Crown of Glory » Creamy Crack

On My Nerves

Neci Baby — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:53:28 +0000

So I was just talking with one of my good friends Glamorous online. There was this chick we went to college with who was always on this nappturality ish. She wore a weave for the majority of the time (the weave looked like semi-kinky natural hair). I personally had always thought she was natural underneath, but I guess we will never know. Well I was browsing through ‘the book‘ as I occasionally do and saw that she decided to get a relaxer. Yeah, I was a little taken aback by it. I showed it to Glam and here’s how the conversation went:

Glam: … it looked nice

Me: No it doesn’t. What’s nice about fried and laid to the side??? lol

Glam: I like relaxed hair but like I said abt the cell phone companies earlier & I will repeat abt hair….DIFFERENT STROKES FOR DIFFERENT FOLKS, u ain’t got to like it or agree.

Me: I personally don’t give a **** because who’s gonna be able to get the 99.5% of black women who alter their hair to change anything?

Ok, I lied. I actually do care, but I also realize that there’s nothing I can do about it. She’s right, there are different strokes for different folks. About the cell phone companies….we also had a mini-argument earlier (it’s a waste of time trying to debate/argue with Glam) about T-mobile. We both have T-mobile (I’ve had it for ~6 years and she’s had it for 1 year) and she always complains and talks about how crappy the service is and on and on. So I had to step up for T-mobile, lol. Ok, so about this hair thing, it just really bothers me deep down in my soul that my fellow sistahs out there largely feel the need to alter the beautiful, natural crown of hair that the Lord has given them. So many complain about how unmanageable their hair is without Creamy Crack to the rescue. We sure managed before we made that long journey overseas and got a peak at that European beauty didn’t we? The chicks that really get on my nerves are the ones that wear relaxers and then complain that their hair is not growing or their hair is too thin. There are several commercials out there advertising products to remedy those issues. And I’m screaming at the TV, stop using the Creamy Crack idiots!!!!

A Real Creamy Crack Horror Story

Neci Baby — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:15:28 +0000

I saw this photo posted on one of my favorite Facebook groups,�Natural Hair. Read more about this woman’s story over at The Coarse Hair Diary.

Thank God It’s the Weekend Baby!

Neci Baby — Sat, 10 May 2008 18:52:00 +0000

It has been a loooong loooong week at work and I am so happy that the weekend is finally here. Today I had the most fabulous hair so I decided to take some pics on the way out for a fun day!

Here’s a few close-ups. It’s been 8 months since I had my sisterlocks put in and as you can see my hair is no where near locked! I still haven’t found anyone with my hair texture yet (besides my dad, lol)…. By the way, there are no products on my hair. Just spritz with a little water, shake & go

Lesson Learned: Why use the Creamy Crack (relaxers/perms) when your hair can be this beautiful NAPPturally? All it does it weaken your hair and burn your scalp.

My Crown (Part I)

Neci Baby — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:27:00 +0000

Hello readers! Thanks for visiting my blog. For all of you out there who are here to here all about my crown of glory, this post is especially for you. Come take you through a virtual tour of my hair through the years.

Childhood/Relaxed Hair/TWA/Wig

As you can clearly see, I have gone through many, many hairstyles. I began my undergraduate studies in 2003 and that’s when I decided that I no longer wanted to perm my hair. I could not stand running away from the rain, spending loads of money and TIME at the hairdresser just so that my hair would look flat/dull in just a few days (and long for the “fresh perm” look again in 4-6 weeks), and countless other reasons. I had always wondered what my natural hair looked/felt like and what was so bad about it that it needed to be covered up.

So I started researching and ended up finding nappturality.com. After visiting this site, I learned about how versatile my hair could be (despite being told that the only thing you could do with natural hair is wear dreads or go around wearing an afro 24/7). I was ecstatic! Soon, I did the Big Chop and started rocking sexy a TWA. It eventually grew out as you can see and YES, our hair does grow (especially without the Creamy Crack, lol). Occasionally, I would wear a wig over my natural hair when I wanted to change things up a little. But guess what? I was still HOT! I ended up shaving my hair off again in 2005 (I’ll explain some other time bc that’s a post in itself).

Sisterlock Beginnings

I always knew that the epitome of my napptural journey would be locking my hair. Once I discovered sisterlocks, it was a done deal. I had them put in September 2007 (it took 15 hours and they were done at Johadeni Nappi,�Address: 1638 9th St N, St Petersburg, FL 33704,�Phone: (727) 823-9899). These are photos of me taken not too long after they were put in. The length of my hair is from about 2 years worth of growth. I have a roller set in each of these photos.