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I definitely don't WANT anyone to envy me. That's not a motivator, or something I want, even though I can't control the emotions/feelings of others.

I want healthy hair first, long hair second that people will, if anything, admire.
 
TLC1020 said:
Yes, for myself and others.. A person do not have to be mixed, wear weaves to achieve long hair all you need to do is give your hair TLC.. I don't call it envy but it's to show that one can grow healthy, thick and long relaxed hair...
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What's where I'm at. First, I want them to see it can be done. Second, I want ALL black women sportin' WL. I want black woman to be synonymous with "crazy wild, super long hair."
 
TLC1020 and Sareca, I am so with you.

I want other black women to look at me and see the possibilities. I am not light-skinned, not mixed race, do not have locs, do not have straight hair...basically, I fit none of the stereotypes of long-haired black women, yet I have long hair. I want other black women to look at me and to notice this fact and then realize that long, healthy hair is attainable for all of us. I tell all my hair secrets to any sista who asks and at this point, 95% of why I am keeping my fotki is because I know it is really helpful to other sistas to learn from my experience instead of muddling through things the hard way. I want all my sistas to be rocking thick, luscious heads of hair. To encourage others is a big part (of course, it is not the only reason) of why I am growing my hair. So, envy is exactly what I don't want others feeling because that emotion stems from thinking someone has something you can't have, and the healthy, long hair on my head is something all sistas can have.
 
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Women are going to envy your hair, it doesnt matter if you want them to or not. Just prepare you self for it.

I don't care if anyone envy my hair. No I take that back I do care if one of my professor envy my hair because my grade is in their hands. lol
 
sareca said:
What's where I'm at. First, I want them to see it can be done. Second, I want ALL black women sportin' WL. I want black woman to be synonymous with "crazy wild, super long hair."
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I agree. When my hair gets healthy and long, I wont hesistate to give them the info here. i want all women to have long, thick hair, if that's their goal.
 
For me, it's really a personal challenge. I've always had nice hair. In fact even as a child and teenager, I had fine but very healthy, full nice hair. I always took care of it. But I'm realizing that as I get older it does take a bit more work. My hair never had any problem growing or getting past shoulder. My problem was that it thinned and got finer so I would get frustrated and cut it off. And still it would grow back.

But really, I'm doing this for myself and don't mind at all if I succeed helping other women, namely my mother who is convinced that brown pre-con gel and brushing 100 strokes a day grows hair. If I can show her that I can stretch relaxers, that kind of thing, I think she'll be open to listening to me.
 
Long hair is hot! :yep: :up:

Envy? I dunno if that is the word. But long, rich, silky, healthy, thick hair is definately FABULOUS!

People will definately admire ur hair when it is long. Is that my only motivation? NOPE. :nono: I do it for myself too.

So admire more than envy. I don't necessarily want people sitting around sulking 'cuz they can't be me. :lol: But when I walk in the room, they should know that my hair and everything else about me is top notch. :p

***Lovelylocs tosses her hair and exits the thread... ***
 
glossyxlipz said:
yes I agree. Maybe not so much for envy but for inspiration. If another woman see us with long healthy hair, she will know IT can be done and all she have to do is ask me or others on this board for information.

If I do not have the same hair texture as her, I will not hesitate to give her this site as I have done in the past.
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In some ways, I cannot lie. It hurts to hear *some* black men in particular drool over non-black women with long hair because they believe that only non-black women can grow long hair. No matter what we say, hair is our crowning glory. It is the very symbol of beauty in this society and I don't see that changing any time soon. So, yes, part of the motivation is to dispell the myths and convince ourselves, our afro-textured sisters, and ignorant people that we, too can have beautiful hair, long or short. I want to me a motivator and inspire others to take care of their hair ultimately. But in a similar vein, it'd be nice to show the world that black women or women with afro-textured hair CAN and DO grow long hair.
 
STLCoverGirl said:
Deep down, yes....I would love to be "that girl", I love haters, lol.:lachen:
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And EV'RE BAHDAY knows that the first thing haters wanna do when they see a beautiful black girl w/long hair is try to say that her hair is fake! :p :lachen:
They get even more mad when they can't find smthg fake to snatch her back down to mediocre land w/them. :lol:
 
No.

I'm growing my hair for me. I'm just trying to have the best hair I can have... whatever that may be.

I don't really consider my hair long, but I'm already getting unwanted attention from some females. I actually don't like strangers (IRL) looking at, touching, and commenting on my hair. Sometimes, I will wear it up, or down play my hair, to avoid drama. I don't want anyone to envy me.
 
