I was planning to wait
until the end of June or July to straighten my hair and get a little trim. You see, last year when I had some heat
damage chopped off, there was no rhyme or reason to my hair. It wasn’t shaped and I didn’t care because I
didn’t plan on straightening it again for at least a year. I had been researching salons and was set on
a spot in New York
that I planned to patronize on my business trip in June.
I viewed this Youtube video last Thursday and was inspired to try this style
out since all of my hair could gather into a substantial ponytail without me
feeling like I was giving myself a facelift from pulling my hair so tight. And the style was a huge success (I only used
one pack of hair, not the 2 as suggested in the video). Anyway, folks loved my bun and I’d settled on
the fact that I was going to wear this style for 3 more days and on and off for the next month until I got my hair done professionally.
But then something
happened. I loathed the amount of gel I
had to use to slick the hair down. And
then my scalp started feeling a little suffocated. And then suddenly, I was fixated on getting
my hair cut, not trimmed. Then I talked
myself off the ledge and tied a satin scarf around my edges, put on my satin
bonnet and went to sleep Friday night with the intentions of repeating the bun.
But…what had happened was…
I woke up at 8:00 Saturday
morning and HAD TO wash that product out of my hair. And then I started digging in my stash of
products for the blow-drying cream, and then the maxi.glide was plugged up and
then…
A couple of hours later I
was in my car, driving to my local chop shop where I have a tried and true
stylist that does what I ask. And I told
her to cut my hair…even out the length…layer it.
It was funny because even
though she hadn’t seen me in almost a year she said, “No, you mean a small trim
like usual, right?” I shook my head and
repeated my instructions. She then says,
“You know you’ll lose about 1-1/2” of hair off the back, yes?” And I said without hesitation, “Yep, get
started.” She smiled and got to cutting.
She did mention while
cutting my hair that it was very healthy (much healthier than the 1st
time she cut it a couple of years ago) and that with the type of growth I got
in the span of 10 months, my hair would grow back in no time if I kept doing
what I was doing. Little does she know
that my hair should have been at least 2 inches longer because I had been
snipping and clipping ends like nobodies business over the last 10 months.
By the way, I love it!
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| Pre-Cut |
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| Post Cut |
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| Styled! |
Full disclosure: I did
have a few splits and knots that can only be attributed to wearing my hair out throughout
the winter months. But said splits
certainly weren’t running an inch and a half up my hair strands. This cut was done because I wanted a
noticeable change to my hair. I also
needed to even out the length and give my hair some shape.
