When knowing how to cut and style your own hair may add a little time to your hair growth journey...

If you joined the Natural Hair movement 10 years or so ago when it was first getting started, you likely read Lorraine Massey's "Curly Girl: A Handbook." It was one of the first books written on the subject, and while the "Curly Girl Method" isn't quite it anymore, it started a lot of curly haired people on their journey to healthier hair, and she taught you how to do it all - including skip the salon and cut your hair at home, because if you're a curly haired person of a certain age, you remember being traumatized by the harsh hair products and uneducated hair stylists of the 80's and 90's.

And my sister happened to drop out of beauty school after purchasing the full kit, so I've had a lovely pair of shears ever since.

Now, I can't say I beat Brad Mondo to the technique, but I was doing his "wolf cut" technique for a good five years before he dropped his tutorial. Nowadays, I kinda blend the technique with Manes by Mell's Pigtail Cut, which is why I spontaneously cut my hair last night. I put my hair in pigtails in preparation to put the two sides in cornrows to sleep, and BOY does my hair grow unevenly 😅😅 The left side is thicker but grows slower, while the right side is thinner but grows faster. That takes a lot of upkeep to keep up with! It's only been a month since my last trim.

But this means I'm pulling a Penelope here (Odysseus' wife, not my cat) - grow two inches, cut off one. I'm still making plenty of progress... but I'm definitely not being time efficient about the growth process in favor of keeping the ends obsessively even.

Also, I'm not apologizing for my cheugy, aura point reducing slightly off-center part. It's to compensate for that whole hair growth uneven-ness thing.

This also means I'm going to look like Mirabel a little longer.

Disney owes me royalties for using my image, I swear to God.