The Cheekie Chop

I’ve been waiting quite a while to write about this. Yes, I even procrastinate to write about things I actually FEEL like writing about. Anyhow, for those of you who follow me on the Twittuh, you may be aware of this already, but I am gonna ignore all that (like *coughBossipcough*) and announce that I have breaking news!!

I DID MY BIG CHOP!!!*

I’m talkin’, all-creamy-crack-ends-are-gone, big chop. *flings curly confetti*

Allow me to show you, since it is allegedly better than telling you:

This face I'm making, doe.

Yup, it’s finally done for. And it feels great! Like, fabulously great. What’s funny about this process is that before I did the final chop, I was a bit anxious about having a short haircut because I never had one before. The shortest I’d had my hair was the first time I transitioned from perm when I was a junior in high school and my hair was at my ears. It was a mushroom cut and I sobbed for like an entire day because I believed I looked like ass.

Anyway.

Little did I know that I would become even more confident post-cut. For real, I am feeling the entire frick and frack outta myself right now. Maybe it’s because of the “freeing” feeling, maybe it’s because I’m older, or a combination of both (or more), but I honestly think I look great. This cut makes me look (and feel) sassy. Even though my ultimate goal is to have big poofy thick hair, I am going to enjoy this shorter ‘do.

Other experiences I’ve had since the huge hack (see what I done did there?):

– OF COURSE the HIH (hands in hurr… yeah, I made the acronym ratchet) syndrome is alive and well. All day, each and every way, I find myself twirling my curls and reveling in the softness of my hair. *hairgasm* I swear my hair will file a restraining order on my hands soon.

– Fancying up the short hair (to make it more feminine) is giving me reasons to shop for funky new earrings (may do a post on this in the future…), hair accessories, and different (bolder) color lip glosses. Hell, I’ve noticed my wardrobe has even become a tad more flashy and whore-y.

– Yes, I have gotten a few eye-rolling comments. The most popular being, “How come you cut off all that purty hair?” My usual response (with a smile/laugh), “Because it was boring?” Aside from all’at, I’ve also gotten a lot of “Hey sista!” comments from random men and even a “I LUH my natural sistas!” from a homeless dude who swears up, down and sideways that I’m his girl. I am truly winning.

– I’m also grinning at the fact that the cute guys in my work building have expressed their appreciation as well. *swoon*

– I actually look forward to washing my hair. Let’s not talk about how 78% of the reason is due to it being quicker and easier to do. But, a good percentage is about getting to explore how my hair is reacting to the many new products I’ve bought so far. So far, so good!

If you want to see more pictures, I posted a few more in my Twitpic account. Yeah, I’m so vain, I probably think this post is about me.

So, Pinchers, what you think? And yeah, I know that only allows for positive comments (well, except from TDA), but I’d love to know if ya like it! Also, have any of you ever experienced the big chop? Any big changes in your appearance in general? And if so, how was it for you? Let’s chop it up in the comments. *slaps knee in laughter at my own pun*

Love ya like Dr. Drew loves addicted celebrities,

Cheekie

*Well, technically, my big sister Chyna did it for me (I told her to off anything that doesn’t curl… lol), but does that sound as exciting. I’ll obnoxiously answer my own question and say, “No.”