Taking it day by day: This hair of mine



This hair of mine


I haven't cut my hair since 1989. You would think it flows way down my back, but huh! It doesn't. My hair just goes slightly past my shoulders. As a child I loved having my hair short. All my mum's attempts to grow my hair went down the drain coz I always chopped it off. Suddenly I decided to stop the hair-chopping madness and let it grow. So I let it grow, and it is growing, at a snail's pace though. It has also been through lots.

I remember my schooldays, it was always cornrows. Either all running down - mistari ya chini, or all up - kilimanjaro. Come holidays, then you could do whatever you want...either pussycat style, lines going up and a part of it running towards your forehead. December was the time for rastas, if you got lucky you got beads done too! The joy of it all was running around and hearing how your beads would make that ka-sound.

Another thing my hair went through was the hot comb. This was done just especially for christmas, or if you were a flowergirl at a wedding. The whole process was freaky. I would sit on a stool, have my mum drape a lesso on my shoulders and then apply vaseline on my kinky hair. The hot metal comb would then be pitishwaad through the hair. It was like frying bacon but hey! In less than an hour I would be having straight hair so no problem. Once we were in shagz and although we had lots of vaseline, my grandma's maid decided that kimbo does a better job. After the process I was smelling like kikaangio cha chapati! Hot comb styles did not last long, the humidity in the air made the hair go back to its kinky state in a couple of days, and woe unto you if you got rained on :-(

Post high school: Feeling very grown-up, I got my second ear-piercing, had my first cream fire a.k.a perm! I was so thrilled with my new straight hair that I spent the first few weeks just curling it up with tongs. For the last 6 years that I've had a perm, my hair hasn't been growing. It is just there...if it grows an inch, I have to cut off the split ends. Frustrating, frustrating.

Since July 2005 I haven't done any re-touch. I am tired of this perming thing. My hair is now always in braids. Tiny braids down my back, braids with my own hair, now big braids. And my hair is growing!!!!!!!!!

I just hope that I won't fall back into the perm-trap when I go home!
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24 Comments:

At November 30, 2005 7:19 PM, Blogger Farmgal said...

Gal first things first since july 2006?
I have issues with my hair at the moment so sorry cant help in any way. Lol at using Kimbo...

 
At December 01, 2005 1:43 PM, Blogger Chatterly said...

Thanx farmgal!!! made corrections, yaani I am just seeing the future :-)

 
At December 01, 2005 4:42 PM, Blogger S said...

lool, its very frustrating that when you decide its time you let your hair grow,thats when it doesnt show growth signs,but when you want it short,hmm...
the kimbo part thou',tha mboch was deadly,haha

 
At December 01, 2005 9:17 PM, Blogger Chatterly said...

Sashe, mboch wa ushago wana mambo wacha tu.

@Cute_angel, don't cut your hair...let it grow tu. And at that wedding I am sure people noticed...lol!!! I'm rocking brown/maroon braids at the moment, tena big ones. I like this color thing alot!

 
At December 02, 2005 2:14 PM, Blogger Ms K said...

LMAO at kimbo. Ate huwhat?

I'm a braid girl too altho I tend to stick to black. Earlier this year I had a debacle with a weave that ruined my hair so I'm spotting the braids till I don't know when. After that I'm toying with the idea of loc-ing it. I'm really feeling that idea altho I'm scared of the permanence of locs. lakini have you seen Kui/MJY's locs? That's my inspiration right thurr! And the muthuri is really lobbying for locs so...

Good luck with the hair.

 
At December 02, 2005 7:41 PM, Blogger Chatterly said...

Hi ms K thanks for stopping by :-)
I have never had a weave, though I would like sana! Ubaya ni uwekwe weave ikae fake fake ahhhh!
About loc-ing, in the beginning i think its cool, but the day you choka with them you will have to kata all your hair and start from scratch :-( hehehe cutting my hair is something I wouldn't want to do, we've come too far.

 
At December 06, 2005 10:13 PM, Blogger Chatterly said...

hey Poi, thanx for stoppin by...true -once you go braids you have less worries, coz you don't have to deal with hair scares day in day out :-)
Good luck with your hair too!

 
At December 08, 2005 10:44 PM, Blogger S said...

Ehhh chatterly! Give the hair a break. Braiding day in day out will suffocate your hair.

Perm handled well makes the hair grow vilivyo. The initial state of your hair before perming also makes a difference.

I can understand though its quite tricky when living outside kenya.
I never hesitate cutting my hair after a color job..(after i've had enough of it) so it can grow fresh. Or after locks. I can't stand the monotony of the same hair do.

Good Luck.

p.s next time accompany the post with an illustrative image of ureself lol

 
At December 09, 2005 11:02 AM, Blogger Chatterly said...

Sanaa, cutting my hair is something I just can't do! that is why i don't go blond or red or get locs, coz nikichoka nazo itabidi nikate.

Perming does make hair grow, but I think nimechoka na hizo dawa...and my hair grows faster with braids...najua nitachoka nazo pia so lets wait n see!

I'll send ya my pic u see my hairrrr!

 
At December 09, 2005 5:10 PM, Blogger S said...

Hujambo bibie,

lol ati dawa, ur funny..so now that ur sick of the hair medicine (lol) si ukifika nyumbani upitie Kenyatta Market. If the market is still open. Do you penda those tiny braids, twist, pony tail? Hmm i used to penda those tu braids, every 2 months narudisha kwa kichwa.

Painful but very pretty. Tena kuna zile hazimaliziwi just attach to the hair a little..then let the rest flow. Kwanza some gold/blonde ones..lol talk about standing out.

Ebu nitumie picha..leo nangoja.

Haya na pia uangalie message kwenye ile maskani yetu :)

 
At April 18, 2006 6:02 PM, Blogger Elle said...

LOL ... that pic is just too much!!!

 
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