Big Chop X Transitioning: The Journey To Natural Hair

What is exactly is NATURAL HAIR? I think this term varies from person to person. But we can all agree that being completely natural means being perm free. Notice I didn't say chemically free. To me, being natural means embracing your hair in its natural state without chemically changing the texture of your hair which a perm/relaxer/texturizer and any other hair chemicals used to make your hair straight or curly do. I think you can still be natural and play wit your hair when it comes to adding color, highlights, etc that you accomplish with the used of dye chemicals. Im not going to discredit anyone for being natural because they have color in their hair. In my head there are three types of natural haired people but that's for another post.

This post is dedicated to two of my friends who are currently transitioning from the creamy crack to the natural hair cult. Yes I said cult. What's the difference between transition vs. the big chop? My friend asked me. Well here you are:

Let's Talk Natural Hair

Hair. Permed Hair. Straight Hair. Kinky Hair. Fine Hair. Coarse Hair. Curly Hair. Natural Hair. Hair is hair. Or is it ? Every year I reach a point in my life where I feel like doing something, extreme, different, far from average. July 2012 I had one of those moments. I big chopped my hair again for the second time. Why? Because I can. Well ok. Because I had been natural for a couple of years and although my hair was long (middle of back) & full, I feel as though I had robbed myself of really enjoying the natural hair girl experience the first time I big chopped. So I wanted to do it the second time and do it right. Im really not sure if there really is a right way to go natural but there were some things I wanted to experience like really experimenting with my tea (teeny weeny afro), following up with my homemade concoctions and really just enjoying the journey.

#Worst Behavior X Pre-Birthday Festivities

I'm not even gonna talk about how I've been lacking with my posts, but  promise I'll do better. When you're in law school  you just never know when you're gonna have time for anything.

Anyway, this weekend was GREAT ! I started my Saturday off with taking the MPRE in the morning, then after that running all over Houston getting things ready for that night. This birthday I wanted to do something different. I wanted this to actually go as planned & guess what-- it did ! I kicked off my night with a mini kick-back at my friends house and then hitting up Bowlmor lanes in Katy, TX. Everything was awesome ! From the people, to the music, to the food ! To me singing Kendrick Lamar at 3 am outside to nobody -_-. I couldn't have been more happier. It was important to me that everyone had fun, rocked out, and enjoyed themselves. Safe to say I can pat myself on the back for that. Check out some pictures from the jump.