How To Prepare For The Big Chop

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Lucky are those that big chop on impulse. In a moment of frustration they either pick up a pair of scissor or walk into a barber’s shop and chop their hair off. I’m not one of those girls.
 
I have long-admired people that go for the bald look and wondered what I would look like without hair. I imagined I’d enjoy it because there would be so little maintenance involved but I also imagined I’d look really weird without hair – my precious hair.
 
Many of us deliberate the big chop like this;should I or shouldn’t I. We want the look  but somehow convince ourselves that it won’t look as good on us as it does on others so we don’t.
 
Indeed, after telling fans I’d chop my hair off on 1-Jan-2015, I chickened out. I couldn’t do it – there was too much going on, I told myself; like chopping your hair off takes any time at all.
 
And so, I waited another year and it is in this year I came up with a strategy that helpedme go for the big chop. Hopefully it will help you too,if this is your heart’s desire:

1. Do it for something that is much more important than yourself, your ego and pride. I did it to honour my sister who suffers from lupus. You can do it for charity or to donate your hair towards cancer patients or something else along those lines. Once you decide you’re doing it for a good cause it’s harder to pull out.
2. Set a specific date for when you want to do it. This way you’ll know at the back of your mind that the day is approaching with each passing day and you’ll be mentally prepared for the event. I set 2-Jan-2016 as my new date.
3. Don’t over think it. Hair grows back. It may grow slowly,it may grow fast but it will grow back!

 
The Night Before
 
Whether you are giving the hair away or keeping it, you want it to be clean. So the day or night before the BC wash and condition your hair thoroughly, moisturize it and twist it.
 
The Day Of The Big Chop
 
With your twists in place go to a barber shop. I don’t recommend cutting your own hair if it’s something you’ve never done before. If you’re doing it for a good cause most barbers will do it for free, they did it for free for me.
 
Ask the barber to chop each twist off neatly and hand it to you before he shaves your head completely, then smile and enjoy the shave.
 
I went for a “1” hair cut – basically, very bald, however you can leave more if you prefer.
 
How Will You Feel Once It’s Done?
 
A mixture of strange and great:strange because you won’t even recognize yourself but also great because, for some reason, you feel like you’ve been released from some kind of a prison.
 
Many describe the feeling as liberated. Either liberated from society’s ideal of beauty or liberated from hair management, a task that enslaves many girls.
 
Anyhow, if you have any BC stories, I’d love to hear them. Make a comment.

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