I got a little scissor happy last week and ended up chopping off a good chunk of my hair into a tapered fro. My ability to focus on anything related to school or work was nonexistent and I found myself falling deeper and deeper into natural hair boards on Pinterest and digging through the archives on Merely Marie – who’s blog I love and have followed for a while now, and she always has this uncanny ability to convince me to switch up my hair style. Case and point, this day.
Before I knew what hit me I was in the bathroom, scissors in hand, cutting away. For the record, this is something I highly recommend you do not do, unless you’re experienced and very comfortable with cutting your own hair. I sometimes get very impulsive, especially when it comes to my hair, and since I’ve been itching for a new summer time ‘do when the thought to cut it hit, I went for it.
Now granted I was at home all day so I didn’t put any effort whatsoever into my hair, and that’s my excuse for why it looks totally lopsided, but it had been pretty tangled and knotted lately as I’d been lazy and hadn’t properly detangled in quite awhile, in addition to sleeping with it left unprotected (ahh! I know, I’m a horrible natural hair caretaker) my ends were dry, matted, and just plain gross. DCT compared it to having a mushroom around my head (he really knows how to compliment his lady…) So clearly something had to be done.
And then this happened…
I was attempting to go for a tapered fro, and I may have gone a little shorter than I actually intended, especially at the top, but I won’t lie, I really like it! It took me a day or two to get used to it, but it’s super easy to maintain which is perfect for both being on-the-go for summer and my innate laziness.
So we’re back to TWA status, but like I said, I don’t mind. I’ve always liked the way I look with short hair, even when I was getting it relaxed. I feel like it lightens up my face, and I’m even thinking about going a step further and adding some color soon, ya know, just because!
*Reposted with permission from Kinks are the New Pink
