Hey All,
I hope you have been having a great hair week so far!
I’m not lol. I have been experiencing this extreme dryness but I know why and it is because I have not been properly taking care of my hair because I have been so busy. Not to mention this constantly changing weather we are having. One day it is ice cold and then another day it is warm. So I have yet to find the proper balance with my hair care routine, military and parenting. The military seems to always be first and then everything else falls in line.. Leaving me to look like a ragga-muffin by the end of the week. #notcool!
So… For those of you that don’t know I go to the gym a lot. Whether it is on base or at one life fitness (i love that place!)
Random drift off to rant land lol…
One Life Fitness has a lot of civilian personnel that go there. OMG!!! You would be surprised by the type of things you see in there. In particular the hair styles of choice! I cannot make this stuff up.. I seen this man with the front of his hair slicked down. It looked about 98% like the picture below except the front was more slicked down. I was like um.. excuse me… What in the world is going on with your hair??? In my mind of course.. Because it would have been absolutely rude to say that to his face haha…
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Back to the topic at hand. So I go to the gym a lot and I see the same girl every time. She is active duty military of course. Every time she is changing into her work clothes.. She ties her hair back(dreads!) and puts this old dusty wig on top.. Adding about 5 years to how ever old she really is. Look at the photo below! I kid you not.. This is 100% how it looks when she puts this wig on except it is black.
Okay are you ready for it!
Because you already know I have an issue with it lol…
Here is my problem with it.. as I have stated in many of my blogs.. Rules and regulations are set in place for a reason and are meant to be followed! In this particular case.. The Navy has authorized the wear of dread locks.. But everyday I see her in the gym, she is putting on her wig as shown in the picture above.. Making two things look obvious. 1 that she has no idea of what to do to her hair or 2 that she is hiding something under that wig!
So why is she wearing this wig to cover her dreads? You ask. Well because they are blonde! For some reason people like to test the boundaries of everything!
You would have to see it in person to get the same effect that I got. I mean it looks like a large hump on top of her head. It just looks unnatural!
My thing is.. How far will you go to hide something that you are not even suppose to have! Is it worth sacrificing your everyday appearance to maintain a style that you are authorized to have but you insist on pushing the limit!
When women do these types of things, it draws unwanted attention to the rest of us. We now all fall into that category of females always trying to push the limits and get away with it.
Its just sickening that people would go to great lengths for what they want when they know it is not right.
My question to you is… How far is too far? What would you do to cover up any secrets that you may have?
Now I am not going to lie.. When I was younger (in the military) I tried different things with my hair that at the time I didnt know was unauthorized. I had purple hair and upon arrival to my first duty station I was told to “remove the crap” (just like that hahaha). At the time I didnt think anything was wrong with it because I was use to getting crazy styles in school and no one ever saying anything. It was at that point (because I spent lots of money on that hair) that I realized that my hair was no longer my hair, my body was no longer my body and I only owned about 45% of my brain lol. Uncle Sam had claimed who I was and told me who I was gonna be!
Hope you enjoyed my post!