My Two Year Hairversary and Why I didn't do a Straightened Hair Length Check

I  had plans to straighten my hair for my two-year "hairversary" but as the day drew closer I was less and less inclined to do it.

I had a variety of reasons but the ones the ultimately kept me from doing it are these:

• I rarely, if ever, wear my hair down so why would I step outside of my normal because of hair growth?

• Where I live the temperature and humidity are incredible in August. It just didn't make sense to invest the time and energy when I knew that reversion would be almost instantaneous.

• In sharing my story in a public venue I have vowed to be authentic and true which for me includes showing the parts of my life that I choose to share as they really are. I want people to meet me on the street and recognize me and what I stand for.  

None of my reasons mean that I don't care about my hair growth/retention but rather I don't want to show myself wearing my hair in ways that don't fit in with my lifestyle choices. I did take a picture of me taking my hair down for my next style right around my anniversary and it does show how long my hair had up until that point.








How about you? Do you feel that your on-line and/or public persona is a reflection of the real you?

This Weekend's Hair Adventures

I have been making my own deep conditioner for the last few months and while I love the fact that I'm not putting anything on my hair that I couldn't eat, it can be a bit of a pain because for the best blend all the ingredients should be at the same temperature.

Finding a deep conditioner that contains no soy is so difficult that I'd given up even looking until I came by a Shea Moisture product that doesn't have any in it along with no parabens etc. I'm pretty excited to try it out on my hair before I move on to exploring products by Morrocco Method. I love the fact that they are proudly non-gmo no soy and other things that I try to avoid like the plague.

The second new thing that I will be trying this weekend is African Threading. Unlike a lot of naturals I don't want to use it to stretch my hair, I want to create a style that will last for a few weeks without the shrinkage I experience with regular two-strand twists.

I'll be sure to post pictures and my thoughts on everything I try this weekend.

Have a groovy weekend!

P.S. Please feel free to post anything new that you'll be trying.

Participating in NaBloPoMo

I don't remember how I found the link about NaBloPoMo but once I read up on it I realized it was something that I wanted to be a part of. I enjoy writing and although I just started blogging about my natural hair experience I have a lot to say.

Making time to blog every day will help me re-focus on my writing, which has suffered greatly since my thyroidectomy in mid 2011. Between complications, new issues and medication changes I have been on a fairly stressful journey that is just now getting to a place where I have real hope that the worst is behind us.

I can't wait to read the blogs of other participants as well. As time passes I have come to appreciate the life journey's of other people even more. Tiny peeks into realities other than my own offer insight, wisdom, laughter, learning, pain and hope and makes me think of the world outside of my life.

I skimped on putting the banner in each of my posts and just placed it on the side although for aesthetics sake I should probably re-size things for a better fit. <--I'm probably just going to leave it.

I'm also participating in NanoWriMo I guess I'll wrap this post up since I've already given my reasons for participating and I need to hit my word count goal for the day.

If you're participating in either challenge, let me know so that I can cheer you on.