nappylove

It's been WEEKS...

since I posted. I was trying to limit the number of distractions so I could finish my grad school apps.  The Internet is a HUGE distraction for me and I had gotten so lazy- "I'll just watch this one episode of Good Times and then I'll starting writing." -After Good Times, The Price is Right, then Y&R and next thing I knew, it was time to pick up the kids from school.  OR, I would play in my hair and read for hours, so I had to sequester myself for a while.

To prevent myself from playing in my hair, I put in two-strand twists with braided roots.  I took them down yesterday after about 3 weeks.  I think I'm going to do that style a lot more often, they were so versatile.  I did bantu knots, buns, twist-outs, and puffs. I twisted the two-strands together and wore them like that, then untwisted and wore them curly.

I started taking down Liv's micros this weekend.  We're about halfway done, thankfully, they don't have school tomorrow so I can finish.  The braids were a great protective style, but I think I'll only do micros once a year.  It's taking me just as long to take them out as it did to put them in.  Jeez.

I was thinking about my "Celie's" the other day when I had my hair in bantu knots.  Bantu knots are also a style that I never thought I would wear in public (at least not my haphazardly parted bantu knots), but I did go to the mall with them.  Nobody stared, nobody said anything rude, nobody offered me a make-over or their stylist's business card.  So obviously, my previous insecurities were all in my head.  I thought they looked good, so they did. And why the hell was I worried about what other people think anyway?