Welcome to I LOVE my "Hairitage". My name is Lisa and this blog has been an idea of mine for a long time. I wanted a place where minority men and women, and anyone else, could come to share their hair stories.
My "Hairitage" is Puerto Rican. As a little girl I always wanted shiny, straight hair. Instead I have frizzy, curly hair.
Those of us who are minorities face special challenges in trying to tame our hair. This blog is a place to get advice, share stories, and just plain vent.
I want to know what products worked for you and which ones didn't. Which ones you liked and which ones you hated. I am hoping in the future we will have coupons for products and advice from the manufacturers right here on the site.
So tell us a little about yourself. If you don't know where to start: Where your from, what your heritage is, and any grooming challenges you have faced.
I know that you love your Hairitage too!
Thanks for reading!
--Lisa
Being a "Ginger" in a post-southpark culture, I get flack from all sides. But mostly from my smart ass daughter. I love my hair and have learned to make it behave. Now, advise me on what I can do with a 20-someting daughter that is smarter than me and teases me about being a ginger!
ReplyDeleteI am Filipino with a bit of Chinese mixed in so I wish my hair was more versatile where it looks great short or long. Unfortunately it's like a lawn. If it's not properly maintained and trimmed, people start to look at it funny. My hair grows OUT rather than down so even if I wanted to attempt to grow it out long there will be a period where I look like one of those fuzzball things that as a kid we used to put on the top of erasers. So i have no choice but to keep it trimmed which means going to my barber at least once a month (once every five weeks if i feel daring). He loves it cos it I'm single-handedly keeping him in business. Lisa you remember when i had long hair. Not only was it thick but it had a mind of its own. Not exactly practical for a guy who also loved to play sports...in the unforgiving South Florida heat. My mom wanted me to cut it all off but I didn't want to so as a compromise she said I had to make the front shorter. Unfortunately I ended up with a mullet. Hard enough having Asian hair...but being an Asian with a mullet cut.
ReplyDeleteI once went two months without a haircut (i sustained a minor injury where I got stitches in my head so they wouldn't let me cut it for some reason) and it looked like I had a helmet. I would not do that again.
Grace and R, thanks for reading and thanks so much for commenting and sharing your stories with us. I do appreciate you doing this. Especially because this is a new (ad)venture for me. My hair has always been an issue for me--I love my hair but to get it to look how I want takes forever. I will post photos soon.
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