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Big Chop, CurlPlease, Curls, Hair, Love, Natural Hair, Short Hair, Style, Teeniw Weenie Afro, TWA
Sometimes I really miss my Teenie Weenie Afro. It’s easy to become length obsessed, I mean let’s face it, going from relaxed hair to the world of kinky coiliness is somewhat a culture shock. I even remember the eagerness I had to Big Chop and the next day getting ready for work and worrying if people would laugh at me, it was a scary thought. When you have short hair, all you can think about it when it gets longer, what you’ll do and how much better it will look. Now I’m on the other side of the fence and I’ll tell you…there are some major cons to having long natural hair such as…
1. Longer Shampoo and detangling sessions, the hot water runs out and you’re standing in a cool shower attacking tangles with a Denman brush and conditioner is flying EVERYWHERE! UGH!
2. Using/ Needing more product for styles, no more dime size this and that for an entire head of hair.
3. It’s freaking hot outside and a bush on the back of your neck is NOT the business!
4. Longer twisting sessions, and tired arms perched above your head.
5. Aside from wash n’ go’s, styling is always required with long hair, Short hair is a sort of built-in style, just fluff and go.
But I digress… My fellow curly girls, if you are in the early stages of your natural life don’t spend it drooling over a 5 year seasoned vet’s YouTube or Blog posts, appreciate your short coif because when that hair starts to dust your shoulders, IT GETS REAL!
Happy Friday!
Lina
Ahh I love your hair! You look beautiful 🙂
Aw thanks! Thank you for reading!
You’re right. Mine isn’t even shoulder length, and I’m already feeling the burn (in the arms, that is), but I do like the variety longer styles provide. Great post!
Thank you!
You’re hair is so pretty!
Thank you girl!
Beautiful hair!! I’ll have to search to see if you have a post on the look with the flower! Sooo pretty!!
Thanks! Love your hair! Thanks for reading!
lol @ “5 yr seasoned vets.” SO true. I want to see a blog that really documents the difficulty of transitioning. For example, when I transitioned out of getting my hair pressed I was dismayed to learn that my hair isn’t very curly naturally so now I’m in the process of learning how to twist it and get the curls to stay. Any tips?
Sometimes the hair just isn’t very curly but sometimes the first few inches of hair that grows when you begin a transition isn’t a true representation of your hair texture. Becasue of the damage to your scalp done by relaxers and chemicals from various products, it changes the texture, it’s called “scab hair”. After a while the curl pattern appears as the scalp becomes more and more healthy, healthy scalp healthy hair.
Thanks for the insight. I’ll do an update in a few months on my blog about my hair status. I’m rocking box braids to give my hair a bit of a break. We shall see!
Oh dear! I don’t know whether to smile or be scared “when that hair starts to dust your shoulders, IT GETS REAL!”… that comment made me chuckle! Oh but here I am complaining of wanting length! I guess you always want what you don’t have. Your hair looks beautiful by the way
Yes, longer hair is beautiful but lots of work if you want to retain length. Thank you, thanks for following!