Since I decided to become a natural beauty over a year ago (April 2009) I have gotten WAY into my hair...reading ingredient labels, researching brands, using stuff from my kitchen (vinegar, baking soda, honey, banana, etc)...and just overall loving my hair. Way more so than when I was on that creamy crack, and my hair has responded tremendously, my hair no longer sits just belowmy ears as it did for over a decade, it's extended below my neck in less than a year (and that is with regular trimming of my processed ends).
I can remember when TL came out and I first saw Chilli's hair saying to myself...
Ahhh my youth...I felt like this was the acceptable hair type...the type everyone wanted...truthfully it really is the hair type everyone wants. I can remember gluing (yes gluing) my weave in and waving my hair and EVERYONE I came in contact with said "Oh my gosh your hair is soooooo beautiful!"....when I had a "nappy" phoney pony in months before nobody stopped me on the street to tell me they loved my hair...nobody begged me to never ever cut my beautiful tresses.
But then...in 2005 I saw America's next top model...I saw Bre and I LOVED her big hair! That was my first glimpse at natural hair and I saw that not only could you rock a fro with natural hair...
And apparently I'm not the only one who has realized it...just last night (well last saturday) I went out with my homegirl...she had this curly/nappy type of weave in her hair...
"I like your hair!" I say fluffing her weave.
"Thank you gurl! I saw some mixed chick on TV and said I want hair like that." my friend.
"This is sorta how my hair looks under my wig." Me.
"Gurl you should rock your shit! If I had good hair like this I would." Her.
The conversation went on but basically I told her that her hair probably looks similar to that hair she was loving so much and we talked a bit about going natural...she seemed interested (score 1 for the naturals).
I'm actually kinda shocked that people still refer to the whole good/bad hair thing...kinda thought we left that in the past. The shit is silly to me because people walk around talking about they have good hair like you're supposed to get props or something...it's just hair! You don't get an extra paycheck, you don't get special treatment...it's sorta like saying "Oh I'm lightskinned"...who the fuck really cares?
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What burns me up is when Professional and Licensed Hairdresser refer to hair as being "good" or "bad." You would think that in hair school they would have learned suitable terms for different grades and qualties of hair. *ugh*
anyway... I lurk often (especially for Woman Law Wed)! Keep up the good work and I will keep lurking =)
I'm happy somebody else thinks the same thing, and who is fully African-American. I'm mixed with that and white, so my hair is extremely curly. And when people stop me to say "Ooh, you have pretty hair." I just be like thanks, but really deep down, I'm thinking to myself, 'ok... stop sicing it. It's not all that.'
I've had locs before, and everybody (including my ignorant sister) would say, "Why would you do that? You have that pretty/good hair." Who the fuck cares?! It's my hair, you making it seem like my hair is gonna fall out or something with locs.
But just like you said, hair is just hair. It's about how you take care of it. And I honestly wish that more African-American females would go natural. Natural is sexy. I actually the lil fros; and I'm surprised that I could get a lil curly fro with my hair (depending on how short it is).
Sorry for the long comment, but I had to add my two cents to this too.
"Blogger tha unpretentious narcissist© said...
i hate listening to women talk about their hair. just look beautiful fuck the rest."
AMEN to that shit! like seriously. I do hair in my spare time and it makes me extra cash but I think women need to just rock what they have or if you don't like that, rock some shit that makes you feel good about you. Doesn't matter what it is. Could be a shit hat for all I care but if it makes you feel good, then do you boo!
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