The Brave Ones

In case you guys haven’t heard, Chrisette Michele has cut her hair. Again.

When Chrisette first came on the music scene she wore a shoulder-length weave. (Don’t ask me how I know. I just know.)

For her second album she started strutting her stuff in a much shorter ‘do.

I wasn’t very fond of this cut on her. Not that I liked the weave style much either, it just seemed that neither hairstyle matched her style vocally. But now she has done it again. The BIG chop.

I LOVE her hair now. It really fits her, (I keep saying what fits her as if I know her personally. Old hairstylist habits die hard…) and now she stands out in a very crowded market of female performers.

Now, I will always will be a fan of weave. But I do realize that when I’m having an acne breakout, (Like right now. Hello bangs!) or when I don’t feel like wearing make-up, I swing my weave around to draw attention away from what’s really going on. When my hair was shorter I didn’t have that to lean on and I felt vulnerable. There was nothing to hide under, I was putting myself out there. In a lot of ways I grew up when I cut my hair. I learned to lean on me, and not use any physical thing to shield the true me. That experience helped me to realize that hair is just hair. It’s the secret person of the heart that truly matters.

Yes, I love my weave but after taking it out for a year I’m not dependent on it. As a hairstylist I’ve rocked many hairstyles, (blue highlights, spikes, crimped waves—trust me when I say I’ve done it all…) and now I’m growing my hair out and plan to rock a bob this summer.

When you cut your hair you are saying to the world, “This is me, look at me.” It puts the spotlight, not on your hair or your body, but your beautiful face. And with a face like this who wouldn’t want to rock their hair short?