Lovelylocs said:
Long hair is hot! :yep: :up:

Envy? I dunno if that is the word. But long, rich, silky, healthy, thick hair is definately FABULOUS!

People will definately admire ur hair when it is long. Is that my only motivation? NOPE. :nono: I do it for myself too.

So admire more than envy. I don't necessarily want people sitting around sulking 'cuz they can't be me. :lol: But when I walk in the room, they should know that my hair and everything else about me is top notch. :p

***Lovelylocs tosses her hair and exits the thread... ***
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:lachen::lachen:
I want to toss my hair too. Show me how...


****ShynessQ Tries to toss braid like Lovelylocs and get tangled up in them***** That's what you get for missing hair tossing 101.
 
I just want to be a member of that exclusive "long hair" club.

Yeah, yeah, I know we black women can all grow long healthy hair, but how many actually do?
 
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At first it was for me. Then i told my friends and none of them believes i can do it. Whenever i wear my hair down now, i don't hear a peep out of them and i'm not even a third of the way there yet! Oh yeah everyone who doubted i could do will eat their words. I can't wait to see the look on their faces when i hit APL, BSL, and ultimately MBL! muahahaha! :evil:
 
its personal Its a challege to myself how much length I can retain by doing the right thing. so if I have a daughter I can take care of her hair too. when I was younger I didn't have it so I want my daughter to have healthy hair. since my mom started hating I want to proove her wrong yes I am 4b and my hair longest length was past shoulder but so many women here inspire me to do it for myself
 
I want to look good for the Mens...tee hehe!

No really, I just want to be a 10. Nice face, nice bod, nice smile, nice hair. Once I get my hair right you can't tell me nothin!
 
Envy...thats a harsh way to put it, I would say...SHUT THEM UP...

Everyone in my family (mom side) has beautiful long lucious spanish hair. Some do on my dads side as well... The longest my hair ever was was MBL and I was in 5th grade... It was wild and tangly poor mommy didnt quite know how to handle this mixture of hair. so she slapped on a perm and I looked fine.. Well as screen name depicts I am Panamaian...meaning I'm spanish, I grew up that way, I was raised in a hispanic home, I was taught hispanic values, i speak spanish...Being hispanic is what I am.

BUT...society depicts a different tale.. I have been called a fake, a traitor, a liar, I was even told that Panama was a made up country...just because I dont look like what most people consider to be hispanic "aka Mexican"

Because I was not armed with the knowledge that I have now, my hair was usally a hot mess..I mean it grew and I did cute things to it, but IT DEF. was not like a typical hispanic womans hair.

With going natural and discovering the beauty of my natural hair, its kind of a symbol for me..I know it will grow long and thick and be beautiful. and for everyone who ever put me down about my hair, or my race or anything down those lines...will have to eat a hot bowl of "SHUT-IT-UP" cause there wont be any denying of who or what I am then......

Mi sangre es de mi tierra...Panama
 
Nope, not interested in what people think.. I'm doing this for myself. I've always wanted healthy hair and because of girls on this site, I've been able to grow healthy hair. Now even if it never gets long, as long as it healthy, then it will look healthy and that's what I've always wanted to have.
 
Over the years, I've done many different things to my hair-press, perm, braid, dye, shaved head (lost a bet :nono:)but I have never tried just growing it. Just by chance trying to look up a salon in Miami did I stumble across this board and WHAM! Now I am on a quest to grow my hair WL just to see if I can.
"People" have always found things to envy about me, much to my surprise, so I guess they can add the length and health of my hair to the "list"!:rolleyes:
 
sonce said:
TLC1020 and Sareca, I am so with you.

I want other black women to look at me and see the possibilities. I am not light-skinned, not mixed race, do not have locs, do not have straight hair...basically, I fit none of the stereotypes of long-haired black women, yet I have long hair. I want other black women to look at me and to notice this fact and then realize that long, healthy hair is attainable for all of us. I tell all my hair secrets to any sista who asks and at this point, 95% of why I am keeping my fotki is because I know it is really helpful to other sistas to learn from my experience instead of muddling through things the hard way. I want all my sistas to be rocking thick, luscious heads of hair. To encourage others is a big part (of course, it is not the only reason) of why I am growing my hair. So, envy is exactly what I don't want others feeling because that emotion stems from thinking someone has something you can't have, and the healthy, long hair on my head is something all sistas can have.
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Get out of my head!!!! I was thinking the SAME thing!!!! :clapping: :yep::up:
 
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