Operation Curly is all about getting my curly hair back in action!
Now, what could gaining back my curly hair possibly have to do with healthy living?
Actually, a whole lot.
1) It’s awfully hypocritical to sit here and say that I’m going to go gray and rock it, but not do the same with the shape.
2) Financial health of not getting it done weekly, because I won’t do it myself, nor do I do it as well as getting it done.
3) Taking care of my hair is part of taking care of all of me.
Those are just three. I’m not going to bore you with details of my entire life. I can’t imagine that would be fun for you. There’s actually more to this curly thing that has come up in the last few days, but that’s for my current events thoughts to be posted soon.
This is me at 9 years old. Yes, I was once upon a time insanely tall (for my age). Oh, how the mighty fall.
So, how am I doing this?
I’m starting out with something called, “The Curly Girl Method.” It’s a whole process of going curly and then maintaining curls. Now, I’ve been doing LOTS of research and I’m not entirely certain I’m going to STAY with the CGM method, but it does lay out a great starting point to work on getting my hair back to health after YEARS of dying it and taking a whole lot of heat to it. One small thing working in my favor is that I have never over-washed it, sometimes to a really gross result, but it does help with the remote healthiness leftover now.
What’s my process today? Eight steps and three showers. I don’t have a wide-tooth comb and I don’t have a micro-fiber towel. I’m not letting either of these facts stop me now. I am in this win this! Ok, that was maybe a little over-competitive sounding for something that is not even remotely competitive.
As I write this, I am on Step Five. Two showers down, one to go. The final steps are just the regular doing of the hair. Apparently, it’s going to take at least three months to see some semblance of what my curls will bounce back to and up to a year (or longer) to get back to full curl health. So, the process of figuring out what kind of conditioning I need and what kind of gunk to use is going to be it’s own battle, especially since it may change as I get healthier AND the process can change with any kind of weather.
I won’t lie. This all makes me all kinds of nervous.
You know, underscoring my BRILLIANCE for starting this process during 1000% humidity.
I have no idea how to do this “refresh” business daily and hope to have some sort of basic routine down by the time I go back to school.
Upshot is: I have no idea what’s going to happen, testing my Type A personality, but I’m going to roll with this and do my best to enjoy the journey that is, and always has been, my hair.