Welcome to Black and Kinky!

 

Welcome to Black and Kinky!

 

I would like to personally welcome you all to my new hair blog! I bet you didn't think "black and kinky" would be about hair eh? Food for thought: the term kinky is also a description for curly hair textures. Someone with kinky-curly hair has really, really tight spiral curls (see above photo). Now that that's cleared up, who is Black and Kinky? ME of course! This is somewhat of an alter ego for me and it simply represents who I am: I'm black and I have kinky-curly hair!

So, I'm sure you all know what it's like to cut your hair, right? Well, not all of you know what it's like to cut a total of 12 inches off your hair AND to go from waist length, silky straight strands to a one inch afro of extremely kinky-curly hair. Alot of people asked me why I would do such a thing. Simple: I like and embrace change. I decided to finally embrace the natural hair texture I was born with. However, the main reason for cutting my hair was because many things changed in my life in the last year; my unofficial aunt and hairdresser of 8 years died on me, a family member had surgery, school was overwhelming...a bunch of stress. Cutting my hair was really symbolic for me as a way to really start over and start living my life in a way I know my aunt would be proud of. I started thinking and living more positively. I let go of stress and negativity, I set goals and I really started to enjoy life. I'm also a full grown adult now. I finish college in 4 months, I'm in a perfect relationship and I'm truly happy.

A motto I live by is "Real Love = Self Love = Happiness". Love showed me how to be happy and find the positives in every aspect of my life. It also taught me the value of loving someone for who they are on the inside, not based on appearance. Now, it's not that I'm an ugly troll now that I have short hair, but I definitely look different! Though many people keeping saying they liked me with longer hair, my boyfriend never fails to remind me everyday that he absolutely loves me just the same with short hair. This has really helped me love myself.

The best part about having short hair is the ease! I literally only use water, gel and oil on my hair. It takes between 2 and 5 minutes to do my hair so I can sleep more now. I've saved hundreds of dollars because I only need to go to the salon for a trim every 4 months. There are so many great things that came out of this haircut and the only thing I wish is that I cut my hair sooner.

In conclusion, my blog will document my experiences growing out my natural hair, learning to love my afro, different hairstyles I wear, the products I use, questions I have, lessons I've learned and basically anything and everything relating to my beautiful hair. Enjoy!