The Saga of the Creamy Crack: Black Girls Rock!

Well it's Monday morning and can you say "TIRED"...not sure why I woke up so exhausted, but if I had to guess I would say dreaming all night about HAIR. Yesterday I attended my first Natural Hair Conference - Koils By Nature - Natural Hair is not a Fad conference here in Alexandria VA. I wasn't sure what to expect, besides hearing alot about being natural. But what I got was so much more.

Wow! First let me say that I learned more about myself than I did about my hair. The conference was packed with vendors, selling all kinds of natural hair products, t-shirts, earrings, and clothing. There were also some amazing speakers. One of my favorites was Beautiful Brown Baby Doll. What an amazing young woman (yes younger than me). Her presentation was so inspiring and motivating. She spoke a lot about her journey in life, but also about the journey of being a Strong Black Woman. What really struck me the most was her explanation of her acronym Supernatural. I can't remember all of what the letters meant and I'm trying to Google it so I can post it on my blog. But what I do remember the most was the thread that ran through her presentation of truly loving who you are, inspite of what people try to project onto you. She said something that was so profound to me: People will perceive you the way you perceive yourself.

Sunday THE BOMB Twistout

This morning that really hit me hard. Let me tell you why. Yesterday I had the BEST TWIST OUT that I have ever attempted on my hair, I mean it was the BOMB!!! Received many compliments and was truly feeling fly. Then this morning....WTH...my hair looked nothing like yesterday and I was thinking to myself what in the world am I going to do, my hair looks a mess. Then out of no where I was sucker punched with: People will perceive you the way you perceive yourself. If I think my hair is a hot mess, then those around me will. So I collected my thoughts, threw the bad ones out the window, twisted the front, put an afro puff in the back, slapped on a headband and told myself BOO YOU LOOK FABULOUS!!.

This natural hair journey I'm realizing is not just about my hair but my attitude. I'm learning to love myself with a bomb twist out and a bad one. I'm learning to be confident with in myself and realize that just like the hair that grows from the inside out, so does my confidence. Its an inside job, I have to dig deep and find that place within where I love who I am no matter what.