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I AM A 29 YEAR OLD MOTHER OF A 6 YEAR OLD LITTLE GIRL NAMED MYELL. I LOVE HAIR, AND WHEN I SAY I LOVE IT, I MEAN I BREATHE IT....LOL!

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

WHAT MADE YOU BC???

I know that this is a common question in the black community....What made you bc???? Well, for me I had been toying with the idea for 3 years now, I tried transitioning-I gave up, and I tried texlaxing-not what I was looking for as far as curl pattern. So still you ask what lead to this? Well, here's your answer....One day I decided to go blonde???? *Do not do this...please seek a licensed Cosmetologist! I bought a honey blonde first, came out beautiful! But I was not satisfied I had to get it lighter, so I went out and bought a lifter. As you can already tell I did not know what I was doing...lol! (so happy I can laugh about this now) The effect of this was orange hair! So not pretty! I calmly put on my lace front wig and went out to Sally's Beauty Supply and spoke with one of the ladies there. She told me that I needed a toner, one with blue or purple tints to it, so I purchased an ash brown. I went back home and applied this to my hair and of course it was doing a number on my hair by now. When I rinsed it, it still looked the same just not as loud....now I am unhappy with myself at this point. I let about a week pass and bought a natural black dye by Dark N Lovely, took very nice! The next couple of days post black dye was sooooo traumatic! My hair was now coming out in clumps, with every wash, and with every stroke of my comb....I am now panicking! What did I do? I looked at myself in the mirror and said, "THIS IS GOING TO HURT ME MORE THAN IT'S GOING TO HURT YOU"! I pulled out my black hair scissors and begin cutting all the way down to my now 3 mos of new growth. The after effects was scary but guess what? Today May 24th I wore my TWA out in public proudly! I no longer care who doesn't like it, I LOVE IT! I am sooo happy I made this decision, I love my nappiness, I love being ME!!!!!

2 comments:

  1. I think this is awesome and inspiring, (not the coloring part) LOL, but the fact that you are truly confident in your own hair.. I mean doing a BC--not a natural-- is something serious... And I must say, your confidence and love for the choice is seen in your pics... It looks great..

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  2. Thanks Millia! With a style like this it takes confidence and you really have to hold your head up high....but I love it and it really made me view beauty in a whole new light.

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