SOOOOO!!!! I was so inspired in May. Ok, so, ahem, hack, cough, spit, ok. So An email was sent to me from Miss Jessie's about "The Big Chop" That was sponsored by "Curly girl collective" (which are a group of bautiful sistah's that are natural) which basically chopping off your permed hair and just going natural. The prize was to get your hair done from Miko and TiTi, the founders of Miss Jessie. I always apply for things like that (I won tix to fashion week by doing that) and I told them my struggle with lupus and my hair. That same evening I received an email saying that they have chose me to be one of the candidates. OOOOOOMMMMMGGGGG!!!!!! I was jumping up and down....and then I stopped because my bad hip told me to. A free hair do from Miss Jessie!!!!!!! This was awsome.
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| This was me before no perm since 10/10 |
I have been going natural since October 2010 and since then I have been wearing wigs and weaves. My hair was growing but I was so afraid to show my hair and I didn't know what the hell to do with it. I joined a google natural hair group and I found out loads of information. So I was investigating and got some ideas from facebook. Miss Jessie was one of them.
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| This me with Melody at the Cutly girl collective event |
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| This is me promoting Curly girl collective |
Anyways, So I got a complimentary hair doo and I felt so good! I was soooo happy. I so needed this after all the BS I was going through. So I took Pics before and after. It was a great experience.
Many people with lupus struggle with their hair. I used to always perm my hair and I felt those chemicals run through my body and even made me feel sick. My joints started hurting and I just felt an overall weirdness. It left puss filled scabs on my scalp. Finally I was fed up and I just stopped perming my hair. It is OK to cut all of your hair off. I cut my hair down to a ceaser. Of course I didnt take any pictures at the time because I felt self concious, but now I would have taken those photo's in a heartbeat!
Us Lupies can have so many issues with our hair. We bald, we thin out, we develop bald patches, but you know what, your hair is an accessory. It does not define who you really are. Love the necessities like your health rather than you hair. Everybody can't have thousand dollar weaves like beyonce and Ri Ri but we can take pride in who we are we are LUPUS AVENGERS!!!! We are strong We are fighters. We must love the lupie within!
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| This is me now! |
