When it comes to beautiful hair, some think long flowing 'Brazilian' weaves, reaching to the floor or in some cases to the 'sky' is the ultimate advantage, but to be quite honest - short hair has way more advantages than you think, and if it were not for my egg shaped head - I too may have considered a shorter style in the past (lol), but the Lord has blessed us with all them weaves too for a reason you know. lol!
Short hair has been a style rocked by many, whether by choice or a transition. Here are some reasons why short hair rules.
1. Super Stronger Ends
New growth equals stronger hair simply because it has not been around long enough to be exposed to elements, manipulations and wear 'n' tear that comes naturally as the hair ages. Basically shorter hair is stronger, period. As long as you are not causing damage to your hair by heat, over manipulation and chemicals, your ends are the strongest of them all!
2. More Styling Manipulation
The advantages of having shorter hair not only means less manipulation (if you can keep your hands out of your hair in those idle moments, lol) but also being able to withstand a little more manipulation than longer lengths. As previously mentioned new growth transaltes to stronger ends and can handle a little more manipulation than longer hair, which is why there are women like (Omowunmi Akinifasi) who recently rocked a short haircut with a little tinted red. The constant cutting of your ends to achieve a shorter look eliminates damage that occurred while using a chemical such as dye and relaxers.
3. Water is Your Bestie
With longer hair , we usually do not have the liberty of this but we all know water is our best friend regardless of length. However, if you are a shorty, you really have the comfort of enjoying Mother Nature’s greatest gift without the process of protective styles or sectioning to reduce tangling, thining, and not to mention air-drying!
4. No Protective Styling
The length of short hair is automatically a protective style within itself since your ends will not be in friction with any clothing articles you may be wearing. No matter what your hair type or texture, if hair is above shoulder length you have more freedom to wear your hair out without risking damage from friction.
5. Less stress, less time!
The hands of time are on your side! With less hair save yourself way less time and stress on everything from detangling, washing to styling.
6. Easy Detangling
The longer/older your strands are, the more susceptible they are to feathering (when your ends are thinner and finer than your roots due to wear over time). Feathering leads to tangling, single strand knots and split ends that leads to breakage.
7. Product Usage
More money more problems…Less hair less products! Rockin short styles obviously means less product usage, saving you money. Doesn't this model look exactly like the entertainment blogger Linda Ikeji? I think she'd look super edgy in this cut.
So, ladies......would you give our hair the big chop???
Love,
But I can't cut ma hair oooooo
ReplyDeleteAm already plaNning on having a Hair cut.and with all these pix above.can't. Wait,am already on it.
ReplyDeletelol! lets have a picture when you eventually get the 'chop'......you never know, you could be featured as our eye candy of the day.....best of luck. xoxo
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