By Cipriana of Urbanbushbabes.com
When it comes to natural hair some think long flowing Rapunzel like locks, reaching to the floor or in my case to the sky is the ultimate advantage, but to be honest short hair has more advantages than you think, and if it were not for my alien sized head I too may have considered a shorter style in the past, but the Lord blessed me with all this hair for a reason.
Short hair has been a style rocked by all, whether by choice or a transition to longer lengths. Here are 7 reasons why short hair rules.
1. Stronger Ends
New growth equals stronger hair simply because it has not been around long enough to be exposed to the elements, manipulation and wear and tear that come 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 is stronger and can handle a little more manipulation than longer hair, which is why there are women (like Amber Rose) who rock short haircuts and dye their hair every color under the sun but still have healthy hair. The constant cutting of your ends to achieve a shorter look eliminates damage that occurred while using a chemical such as dye.
3. Water is Your Best Friend
We all know water is your best friend regardless of length but 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, not to mention air-drying short hair is a dream!
4. Protective Styling WHAT?
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 texture, if hair is above shoulder length you have more freedom to wear your hair out without risking damage from friction.
5. Less Time
The hands of time are on your side! With less hair you save time on everything from detangling, washing to styling.
6. Easier 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.
7. Product Usage
More money more problems…Less hair less products! Rockin short styles obviously means less product usage, saving you money.
Ladies, if you’re currently rocking short hair, what do you love about it?
I am so happy i stumbled accross this. I just chopped off the ramaning part of my permed hair this morning after 8months of transitioning. Would be looking out for more useful tips frm ere. Xo
i’ve always had short hair and people would make nast comments. But after reading this i now feel confident and loving it.
Am rocking my short hair n its been fun all d way
I love my short natural hair! I get a lot of negative comments about it especially from my parents but I don’t care. I love my natural hair!
This is lovely, how did u achieve this? Dis style I mean?
I live it,I’m trying to figure out what to do with mine, with this fat face of mine lol
Really nice style at Walina!
I love this post! I glad someone decided to point this out. Even though I do have long natural hair. I think it’s funny that most people expect that your hair should be long if its natural.
I have been natural since 97. It was almost like I woke up and had a head full of hair. I decided to cut my hair Sept 2012, of course without the agreement of my husband. (men and their long hair fantasy) I LOVE LOVE LOVE my short hair. It’s alot easier and I can actually feel my scalp. I don’t have to worry about styling or what am I going to do with all that hair. I also have a new texture and it has gotten ALOT thicker and grows like weeds! It’s February and I am in need of another trim, like last month. Had one trim in November. I am so loving my shorter hair!
Allowing me to explore transformation with articles to define my essence and cultivate my creativity. It just doesn’t come to you, you have to work at it.
I’ve been transitioning for 6 months & absolutely love my hair!!! I love air drying& when it rains not having to worry about my weave or relaxed hair being messed up. my arms don’t hurt from blow drying for hours,I just Bantu knot it & head out the door or take out the knots & retwist at night. if I knew returning to natural was this easy & fun,I would’ve done it soooo much sooner!! :)
This is my third scalp cut. TWA. What I like best is……The feel!!
OMG I accidentely gave a Thumbs down to walina, could someone fix it please she’s to have a thumbs up in support of her Thanks.