New Year, New Do
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A New Year. Late last year, I proclaimed that I needed a change. And I am not known for my subtleness so I did the most drastic thing imaginable. I cut off all of my HAIR. My hair was long (or what black people consider long). The ends of my hair nearly reached the top of the back of my bra. And it�s all gone. I have less than an inch of curly goodness adorning my dome. Tomorrow it will be a week since I went free. And still I look in the mirror and often have to take a second glimpse because I don�t recognize myself. If it wasn�t for my full lips and reddish brown eyes, I would wonder who the person was looking back at me in the mirror. I am still working on getting used to the new style. I will admit, I truly enjoy waking up in the morning only to run a little silky gel through my hair and be about my business. No more curling irons, no more wrapping my hair at night and securing the head scarf to make sure it does not come off, no more dreaded weekly hair washing sessions that devour my Sunday afternoons, no more worries of sweating out my perm when I work out, no more 4-6 week hair appointments. NO MORE! Whatever maintenance this little bit of hair may require I can probably do at home or get my brother to do (he is great at cutting and edging up hair). I have been thinking of cutting my hair for a long time. But when I suggested it to friends the all cried �NOOOOO�, boasting that I had long beautiful hair. They however had no idea the work and maintenance that long beautiful hair required. I had a little inspiration from Buppie who has been known to wear her hair super short (and she wears/wore it well). And I found this picture, which provided further proof and insperation that I could do the short do. It�s nice to see beautiful women who are not a Halle Berry size 0 rocking the short do�s. Mr. Man is not crazy about the cut. Which seems to be typical of black men. The look in his eyes when he first saw my new do said enough. He tried to redeem himself but his eyes told the truth and his lips told a lie. Everyone else seems to like the new cut and I am slowly getting more comfortable having very little hair. A first for me. I�m not sure what the future may hold for my hair. And at this point I�m not much considered about it. I�m going to enjoy the low maintenance for a while, try a few hair colors that I was to scared to try when my hair was long for fear it would cause too much damage and if I decide to get drastic again, I may just lock my hair which I have been thinking of doing for a long time. After all, it�s just HAIR and it does not define ME. |
11:49 a.m. || January 05, 2006 |
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