10 8 Truths (Because 10 is hard!)
- It is really not easy to maintain a blog. I mean I had good intentions, but suddenly life got too hectic; the hairdo became less “new”, and the blog fell by the way-side. I hope to do better.
- I still love my hair even though my locs haven’t matured. Honestly, I thought I have long, flowing locs by now. At 6 months, yeah right! Well, it was my fantasy until it didn’t come to fruition.
- I still have hair all over my bathroom floor. It’s true; every time I wash my hair, I braid & band and once I take the loc loops or spirals out, hair comes out with them. I understand I still have some loose hairs and I’m not fully locked yet, sigh…
- My hair gets depressingly dry. I have tried many remedies and the best one yet was a simple visit to hot, humid Charleston. That climate worked wonders on my tresses.
- The lighter persuasion (white folk) handles natural hair so much better than us darker ones. And I know this subject gets beat into the ground, but black people, can we please get out of our own way?!?
- “A thug changes, a love changes, and best friends become strangers”. That was an old quote by rapper Nas and I meditate often on how true that still is. I wonder where my best friend from high school is.
- My consultant is awesome and I don’t know more than she does about locs. It’s a natural tendency once you do so much research, get locs, read blogs and follow LIU everyday to think you’ve become an expert. Respect her training (formal and on-the-job), her experience, and her intuition –she knows what she’s talking about.
- It is difficult to come up with 10 truths. I think this is a good stopping place J.