Travel...and the Hair

With so many important issues plaguing our world today I often think...and my blog is about hair. But, there's plenty out there about Bush, the war, our 2008 election (thank the Lord!), and hunger in third world countries. I won't apologize for having a blog all about my hair and that of many women of color, so Happy New Year and thanks for stopping by!!

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My darling husband's pretty cool career often allows us little getaways to various sporting events around the country. Over New Year's Eve it whisked us away to Orlando, Florida for four days in the warm, humid climate that I longed for after two back-to-back snow storms and extremely cold weather plagued the Mile High City. I worried a bit about what I would wear, I didn't have much by way of summer clothes then it occurred to me: I'd never worn natural hair in humidity.

"This should be interesting," I thought.

I quickly decided it might be best to just go with what I know. How much damage could the wet air do, right? So I started packing. My hair just might LOVE the moisture, in Denver we have none.

-Curl Activator hair gel
-"lite" moisturizer (why can't they spell it correctly?)

Check, check. No curling irons, combs, ponytail holders, nothing. I hoped for the best and we were off.

When I got to Orlando all was well. My hair, to me anyway, appeared to take waaay more product to curl it up, but as it dried it seemed to get a bit bigger (read: poofy) with some curlier curls right along the edges where it is a bit thinner.

"Maybe it's time for a cut," I thought. "Babe, if I need to get it cut every couple of weeks I'll have to let it grow out, I can't keep up with that kind of maintenance." Silence from babe. I know he's so sick of my drama where the hair is concerned but he still has to hear it!

Needless to say my hair was wonderfully behaved although each day I had to stand under a stream of hard water to help loosen or "open up" my curls, as Jayla says. The water made my hair feel like I'd dumped salt or baking soda all over it and the water couldn't compete.

"Had to be the water." I know natural hair loves water but not hard water, so I'm chalking any poofies up to that lovely water provided by the Peabody Hotel...I can't wait to get back home to my OWN water issues to wash it and get back to normal. But I might still need a cut, definitely a color because the gray simply does NOT curl it's just straight and wiry, somehow I'll have to work my hair into submission so I can let it grow. We'll see what happens!!!

Happy NEW YEAR by the way!!