Afro Update

Well, I have been happily nappy for about a year and a half now. I used to wear my hair so short I couldnt even pinch it but now I have decided to grow it out like Thelma from ‘Good Times’. It’s not working.

My hair is so nappy and so thick I can’t even comb it unless it’s wet. But when I pick it out it does look nice so I look like a nice young woman until it dries up again and I start looking like a nappy headed freak.

I like my naps though. Sometimes I let it go nappy without combing it as a protest against the norm, or, maybe I’m just lazy.

I like the contrast in my looks, me always one to rage against the people who say I’m the next best thing to a white person since I’m fair skinned and I have green eyes. I’m not white! I am a nappy headed black girl from the City, Liberty City.

I can’t fight, but I look like I can. I’m rough, in spirit.

So, now my nappfro is about 2 inches high. I hope it grows longer because I’m so tempted to cut it all off again and be bald headed. I loved that look, it was so easy to maintain and oh so chic.

I’m hoping for an afro that is long enough that I can wear afro puffs and do cool ethnic styles like braids in the front and puffs in the back and then wear head wraps and scarves and pretty bows to accent my outfits. I have a vision for my hair and if I can be patient, I will see it come to pass.

Visit one of the websites that helped me through my first few months of nappyness. Nappturality.com

I’m happier now that I am natural. I feel like I can get a perm and then cut it off and wear some weave or a wig or whatever. I’m not limited in my options now that I know I look good with anything.

But I think I will stick with my nappfro for a while.