
This post
serves a twofold mission. One is for you to see my attempt at print mixing. Something
I don’t often do because I’m not very comfortable with it. At least not yet. I know I can buy coordinates that are already
mixed but I’m sticking to my no buy challenge and using Pinterest and other
blogs for inspiration. I really really like this skit but I had gotten bored
with the white or black top I usually wear with it. I wa uable to come up with
a new look so I tucked it away for a while. The last time I wore it was last
year here. The shirt is a crop top that I also haven’t worn in a while. No
reason, just passed it by when planning outfits. One of the rules of print
mixing is to stick with the color theme. The black and white in the skirt
pulled my eye towards this top. I hoped it worked. If not, oh well, I felt good
and church was awesome.
The second
reason I’m writing this post it to debut my new hair style. If you follow my Facebook fan page than you are already aware of this announcement. I’ve been in a rut
with my hair. A tapered cut for me has run its course. I knew I wanted
something different. I wanted to mix it
up but I didn’t want the hassle of dealing with lose natural hair. My inspiration
came from my kids. My son asked about a year ago if he could grow his hair out
for locs. I was ok with the idea because I was certain he would get bored with
the fro and cut it. Prior to him making this decision I had decided I would
start locs for my 40th birthday. PSA: I am not 40! And there’s
nothing wrong with being 40. It was something
I would announce from time to time over the years. My mom even made the attempt
once and gave up. I just happen to be up extremely late one night this past
week and I started pondering that my son’s confidence level shoot up the day he
left the loctician. Then I thought about the fact that I had not gotten a haircut
since September 2nd. I had also posted on my IG that I wasn’t
planning on getting a cut anytime soon. So that was the start…
I knew I
wanted long hair but not long loose hair. I have zero time to for the upkeep. So
I started looking at YouTube videos. I watched a lot of them. Like a loooottttt
of them. I read some blogs. Watched some more YouTube videos and then I just
sat quietly going over the pros and cons. My biggest hesitation was that my
sides were short and the awkward stage. At first I was gonna do shaved sides
and locs on top but after asking the loctican how long they needed to be and getting
the green light, I decided on a head of locs. Truth is I wear short hair well
and even when growing the fro there was an awkward stage. I eventually stopped researching
(I’d been up about 3 hours and had to be at work at 7:30am). Instead, I spent
time praying. I try NOT to make life
changing decisions without prayer. Locing isn’t cheap and once I jumped in
I was gonna go all the way. I would need to endure the process. I just asked
God if it was the right time and felt at peace that it was. Called the
loctician the next day and was in her chair on Saturday.
Top//K-mart
Skirt//ASOS
Shoes//Aldo
Clutch//JcPenney
I plan
to share my journey here on the blog. The plan is to post every 2 months about
my hair as long as something is happening. At the end of the day life is
fleeting and there’s no reason to not try something different. Mix it up!
What’s
something you’ve been considering do but haven’t stepped out on faith to do? What
will it take for you to move?
2 comments:
it look so cute! i saw you from up there I couldn't tell on Sunday and I thought you went back you your brush cut. It awesome you guys are doing it together can't wait to follow your journey.
Print mixing is a win!
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