Washing Sade’s hair is always a back breaking task that leaves me exhausted. Luckily, we only wash it every three – four weeks when she is between twists.
This morning, after I got my mind right, we washed & blew dry her afro in preparation for her appointment to get fresh kinky twists before the start of school.
When I was done blowing it out, she was amazed to see how long her hair had grown. So was I because she has an AWESOME afro.
I tried to convince her to rock the afro to school for a week but she refused. She said that most of the Black girls at her school work relaxers & that she one of the very few girls that wore natural hairstyles.
I told her that she had a leg up on them because she was working with nature & nothing can beat that. She was like whatever; I still want a hot press not a perm but a hot press.
Just maybe for her birthday next year, I will soften my position on hair straightening. Just maybe she will get that hot press.
Anna / September 4, 2010
Tell Sade there are many women out here loving her natural hair!!
She is gorgeous!
And where is the pick after the twists!
Mary (Adeeba) / September 6, 2010
Tell Sade to stall as long as she can before experimenting with chemicals. I got my first perm at fourteen (behind my mother’s back) and now I have been trying for years to get it as healthy as it was in it’s natural state. ):
Andrea / September 13, 2010
Great pics of Sade. I was wondering how she was doing and it appears she is doing fantastic. I light press would be nice and a great gift from her big bruddah. LOL.