Until 10 days ago, I had never worn a full head weave -- much less, silky straight hair -- four colors, full bangs, shoulder length weave. Now, before I go into the screeching BMW's, the Asian dudes with Jungle Fever and the brothers with a silky hair Jones, let me share with you my HAIRSTORY.
I've been natural before it was the "it" thing to be. Through the mid-90's til today, I've done all that can be done with natural hair -- twists, locs, afros, braids, cornrows, you name it -- I've had it. Prior to the return to my state of "happy when nappy," I had what some call a body perm also known as a Jheri Curl with a brief eighteenth month stint as a perm head.
Personally, the best thing about being a black woman (okay second to the booty) are the range of options we have with our hair. In less than a decade I've gone from a platinum baldie, to a Mohawk, to a 24-inch long Rasta fro to a full head silky weave. I absolutely love funky, avant-garde hair!
Being natural was liberating, spiritual, bold, frustrating, fun and many times funky. Two weeks before I was due to get the "mainstream 'do" a few of my clients, colleagues and home girls -- were lovin' my fro....I clearly remember days when responses weren't so positive.
Going back to my weave.
OMG! The reactions are insane.
The "naturals" feel like I've crossed over (trust me I can tell) the "weaves" feel like they have new competition or either they are super happy I've joined their community and rocker, hipster chicks are loving it! (Makes sense, the look is based off their style.) As for the men folk...the attention has amplified beyond belief; some of it I can relish, some of it I can do without...but the response is nuts!
At the end of the day, hair is power...especially BLACK HAIR.
I look forward to a wonderful hair journey with all of you.
Below are a few pictures of me and my various hairstyles over the past few years -- the one up top is my latest look with the full head weave.
1. I dunno.....seems to me you just like to change things up a bit, and ain't nothing wrong with that. From what I can tell, you won't have the weave very long because you'll change up from that, too. I like the twists the best on you. But, lemme ask you this: Whazzup with the wild eye-shadow? You got colors going all over the place! You remind me of that Cindi Lauper song from the '80's: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun. Hey, what can I say??? Do you!
IMHO at 10:49AM on Apr 29th 2008