-west and the difference between shine and sheen. So they go looking for some miracle product that's going to have them looking like a Kelis or an Alicia Keys.

Information is everything. I made sure I knew exactly what I was getting into. Even after knowing that I might see some hard times up ahead with the transition as well as the chop, I was ready and I was prepared.

So bottom line I lurve my nappy, coily, curly, kinky, cottony, wooly, sheeny hair!

Let's check out this month's growth comparison pic. Click for a bigger version:

I can see a little even with the trim I got. Pretty cool.

Posted by Lisa at March 4, 2004 02:37 PM