Hi, my name is Kel, & I'm a product junkie.
***HI KEL!***
Y'all, I knew I had a problem, but I didn't think it would ever come to this.
My lease is up in a few months and I plan on purchasing either a house or condo. I promised my mother that I would spend part of my spring break going through my closets & drawers to find items to purge so that I would have less to pack when I do move.
Getting rid of things is relatively easy for me. I grew up in a house where if you left something unclaimed for a few days, it WOULD get thrown away because, as my mother STILL quotes to this day, "Material things don't get you to Heaven!"
Anyway, after going through my clothes & books twice (SEVEN bags worth of donations & a trash bag of discards), I decided to tackle the hair collection in my closet. The last time I moved, I can't remember how many boxes/bags of hair goods I brought with me. My friends thought it was hilarious.
I took what was in my closet & put it on my full-size bed. I was embarrassed & appalled to see that my hair products almost filled up my entire bed!
Clearly, there were some painstaking decisions to make.
For instance, my homemade tracks & hair spray. I was the maid of honor in my cousin's wedding a few years ago. She wanted everyone to wear their hair down, so I had some tracks added that clipped in. Then I got nervous that the hair wouldn't match my color, so I bought some spray. My cousin found out about the spray & wouldn't let me use it.
Or what to do about this electric hot comb? I went to college in Oklahoma, where there was a shortage of Black people, Black hair salons, Black beauty supplies, etc. I bought this my freshman year of college before I had a car to get off campus & travel to a decent beautician. Obviously, this is before I decided to go natural.
How could I get rid of this stocking cap? Don't judge me. You all KNOW you have a stocking cap made out of one of your mama's (or your own) stockings.
And last but not least, HAIR! I need to have my own side business slingin' hair! I got everything! Afro-kinky! Outre remy! Toyokalon! Brown, black & red! What do you need?!?!?!?! I gots it all!
Ok, so clearly it was time to let go of some things, especially since I have not had my hair pressed in over a year & have not had it regularly pressed in about 6 years. So I said goodbye to my tracks, spray, hotcomb, and a myriad of other things. Out of all the fake hair, I did keep the afro-kinky, because it matches my current texture & I never know when I am going to need a filler. I am proud to say though, my collection shrunk significantly. Woo-saaaahhhh! :-)
Hopefully my mama will be proud!
