HAIR REVOLUTION!!!

[SouthernTease]

Are you growing your hair in protest?
Are you going natural because you're anti-relaxer?

I am not trimming my hair or getting relaxers
to disprove the myths that have plagued Black women
by the hair care industry.

You don't have to get your hair trimmed every 6 weeks
and if you want to go natural, your hair WILL NOT fall out if
you choose to stop relaxing.


Anybody have other reasons besides aesthetic reasons
for growing out your hair or going natural?

 

[mscocoface]

Same reasons also and some others.

Just wanted to see personally if it was possible to live chemical free and still feel and look like a woman. Ya know?

But I am looking forward to when I reach my final length goal and have a head full of healthy hair to boot to show to EVERYBODY that it is possible to have natural, long healthy hair.

On that day it will truly be a test moving to a testimony. My hair is now and will continue be a walking billboard.

 

[sareca]

I really don't have an agenda but I wouldn't mind dispelling a few black hair myths.

 

[KhandiB]

Yup. Me Too!

I really don't have an agenda but wouldn't mind dispelling a few black hair myth.

 

[DarkVictory]

Anybody have other reasons besides aesthetic reasons for growing out your hair or going natural?

I am not anti-relaxer as such. I am PRO natural. I believe many people (all sexes and races) would look much better just leaving themselves alone rather than putting on lots of "stuff" and trying to make things look longer, shorter, flatter, darker, ligher, whatever.

Also think we've been scammed over the years by companies packaging every kind of industrial lubricant and byproduct and trying to sell it to us as a hair beauty aid. I would like to grow my hair by way of proper health, nutrition, stress-reduction, etc as a way of showing that we don't need to buy everything that somebody waves our way.

 

[audacity.]

Me. I actually just realized that I did....I am looking forward to reaching my hair goal to show the world that dark-skinned (black) women CAN grow long hair!

 

[lilamae]

Yes southern tease!!! I am the founder of The Waistlength Movement. Black women growing long and strong to dispell current myths about our hair!

Right now I'm the only member But hey..it's a start. You wanna join me?

The revolution will not be televised!​

 

[SerenavanderWoodsen]

I am not anti-relaxer as such. I am PRO natural. I believe many people (all sexes and races) would look much better just leaving themselves alone rather than putting on lots of "stuff" and trying to make things look longer, shorter, flatter, darker, ligher, whatever.

Also think we've been scammed over the years by companies packaging every kind of industrial lubricant and byproduct and trying to sell it to us as a hair beauty aid. I would like to grow my hair by way of proper health, nutrition, stress-reduction, etc as a way of showing that we don't need to buy everything that somebody waves our way.

i sooo agree with ur post!!

 

[Spongie Bloom]

I am not anti-relaxer as such. I am PRO natural. I believe many people (all sexes and races) would look much better just leaving themselves alone rather than putting on lots of "stuff" and trying to make things look longer, shorter, flatter, darker, ligher, whatever.

u know what i totally agree with what u r saying not knocking anyone but me personally i want to give up braids for good (maybe put a few extensions here n there for special occasions) cause for the past 4 yrs ive been addicted n didnt believe i looked nice with just my hair but today i walked out into town with my real hair n 16 weeks worth of growth (just removed my braids) n i felt i looked good n nothing had changed societal wise sorry for hijacking for a minute

 

[reena]

Im natural because Ive been wearing sew ins and I need my hair as natural as possible so the braids will stay. I also agree with showing that black women can grow hair. And I REALLY agree with being an example that dark skinned women can grow long hair. Its funny b/c now that Im natural, my hair is wavy plus, I have dark skin, now people tell me Im from another country. Folks know we can stereotype ourselves better than anyone else.

 

[DayStar]

i always associated natural hair as more self pride...i was natural for 19 years and then loced for 2 years.....i began relaxing at 21

the reason i never relaxed or tried it was because i was so pro natural...and had a revolutionary mindset that i thought that relaxing would go against my stance for my ppl. I've learned that natural hair doesnt equate "more blackness"..and that my hair wouldnt all fall out if i didnt go to the salon....i also wanted to prove a point that dark skinned women who look like me can too have luscious hair that is fabulous...and to further prove to some of my immediate family that dougla women are not the only ones with "good hair".

