Love Your Hair... (Just A Thought)

The next time you feel like complaining about your hair...maybe you're salty about your hair texture or fed up with not achieving as much growth as you had hoped for... Please remember this pic. Just think, your hair COULD be growing out of your ears...literally! Then, and only then, would you really have something to complain about. Now THAT right thurrr...would be some *ish* to be salty about! LOL! Love your hair. Love yourself! Happy Growing, Ladies! ;)

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Shrinkage Is A BATCH!

It's a salty feeling to finally reach the hair length you've worked so hard to attain, only to have it shrink into a stingy 2-inch teeny weeny afro at even the mere thought of water. Shrinkage and natural hair go hand-in-hand. Sorry Toots, but there is just no getting around it! I was recently taking my Month 14 progress pics when I realized that even though I had achieved growth, my hair looked shorter than my last pics! Shrinkage is a friggen batch, man! I'm going to have to change the way I update my growth progress pics. Because now the longer it gets, the shorter it gets (if that makes any sense). In the above pic, you can see exactly what I'm talking about. I must say that I'm really happy with the growth I've achieved thus far, especially considering that only a year ago I was pretty much bald. But really... doesn't shrinkage just drive you mad?

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Naughty Little Knot Balls!

I thought I'd take a little time out to vent about those friggin teeny tiny little knot balls that are so common in natural hair. They're irritating. They're annoying as all hell. And they're EVERYWHERE! Yes, somehow, someWAY they manage to invade your entire head of hair, just sitting there chillin on the ends of almost every strand. All you kinky-curly chicks know exactly what I'm talking about.

First off, if you get a knot on the end of your hair, it's curtains! It's OVA! Now, I'm not talking about clumps of hair, just the knot on one strand. The tiny knot cannot be undone and tends to weaken the strand in that particular spot. Whatever you do, don't try to save it for the sake of length. If you ignore it, It'll either snap by itself or worse, lead to more tiny knots on the same strand. I just choose to call it a wrap and cut the individual strand with a pair of scissors right at the knot.

Now before you get your blood pressure up, let me tell you the good news. All these funky little knots can be avoided! Firstly, wear protective hairstyles to protect your ends from harsh elements and drying air. Wear your hair out too much and your fro will soon become knot-ball heaven. Also, make sure to keep ends trimmed. Finally, Moisture! Moisture! Moisture! is KEY! When I give my hair AMPLE moisture, those naughty little knot balls are no more. It's only when I skip moisturizing, or get lazy and skip oiling my hair that the knots begin to invade again. I just try not to get caught slipping!

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