Hair Apparent?

Bon dia mis amigos!

It's about a month and a half from my departure date and i'm still not totally ready! lol  I have a packing list and an idea of what I want to bring but I just really haven't gotten around to it, but it's definitely time to get it together.

I'll get to the packing later though! THIS post is all about hair!

So I have had natural (non-chemically treated) hair for a little over six years now and I must say it took me a little while to get used to it. I had to learn a lot about my hair like what products worked best, how often to wash and condition it and also what styles looked good and which ones don't.

I've gotten so used to washing and deep conditioning my hair AT LEAST once a week and changing up the style sometimes twice a week. With this big move coming up and there being a possibility that I won't have access to all the amenities that I'm used to I have to begin thinking about what to do with this mop on my head lol.

*As I write this I wonder how many Peace Corps Volunteers have had to make similar decisons?*

I've been thinking long and hard about how to deal with this hairy situation (get it?? LOL).At first my plan was just to wear my hair in an afro and maybe find someone to braid it for me every now and again.

THEN, (during a stress induced mood swing) I thought about chopping it all off and rocking a baldy...

After realizing that in order to keep my hair cut short I'd either have to learn to cut it myself and thus bring a set of clippers with me or find a barber in_____________. Not too thrilled with either of those options so I scraped that idea.

Recently I dyed, retwisted and roller set my "aunt's" (<--You know how we do lol) locs and I that got me thinking...maybe I could loc my hair. I mean I already two strand twist my own hair regularly. How hard could it be to retwist my own locs. So me being the  naturally inquisitive person that I am, I went on my second favorite research tool after wikipedia--youtube and started looking at styling and maintenance videos. It looks super easy and locs can actually styled in lot's of pretty, creative ways.

My initial hesitation to locing when I first went natural was that it was so permanent and at the time I liked to experiment with my hair. I'm still very adventurous with hair but at present practicality is my main concern.

Right...locs. I think lcos could work. I'll keep you all posted, because knowing me I might change my mind in a second.

Later Gators!

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