Me and My Hair

If you happen to follow my other blog, you know that I have a slight obsession with hair. It's not really an obsession, but just something I've been interested in from a very young age. My mother used to be a professional hair dresser, so I became interested in the things she would do.

I cut all of the relaxer out of my hair about 6 months ago. I normally wear my hair in braids or wear wigs (even before the 'big chop.' For the past 5 months I've worn weaves. I didn't wear them for years because they would always make my head itch. I discovered later on it was the weaving thread that was causing it, but that's another story.

I'm taking a break from the weaves for a few weeks because, honestly, I just want to be able to feel my own hair. I do wear a wig ever day because my hair is in cornrows. However, I've been wanting to actually wear my hair out every day. The only thing is, my hair takes a lot of work. When I was younger, I used to think that having natural hair meant that you wouldn't have to do anything to it. Boy was I wrong. I'm more careful with my natural hair than I used to be when it was relaxed.

I'm going to have to think for a while whether or not I want to wear my hair out. I work in a professional environment (for the most part). Even though I'm not overly concerned with what the people at my job think, it would be asinine to think that my appearance and the constant changes in my hair would not be questioned by a few people. I also work out daily at work, and taking a shower without having my own hair revert to some weird state (even while natural) will be a task.

We shall see.