Maybe it was in the Eighties, when random streaks of color and asymmetrical cuts were the height of fashion. Maybe it was in the Nineties, when everyone was trying to emulate Jennifer Aniston's "Rachel" cut from Friends. You know you've had one, and maybe there's photographic evidence. The worst hairstyle you've ever had.
I'll share mine, if you share yours. Ready?
This was taken in 2000, during a visit back home to Trinidad. That's me and my dad, getting a drink at a roadside bar on the way to the beach. And as you'll notice, my hair is short, bright blonde, and so not the biz.
That was the peak of chemical damage, my hair was literally fried and dyed. I hate photos from my blonde phase, but I'm glad I went through it...because if I hadn't damaged my hair as badly as I did and experienced the breakage and split ends I was causing myself... I may never have decided to transition to natural hair.
I think a month or so after this, I dyed my hair brown again and cut it even shorter. I didn't realize at the time, but that turned out to be my big chop. And I never looked back!
So there's my worst hairstyle ever -- brassy, blonde, and damaged like you wouldn't believe. What's yours?
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By: Aliya S. King on 10/27/2009 10:39AM
Sigh. If only I could post a photo in this comment section. Or maybe more than one. Worst I ever had? Hmmmm...
Would it be the bi-level haircut that was shaved in the back with a TAIL of long hair hanging from the back? Or maybe the Janet Jackson via Poetic Justice braids with synthetic hair that was burned at the ends and smelled like a burnt plastic cup for two weeks.
Nope. It would be the two cornrows I wore in my early 30s. Every. Single. Day. Like it made sense.
Right now, I look like a cross between Maya Angelou, Florence from the Jefferson and the mother from Good Times. So I ain't doing much better at the moment. Oh well.
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By: Brandi on 10/27/2009 3:07PM
Mine has to be when I allowed myseldf to be talked into a texturizer. SMH! What was I thinking?! It was just horrible. I ended up cutting it off, after never being able to have even textured hair, and being natural again.
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By: luvingmylocks on 10/28/2009 12:44AM
ok, so we all have had bad experiences with our hair,you want to know why? ok be real about it we try to be someone we are not that's part of the heritage the white folk told us if you be like us we will give you jobs and treat you as one of us . Did that happen,no our hair fell out form dying frying sclp damage from perms. the white girl still has her locks and can she ever obtain a crown of glory like the pure African woman no,so think about it my sistas we were meant to be exactly the way GOD designed us .Sure some of us have mixed blood in our genes but that's still ok.LOVE GOD for giving us a crown of hair at least we have hair,he didn't make us permanently bald. EVER HEARD OF SISTA LOCKS.?That became my answer and a naturalme that's beautiful and I feel a part of my motherland and who I really am.NO FAKE HAIR NO FRIED SKULL,NO BUYING OTHERS HAIR IT'S ALL ME!!
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