 

[JustKiya]

I'm doing it because I'm making a consious effort to be natural in EVERY aspect of my life, from what I eat to how I live to what I do with my hair. It's not that I'm anti-relaxer, I'm just very anti-relaxer for ME.
I'm curious - I've never been around black women with long natural hair, and I want to be an inspiration to other women and to my daughters.
Yeah, I'm trying to dispell some black hair myths -

"The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie -- deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic. Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought. ~ John F. Kennedy"

and besides, as much as I love hair? I wanna be my OWN hairtoy!

 

[DreadlockedLady0171]

I don't necessarily have an agenda.
I have been relaxer-free for almost 10 years now (6.5 years were loc'd).
I just don't like the idea of putting a chemical like that on my head, it can't be right from a long-term health standpoint IMHO . However, if someone wants to do so, that is their prerogative .
Also, I have never seen my natural hair until recently when I chopped my locs off. I was a permie for so long and even before that, my mom always had that hot comb sizzling in my hair that I actually never thought of being natural as an option.
It was a personal journey for me when I loc'd my hair and it is a personal journey for me now to be a natural-head.

 

[silvergirl]

am i the only one who gets good hair comments followed by " oh well its not going to grow that long" comments lol

its starts with " oh you have good hair thats why its so long" then i tell them im growing it to at least waist length an they say " oh .. well.. its not going to grow THAT long"

wtf is that??erplexed i mean seriously, i want to slap them lol

maybe thats why im so intent of having at least waisnt length as my goal.

we'll see what they say next year, when i show up at that length, let it flow in the wind and slap them in the face.

 

[DayStar]

am i the only one who gets good hair comments followed by " oh well its not going to grow that long" comments lol

its starts with " oh you have good hair thats why its so long" then i tell them im growing it to at least waist length an they say " oh .. well.. its not going to grow THAT long"

wtf is that??erplexed i mean seriously, i want to slap them lol

maybe thats why im so intent of having at least waisnt length as my goal.

we'll see what they say next year, when i show up at that length, let it flow in the wind and slap them in the face.

right..youll get it girl....i call ppl like that "idiots"......and why is it the ppl with the most chewed up hair always want to give YOU hair advice?

 

[LoveLiLi]

I've always felt conflicted about getting relaxers. I've grown my relaxer out before and had natural hair, but I was young and allowed my stylist/ aunts to pressure me into getting a relaxer again because (to them) my hair was too thick.

I love seeing women with natural hair, and I want natural hair for myself. And although my hair has always been long, the double whammy of having it both long and natural would make me feel as though I was proving that (1) Black women can have long hair and (2) Black women's hair need not be relaxed to be pretty.

I have a white friend that says "EWWW" anytime someone says the word afro. He would get so upset when a particular R. Kelly song came on and R. sings "runnin' her hands through my fro". My friend would fly off the handle every time and talk about how grossed out he was. That really upset me. He always mentions how I have such pretty hair for a Black girl and I can tell he's nervous now that I'm growing my natural hair out, but I'm going to bring him around. Or else I'll have to curse him out if he says 'ewww' when he sees my fro .

I want to be an example of a Black woman who looks beautiful wearing her natural hair and who is comfortable with who she is for both white and black people. My ex is also used to seeing me with a relaxer and he scoffed when I told him that I was growing my hair to my waist and he's not happy about me having natural hair. After a while he tried to act like he knew where I was coming from and said "if only we had an alternative to perms so Black women can have straight hair". To me, he made it sound like Black women's hair is a problem that needs to be fixed and we are only presentable with straight hair. This type of mindset pisses me off and I'm not going to use harsh chemicals and fry the hell out of my hair to save people from having to look at my naps - I'm sick of this underlying message that there's somehting wrong with the way I naturally look.

Okay, I'll end my rant now.

 

[SouthernTease]

Yeah, I do it for everybody (including myself)
that have been told they can't grow hair past
whatever... saying it's genetic and some people
just will never get past SL... I don't believe it.

