Temple of Glam

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Yo Diary,

Mama recently experienced a chemical treatment of the relaxer persuasion.

I won't go into the details, but I will tell you the result: strands...and...strands...and strands...of hair in my hands. And on the floor. Trauma.

Considering I've had a relaxer since the the heyday of PCJ, this certainly isn't the first time my strands have been damaged. But my goodness, it's not fun to be here again. So yeah, I've come to the final stage of mane mourning: acceptance. The obvious solution would be to cut it, but gah, I always do that.

Before I resort to the "take-off-as-much-as-you-need-to-I-don't-care" chop, I'll give Redken Extreme Strength Builder Plus (~$20) a go. Since you are all-knowing, hair diary, I won't tell you that protein is super important for distressed hair--like ahem, over-processed relaxed hair; it strengthens weak manes and has restorative powers.

Oh yes, I just said "powers". Anything that can possibly stop the kind of shedding my joint is doing, is in fact, magical. Say a prayer for me, hair diary. Me thinks, I'll need it.

I totally remember watching this PCJ commercial. You?

xx Shaunequa

I'm not even going to try to beat around the (ahem) bush about this. I'm a hairy girl. It could be worse, but it could be much, much better. So I found myself reaching for my depilatory. My aunt left it in my apartment about 7 years ago. Yes, I said 7. It's probably expired, but I wouldn't know; all the words are in French. Now that I type that, I realize that could be the root of my problem. Anyway I applied the smelly depilatory to my upper lip (no judgments) and sorta lost track of time. I felt a tingle and decided it was time to remove it. I removed a layer of skin and the remaining stray hairs looked blacker and shinier (who knew depilatories had a hair conditioning effect?) than they did before I started. Lucky me! I hope this doesn't gross you out too much. I mean, if I don't tell you, who am I going to tell?

My upper lip is en fuego and the ice chips aren't cold enough to put out the flame that is my mouth area.  But at least I have this ultra-soothing, beauty panacea (also known as raw shea butter). I copped a jar from my girl Shirley who creates all-natural beauty products. Shea butter is dope because it is a great conditioner for your skin and hair plus it has a healing effect on burns, bruises, and cuts.

As I apply a dab on my wounded areas (oh yes, plural), I wonder if having a little extra hair is really worth all this. Something to think about...until I do it all again in a few weeks.