Things are going great with my hair. Although it took me about 4 days after my big chop to get all of the straight pieces of hair cut off. It seemed like I would finally have all my coils in place and out of no where would appear more straight pieces. Other than that its been great so far.
Oh I have to say this though. Reactions to my fab hair have been mostly positive. The biggest emotional response that I have gotten is "I can't believe you cut your hair!" or "You actually cut your hair?" My girls love it! They think its great. Especially my youngest daughter, we say that we are "hair twins". The verdict is still out on how the hubby really feels about it. He's like "hey its your hair, do whatcha you gotta do". So we'll see in the long run.
Yours Truly~Freedom
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| After the Big Chop |
Sunday, March 18, 2012 was my official big chop day. I had been transitioning for 15 months and decided it was time to get rid of those stringy relaxed ends. I was getting anxious and by Friday I was ready to get the scissors. But I decided to wait a couple of days to see if I still had the urge to cut. Funny thing was that I did still want to cut my hair but I wasn't as anxious and I didn't have that impatient feeling that I had 2 days prior. I was very calm and relaxed. I knew I was ready so I began to cut, cut, and cut some more. I love my natural hair! I don't feel liberated in the way that others have describe their experiences. I think that in order for me to feel liberated I would have had to think that I was in bondage to my relaxed hair. Having my hair relaxed was a choice that I made. I was able to grow my hair to APL with a relaxer (can't wait to see where I can grow without one). I do believe that the difference now is that I can choose to wear my hair natural or relaxed armed with an educated view of either choice. I am free to choose wisely. With that being said I have chosen to be natural.
Yours Truly~Freedom
Notes:
Big Chop or BC- cutting the relaxer out of your hair until you reach the new growth
Transitioning- letting your relaxer grow out until you are ready to cut off the relaxed ends
APL- arm pit length
