#baldacious

who has a daily battle with herself about continuing to grow out her hair versus shaving her head again.

Graduation is coming up and I am in pure hate with my hair right now. I want to look decent (I don't want to be there in the first place, but as long as I'm there, I may as well try to be cute), but I can't think of what to do with my hair. Granted, it'll be covered by one of those awful caps, but afterwards, something tells me slamming on a beanie will be frowned on. I know that this stage is necessary to get to the hair I want, AND that I'll have to go through it again as many times as I give up on growing it out, but it's super irritating.

I've been trying to figure out how to relay what happened last weekend, because I was instantly furious and hurt and embarrassed, and I wanted to calm down before I went on blasting someone.

I was finishing an errand last weekend, loading up my car, when a man drove behind me. I figured he was waiting for my parking spot, but instead he tells me, "Beautiful women don't cut their hair short, it's their glory."  I shook my head and muttered things under my breath.

An appropriate response, I think, would have been, "Sir, my glory is that I am a decent person. My hair tells you nothing about me." - Something like that. If I had had time and been that quick on my feet, this is probably what I would have said.

What I really wanted to do was call him names flip him off.

First, there's the issue of providing an unsolicited opinion to a complete stranger. It's great to be outspoken and bold, but do you have to be rude? Then there's the issue of approaching a female who is by herself. Granted, it was sunny out, I was surrounded by other shoppers, but it is just CREEPY to drive up BEHIND someone and begin talking to them.

I'm getting upset just writing about it. I know that I do not need long hair to be beautiful. I know that I don't need hair at all to be beautiful! No one does.

I've been trying to be politically correct and remember that the man comes from an entirely different background than I do. Truly, I think I am pretty sensitive to peoples' differences, but... UGH.

You ought to be completely perfect and flawless before you can run round slamming a person for how they choose to look (or can't help but look!). You'd better be richer than God, a perfect specimen, not some scraggly troll in a busted van.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. 

Baldacious has reached 200+ followers in less time than it took to reach the first 100.

It's seriously mind-boggling that so many people keep up with this blog, and I truly can't say how much I appreciate it.

Thank you, beautiful angels, YOU are what keeps this thing running. Your interest makes me want to find as many glorious bald girls as possible, and share them with all of you. PLEASE submit your own shaved/bald head with the community.

You are all beautiful.

Can we just take a second to admire how fantastic Robin Roberts looks tonight? Strong, beautiful, and BALD. And that dress! Dang.

thebaldgirlproject replied to your photo: It’s been two months since I last shaved my head....

I’m so apprehensive about products…would love to hear more about ones you find helpful.

I'm definitely exciting to start collecting again. Even though I've been on a natural kick for the last few months (not quite "from the vine" natural, but pretty close), I know there are some styles that depend on particular ingredients. My favorite item is at Sephora, and it's by Ojon. It's a wax that melts to a creamy conditioning treatment. I mixed it with Aveda's Pure-Formance Grooming Clay for men and it was semi-matte with light hold. They're definitely out of my usual budget, but one was a gift and one I saved for, so I'll probably be sharing homemade or drugstore vegan stuff as a standard.