August 18, 2008
So I was just talking with one of my good friends Glamorous online. There was this chick we went to college with who was always on this nappturality ish. She wore a weave for the majority of the time (the weave looked like semi-kinky natural hair). I personally had always thought she was natural underneath, but I guess we will never know. Well I was browsing through ‘the book‘ as I occasionally do and saw that she decided to get a relaxer. Yeah, I was a little taken aback by it. I showed it to Glam and here’s how the conversation went:
Glam: … it looked nice
Me: No it doesn’t. What’s nice about fried and laid to the side??? lol
Glam: I like relaxed hair but like I said abt the cell phone companies earlier & I will repeat abt hair….DIFFERENT STROKES FOR DIFFERENT FOLKS, u ain’t got to like it or agree. Read more…
June 22, 2008
I saw this photo posted on one of my favorite Facebook groups, Natural Hair. Read more about this woman’s story over at The Coarse Hair Diary.
May 10, 2008
It has been a loooong loooong week at work and I am so happy that the weekend is finally here. Today I had the most fabulous hair so I decided to take some pics on the way out for a fun day!
Here’s a few close-ups. It’s been 8 months since I had my sisterlocks put in and as you can see my hair is no where near locked! I still haven’t found anyone with my hair texture yet (besides my dad, lol)…. By the way, there are no products on my hair. Just spritz with a little water, shake & go  |
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Lesson Learned: Why use the Creamy Crack (relaxers/perms) when your hair can be this beautiful NAPPturally? All it does it weaken your hair and burn your scalp.
April 30, 2008
Hello readers! Thanks for visiting my blog. For all of you out there who are here to here all about my crown of glory, this post is especially for you. Come take you through a virtual tour of my hair through the years.
Childhood/Relaxed Hair/TWA/Wig
As you can clearly see, I have gone through many, many hairstyles. I began my undergraduate studies in 2003 and that’s when I decided that I no longer wanted to perm my hair. I could not stand running away from the rain, spending loads of money and TIME at the hairdresser just so that my hair would look flat/dull in just a few days (and long for the “fresh perm” look again in 4-6 weeks), and countless other reasons. I had always wondered what my natural hair looked/felt like and what was so bad about it that it needed to be covered up.
So I started researching and ended up finding nappturality.com. After visiting this site, I learned about how versatile my hair could be (despite being told that the only thing you could do with natural hair is wear dreads or go around wearing an afro 24/7). I was ecstatic! Soon, I did the Big Chop and started rocking sexy a TWA. It eventually grew out as you can see and YES, our hair does grow (especially without the Creamy Crack, lol). Occasionally, I would wear a wig over my natural hair when I wanted to change things up a little. But guess what? I was still HOT! I ended up shaving my hair off again in 2005 (I’ll explain some other time bc that’s a post in itself).
Sisterlock Beginnings
I always knew that the epitome of my napptural journey would be locking my hair. Once I discovered sisterlocks, it was a done deal. I had them put in September 2007 (it took 15 hours and they were done at Johadeni Nappi, Address: 1638 9th St N, St Petersburg, FL 33704, Phone: (727) 823-9899). These are photos of me taken not too long after they were put in. The length of my hair is from about 2 years worth of growth. I have a roller set in each of these photos.
