Au Natural Avec le Chop #11

LENGTH CHECK TIME!!
It's been a year, 5 months and 11 days since I last permed my hair. It's currently about 90% natural, which I am ok with now. The nasty perm isn't as noticeable but still trying to tease me. Big bully...
 I love how its so much easier to comb through now that the perm is almost gone. Which is surprising because everyone thinks curly hair is el Diablo when it comes to combs. Mine isn't at least.
Anyway! Here are some length check pictures.

Freshly washed hair. Looks SO SHORT. 

The truth behind the curls!!! My hair now is longer in 1 year & 5 months than my permed hair was! It grows so fast now. Before it took forever to grow out my hair =[ 

Side.

Back. (Ignore my anorexic looking shoulder blade popping out...)

That's it for now! See another length check in a few months!

Au Natural Avec le Chop #10

Well, today makes it a year and 5 months since I last permed my hair. I am still amazed that I have made it this far! Who would have thought Raven, the girl who has had perms regularly since before she could even do multiplication or write legibly would ever have a fro growing out of her head?

I wouldn't. Sure I like my hair now. It's growing on me... Literally... And yes, it is a lot of work. A LOT of work. But I guess it works out for me since I am a perfectionist and I make time to tackle my nappy bits. Even if it means I wake up at the middle of the night to wash and detangle it.
(That's what I did last night!)

Now that it has been well over a year and my permed ends we getting quite loco en mi cabeza, I decided to eliminate them. Weekly, monthly, daily, hourly. I took matters into my own hands and started chopping away! BWAHAHAHAHA! Now my head is about.... 75% natural, I would say.... I'm not sure. I've just been cuttin' what I'm seein'. I now it's probably jacking up my hair shape/style/how-it-will-fall-when-I-straighten-it, but hey! I guess this will give me more incentive to NOT straighten my hair! (And haven't since August 2010). I don't even know when my flat iron or blow dryer are anymore... But hey! You gotta do what you gotta do to reach a goal. And mine is to be 100% natural by October 21 (MY BIRTHDAY!!) without spending $80 at a salon. I don't trust hair technicians... They always do hair styles I HATE. That's why I haven't been to one since I graduated high school (May 21, 2008).

Well, to end this nappy blog, I shall conclude with photos!

 

Before I started cutting my permed ends. Look how long they were! I had 1 string of permed hair reach well past my shoulder blade.

Thumbs up for AFRICA!

Snip-snip!

Fro-ing it out with Mi-mi. 

Le fro.