Hair types as in the description and classification of one's curls or coils never interested me much but in Trinidad and Tobago we have a way of describing other people's hair. It's either you have good hair or bad hair. So which is it? Do you have good hair or bad hair? Well let me tell you a story....growing up I never had much patience for my own hair and I remember My mother not having any at all. I have fond memories of long July/August holidays on the beach in my grandfather's beach house running up and down the coast from the salt to the fresh water as we pleased. Being happy and carefree was the best feeling in the world but then the time came for us to pack up to leave Blanchisseuse and head back to Arima to prepare for the reopening of school. Like the old people say 'All good things come to an end' or even 'After joy is sorrow' combing out the knots and tangles that endured salt water, sun and sand for days on end was undoubtedly the worse part of my childhood memories. I also remember asking myself why my sisters did not have the same problem as me? Why did their knots comb out easier than mine? I've learnt that my hair was more difficult because I do not have the same hair type and I have also learnt how to take care of my own hair over a period of time. Although to this day I still do not have patience for my hair at all I now have and additional two heads to care for...sigh. Learning to comb my eldest daughter hair however is a work in progress we went from natural, to texturizer, to transitioning, to natural and transitioning, to hey I am a Product Junkie phase.
I do try my best to teach her to love herself and hair even though it may be different because regardless of what others may think your hair does not define you!
