I was looking through my hair pictures and realized that my road to WL (Waist Length) is a loooong one. It took me 3 years to make APL (armpit length) and I still have more years to reach WL. But with this journey I was able to see that with hard work I can accomplish a big goal in my life.
For those who don't know....the reason why I started this blog was to prove that a girl like me can grow their hair....down to those butt cheeks! It actually brings tears to my eyes to see how far I've come.
I was tease in school by my classmates because of my hair. Shallow right? My closest friends in Junior High all had long hair...there was Taren (who's biracial and currently has her own site and YouTube channel), Susana (Puerto Rican), Kimberly (who was mixed with Indian...no really she was...lol) and then me. In Junior High I was in a faze where I hated the length of my hair and started to experiment with weaves. I was horrible back then!!! HORRIBLE!!! One of my classmates started to pick on me in front of the whole class and yelled "You think you're cute with that weave in your hair?! You think you're fitting in with the rest of your crew because they all have long hair? You're not!" and the whole class started to laugh.
Not only was I verbally abused in school about my hair, but my mom (who is Venezuelan, Indian and Black) always made comments like "Why didn't you take after my side of the family?" or say "I don't understand why your hair isn't growing" while doing my hair. My older sisters all had APL hair or longer...hell even my little sister had BSL (bra strap length) hair at the age of 2! My mom would bleach her hair and even relax what she thought were naps and was still able to maintain MBL (mid-back length) hair.
I was always the black sheep when it came to my hair. Being the only one in the family stuck at SL (shoulder length) while every one else was swinging their long locks made me sooo mad!
In 2007 I was fed up with my hair not growing and decided to cut it all off. It was something I had to get used to but when I got sooo many compliments I thought...short is the way to go. In Dec 2008, I asked a co-worker of mine how she got her hair to be so shiny and she mentioned that she co-washed...I asked "What's co-wash?" and that's when she put me on to longhaircareforum.com. During my lunch break I logged onto the site and was hooked! I saw so many black women with LONG HAIR and my mouth dropped. I stayed on that site for hours trying to absorb as much information as possible. After seeing that black hair can grow I was on a mission to see how long I can grow mine.
Almost 2 years later passed since logging onto that forum and my hair is the longest and healthiest it's been my whole life! Now it's my turn to educate you ladies and help you out there reach those hair goals you thought was impossible to reach.
Forget the myths like...relaxers and weaves break your hair out, if you trim your hair it will grow faster, black hair can't grow, etc.
2011 is approaching ladies...will you be determined to grow long healthy locks?
2 comments:
OMG your such an inspiration! I love it! lol....what do you recommend the first step I take to more healthier hair. I currently have relaxed hair the is a little about my shoulders. I dont really wanna cut it. Do you still think its possible?
Start with a regimen
Limit your heat usage
Stretch the weeks you relax your hair
Keep your hair moisturized
DC weekly (at least try to...lol)
It totally is possible to mend your hair back to health...i'm a huge example!
As your hair grows, trim off those bad ends and your good to go!
Post a Comment