Personal Narrative-Where Does Hair Live Naturally?

There is a wealth of opportunities for students interested in cosmetology, and specifically those interested in hair. There are career opportunities for people interested in the science, the health, and the aesthetics of human hair. Of the many career opportunities available, the three of focus for this paper will be a hair stylist in the film and/or fashion industry; a cosmetic scientist that specializes in hair; and the executive producer of an international hair show.

hair styles to have different means. Shane White and Graham White authors of The Journal of

Are you a coarse haired natural? I am and yes, I love my coarse hair. Do I ever get frustrated? Heck yeah. But after five years I’ve figured out how to take the good with the bad. Here’s my story.

We all have two choices in life: to live life joyfully or despondently. The choices we make define our future, which

Walking through life admiring everything it brings upon you, can bring upon many question about life and what you are meant to be. You can begin questioning yourself and who you are. What your future would look like and how would you get there. All these question are things that cross our minds at one point in our lives. A reason this happens is because of everything we go through and experience in life that makes us want to know and understand who we are as a person. Like Gandhi once said, “Your beliefs become your thoughts, Your thoughts become your words, Your words become your actions, Your actions become your habits, Your habits become your values, Your values become your destiny.”(Gandhi, Mahatma). This wise words said by Gandhi

The pursuit of happiness is an endless journey that we all experience during our lifetime. This search for satisfaction in life is made up of actions and choices that we make to benefit our lives for the better, even if done subconsciously. Many people try to end this lifelong journey short by reaching a practically unachievable “true happiness”, and some even get so caught up in trying to reach this ultimate fulfillment in life, that they begin to forget about the great things currently in their lives because they spend so much time and energy focusing on what they want rather than what they have. Life is about enjoying living in the moment, because it only happens once.

With the educational instruction from our teachers we were able to assess classmates and our own hair types, and its’ specific needs. At that time I felt as though I honestly knew nothing about my own hair. When that segment of the instruction was completed

Have you ever been through a journey faced with complications that lead you through frequent steps that can occasionally make you want to give up? I decided to do my capstone project on The Journey of Natural Hair, mainly focusing on the selections of afro-textured portions throughout my project. A journey of natural hair is a route you take along with your hair as you encounter different changes and ideas pertaining to your hair. The Natural hair journey technically starts when you are born because everyone is born with different varieties of natural hair. My reason for choosing such a topic is because it is something I can relate to. I have also experienced many of the common stages along my natural hair journey. This topic stands out to me and is something I enjoy talking and learning about. I understand that many aren’t able to self-experience a journey of natural curls which varies with race and background. Exposures to chemicals such as hair relaxers can permanently change the texture of the relaxed portion of hair. As I research further into my subject I hope to learn how certain things can manipulate the hair. I also seek to learn new things the journey has prepared as it continues step by step. I can achieve this by gaining more knowledge about natural/afro-textured hair through others experiences and studies on it.

We may not have ever met face to face, but I know something special about you. You want to shine from the inside out, develop a stronger understanding of how your hair works, and accentuate your own personal authentic, natural beauty. Ultimately, you’re interested in achieving a fuller, healthier mane. I applaud you for taking this step on a fantastic journey of self-discovery!

happiness may not necessarily bring progress.Life can be a happy journey without challenges but will it be worth

I used to hate my hair. I used to hate how it looked every time I would woke up in the morning. Whenever I brushed or didn’t brush it, and especially how it would turn into tiny balls of hair on my head.

Just as normal, I started my day off in a mundane fashion. I woke up via alarm clock, of course after a couple of presses of the snooze button, and I got up. I wasn’t what some would call a “morning person,” but I needed a fair amount of primping before I could go to school looking presentable, so I begrudgingly woke up at 6:30 a.m. to put on my face, do my hair, and pick out a worthy outfit. To top it off, I took a swig of whiskey and stuffed the bottle into my bag, at the bottom where no one would see it. “I love you, Mom! Love you, Dad!” I shouted, because sometimes, though rare, they would slip into the house during the night. They were never there, but when I was younger, I made it a habit to say goodbye just in case. I was trying to stop

To continue, the Buddha said in his teaching that life is dukkha, the exact translation of the word to English is unknown, but most believe it is suffering. However, even things such as happiness and success eventually become dukkha. According to Buddha, life is impermanent and is constantly changing. Buddha Gotama said to his disciples, “Impermanent, subject to change, are component things. Strive on with heedfulness” (Thera, 6). This simply means that life and anything in the world is constantly changing. For example, you could win an award for being an outstanding athlete, but the happiness that brings is only short term. Life is dukkha and the happiness it brings will quickly subside. Buddha wanted his followers to realize the impermanence of life, and the dynamic changes that happen on a daily basis. This learning experience would provide a key into understanding what suffering is, and why every human shares the same common theme of suffering.

Many live attempting to decipher the riddle of life. What is life? What is the purpose? What makes? Even though we only seek happiness why can’t we ever seem to achieve it? When we do reach happiness why can’t we seem to grasp it and hold it for more than the few short hours that pass like seconds? The question we must answer first is “What makes happiness, true?”

Happiness. Without feeling it, a life could be solely a torture to survive. However, realizing own happiness is also difficult and would be an eternal theme for each human being. Bertrand Russell, a great famous British philosopher, defined happiness, “The happy man is the man who does not suffer from either of these failures of unity, whose personality is neither divided against itself nor pitted against the world.” (Russel 999). Russel’s definition of happiness is to feel ourselves as a part of the universe rather than distinguished individuals. After reading some great articles about happiness, I came down to think of my own happiness. When thinking of true happiness, I always recall one documentary TV show that I have seen in the past. The TV show featured of children who were fighting against intractable diseases. Due to the diseases, their own life expectancy was short. However, their situations did not seem to impede them from feeling happiness. They found their own magical way to change outlook on life to make own life meaningful. No matter how difficult situations are to handle, there are always some ways to feel happy. Therefore, true happiness would not be made by external factors. From my experiences, being optimistic can minimize the chances to feel unhappy, and being pessimistic cause unnecessary unhappiness. For me, happiness can be achieved by having a positive outlook towards things, which could be linked to Russel’s definition.