Saturday, January 14, 2012

Chronicle 1- Learning to be comfortable with myself



DON'T I LOOK SASSY!

I think the real reason I relapsed was because I wasn't comfortable in my skin. I think I was going through something. Like most black women and women in general, when their is a life changing event...we change our look. Well, I was going through something then, and I am going through something now. I am in a period of being lost, but I felt my most self when I had natural hair. I loved it. It helped me with my stress. I remember how just twisting it and doing it made me feel comfortable and relieved stress. I remember how one girl commented at the thickness and beauty of my growth.

Just last week, after taking of the wig and showing off my hair, a school mate commented at how beautiful I was. I remember another  woman telling me how beautiful I looked. I remember feeling WOW, I am beautiful. Here I was wearing wigs, extensions (nothing against the women who wear them), and using perms that burned the heck out of my scalp...that I didn't see that being me was beautiful. I felt like I couldn't get a date without have the straight beautiful hair. I felt that I would not be seen socially acceptable with natural hair. I felt like I would be UGLY with natural hair. But because one person said that I was beautiful...all that went away. SO, now I am showing it off.

My hair care routine for the week

1.Looking in the week and saying, "I AM BEAUTIFUL the way GOD MADE ME"
2. Take a multi-vitamin
3.   Use vitamin E gel capsuls (cut them open) on my hair. My cousin said this worked wonders on her natural hair.
4. cut washing in half
5. Dr. Miracles Hot Grow ...Hair grows better in heat (summer time) It creates stimulation

That is it. Im keeping it simple.