I'm all natural, at last
. I cut off the last strands of relaxed hair about two weeks ago, now that my hair has reached a reasonable length to do stuff with (e.g. twists, flat twists, bantu knots,...etc). I feel so good about it. I had alot of negative feedback
, especially from black people, even random people on the street, people from work, and even some family members. It was hard having to justify myself for something that's NATURAL
erplexed , it's who I am, it's my REAL texture! I remember applyng for a job as a receptionist, and the person who was taking the interview (a white woman) just kept staring at my hair, she was litteraly horrified
. A black woman at my job made it a habit to ask me why I didn't just relax my hair every single time she saw me, she even made comments about my slow growth (considering I've been natural for about a year now). What she of course did not realise (she knows little about afro textured hair, her hair is relaxed and thin/damaged as hell) is that afro textured hair can shrink down to about 80% (especially mine) which makes it extra hard for me to make a big (!!!) bun. But after cutting off the last strands of relaxed hair, I've been wearing my hair "up" now, meaning I just let it loose after a twistout or bantu knots-out, and now she's stopped with the comments
Funny thing is: she's now wearing a curled up weave that's the same length as my natural hair
Sorry for the long story y'all, but going natural is one of the best decisions I made last year
I absolutely do not regret it.