Hair Updates?

Current Hair Length

TWA! 5-6 inches

Current Hair Goal

Purrfecting this twist out thing!

Fav Product

V05 Condish..everything about this is amazeballs!!!!


Gonna be one year on Christmas Day! By then it should be around 7-8 inches all around! And then I'll probably do one of those photo montage thingees.

xoxo Yanice

Long Hair Now!!

One thing about going from 12 inches of hair to 2 inches of hair, is missing the 12 inches! I miss my long hair sometimes, especially when I can't figure out what to do with 5-6 inch hair in 5 minutes!

Patience is extremely important if you have recently cut you hair. Hair grows about 6 inches a year on average. And if you have kinky coily hair, 6 inches of hair can still look like a tiny afro. It's even more frustrating when that style worked before, is no longer working because your hair is suddenly an inch longer.

What helps me get through these times?

I think of why I cut my hair: To get fuller, thicker natural hair, the hair I know I have. Healthy hair is usually equal to longer hair. And I won't lie, length means a lot to me. Sometimes I fear that my hair will be short forever and that scares me a bit. My fear is probably because I always had long hair. But there are so many other black girls with long hair, so I have faith in mine.

(I don't even describe myself as a girl with short hair, just a girl with recently cut hair *wink*)

Honestly, I can't wait til the day I can make a bun without any pins or excessive stretching.

So, be patient, take your time, and enjoy the shortness. The longer it gets, the harder it gets.

xoxo Yanice

Friday Nights

I read somewhere that somethings we wear make us feel like we are expressing ourselves to the fullest. This is definitely one of them for me. 

My trusty old Black converses are like...EVERYTHING to me. And I love pairing it with something more, girly like the bandage skirt and really neutral make up. 

xoxo Yanice

Seeking employment?

I sometimes think that with the global downturn in the world's economy, I will never get a job!
But, I'm hopeful.

Another issue that has been troubling me is that of my hair. The first time I sent out an application, the first thing someone told me was, "What will you do with your hair?" I was like, "Are you insinuating that there is something wrong with it?" And obviously not expecting that response, the person replied, "I don't know, doesn't look too professional..." 

It's this type of stereotypes that need to be broken. Unfortunately, my hair is still in a TWA stage a.k.a. too short to create updo styles or what the world considers more 'professional'. Ofcourse we want our employers to love us for who we really are, but what if the employers share the same point of view as the outside world. Wearing natural hair or kinkier textured hair out has the negative stereotype of being unkempt and radical. But that's not really who we are on the outside.

My advice?

Try your best to make your hair look extra professional on the initial call. You can probably by wearing it like an afro, twist-out or if you are on the curlier side, a defined wash n go. Ensure that frizz is at minimum by using frizz serums, or not touching your hair while it is wet and only handling it with oiled hands. Frizz is what usually gives the impression of unkempt hair.

Even if we are happy to be natural and love our hair, we also do well not to wear outlandish accessories or complicated styles. Simple and cute. If you can't contend with this, you can simply get extensions such as box braids, Senegalese twists and so on.

I know sometimes we just want to express our personalities, but most of us know that in the corporate world, there's almost no place for that. Sometimes we have to sacrifice somethings to get others. The point is that you are a natural haired woman and they will remember you for that.


xoxo Yanice