I'm going to be focusing on natural black hair in the next couple of posts. Having never experienced my natural hair (aside from the nine years when I wore locs; does that count?), I'm eternally fascinated by the versatility of the mass of hair on my head - and the head of other natural hair lovers.
Unfortunately, as I'm beginning to discover, at some point down the natural hair journey, length retention is a PROBLEM! I like to wear my hair out - a lot. The first reason being that I hate sitting down for hours to get my hair done. The second being that my scalp/ hair cannot stand to be bound in anyway. The third reason is that after expending time and money to get an amazing hair do, my scalp rebels and I have to take out the hair after a week! Hence, I just do my two strand twist, unravel them and put my hair in a hair textured bun. Most days my hair loves to be free to do its thing, which is coil itself up in fairy knots and tangle into a dense bush that takes half a bottle of conditioner and more than a gallon of patience to de-tangle As much as I like to humour my hair, the thing is, this habit is causing much more harm than good.
Example:
Yesterday morning, I took one look at the scorching and unmerciful Abuja sun and drenched my hair with water and some Jamaican Mango and Lime leave in conditioner using my spray bottle. I sealed using extra virgin olive oil, finger combed and put my hair up in a high bun. I should have been covered, right? Wrong!
Fast forward to several hours later where I'm relaxing and having a drink at my usual spot with a friend. Fascinated that my hair feels as dry as crisp despite my obsessive moisturising, I pick at my hair absent-mindedly. My fingers come away with coils. I must have done that like four or five times before it finally dawned on me. My precious length was breaking off!
In-spite of what the mass on my hair wants - which is the freedom to break off at will and set me back a year of growth, I'm going to get my hair braided.
I've spent all morning looking at protective hair styles which are young, fun and edgy. What do y'all think?
Light and Love,
xx
Isi-aki.
2 comments:
Natural hair is cool if it can be managed. The hair styles you have uploaded are very nice. They are fun and exciting.
Natural hair is a lot of work! But it's so worth it!
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