Also, I am embracing a "greener"
way of living, getting relaxers just wouldn't be in line
with that lifestyle.

 

[nakialovesshoes]

This is what I have to deal with & usually it's not strangers but my own family. My 1st long hair/healthy hair quest was when I was doing the Wanakee system. Same as you silver, my fam would be like, "Well you have good hair, so that's why it's so long." Granted my hair had never made it to BSL like it did when I was on this system. Then when they would see Wanakee's hair, they'd laugh & tell me that my hair would never grow that long & that my hair was "good" but not that "good". So when I went natural there were more laughs - like oh she's on another hair kick. What happened to that Wanakee stuff? And I guess me in my foolishness, I show them all of my hair inspirations from LHCF & Fotki & again everyone thinks I'm just crazy. Even my husband asked, "Do you really think your hair will grow THAT long?", when I showed him the ladies on here & Fotki. So I can't wait to one day be BSL again & then MBL & show them & the whole world that black women can have long hair no matter what type of hair they have.

am i the only one who gets good hair comments followed by " oh well its not going to grow that long" comments lol

its starts with " oh you have good hair thats why its so long" then i tell them im growing it to at least waist length an they say " oh .. well.. its not going to grow THAT long"

wtf is that??erplexed i mean seriously, i want to slap them lol

maybe thats why im so intent of having at least waisnt length as my goal.

we'll see what they say next year, when i show up at that length, let it flow in the wind and slap them in the face.

 

[choconillaprincess]

I'm doing it because I'm making a consious effort to be natural in EVERY aspect of my life, from what I eat to how I live to what I do with my hair.

^^ Yea that's me too!

But also I have kind of a dual agenda... I want to prove natural hair can grow long with TLC like many of you said but I'm also trying to disprove all those biracial myths: Biracial folks always have loose flowy "good" hair... Ah AH try again... I gots napps... & they are beautimus... Biracial folks got long hair naturally... AWW Hell no... Growing my hair out has been One heck of a struggle! It is not easy... being mixed does NOT mean you hit the hair lottery... I got hair just like many black women do... & they can make it through the struggle just like I'm trying to....

One question tho: What do I say to women when they say "See you can go natural cuz ur mixed/got "good" hair/wutev... I can't even get a comb thru mine/got that straight from Africa Hair/got nappy *** hair!"

It seems my mission is so counterproductive

 

[sweetgeorgiapeach]

In addition to wanting fabulous hair, I like dispelling myths. I'm new to LHCF, but years ago, I grew my hair out from SL to BSL using the wanakee website.

My stylists(cousin & aunt) told me I couldn't do it b/c I didn't have "good hair." They also told me that my hair would fall out from deep conditioning 1X/week instead of every TU. I loved proving them wrong.

But you know what, after working so hard to get to BSL, they said "I guess you do have kinda good hair". I can't win.

 

[delitefulmane]

I guess I am going to be cliche and say that I grow my hair so that I will be able to dispell ALL THE MYTHS!! And I also want to be able to swing my long goregeous hair in the faces of all my haters and skeptics!!

 

[SUZIEq]

I agree with this comment totally!! I am definately not anti-relaxer. I love to admire the ladies with long healthy relaxer hair on this board and in the real world. I just couldn't grow my hair with a relaxer. So maybe it's just not for me.

Right now I've just chosen a healthy way of life in eating, in the products I use..my mindset etc. It just dawmed on me that I would feel like a hypocrite with a relaxer in my hair. I just want to live a simple healthy lifestyle right now. Plus going natural has helped me to deal with a lot of the issues associated with black hair.

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I'm doing it because I'm making a consious effort to be natural in EVERY aspect of my life, from what I eat to how I live to what I do with my hair. It's not that I'm anti-relaxer, I'm just very anti-relaxer for ME.
I'm curious - I've never been around black women with long natural hair, and I want to be an inspiration to other women and to my daughters.
Yeah, I'm trying to dispell some black hair myths -



and besides, as much as I love hair? I wanna be my OWN hairtoy!

 

[SignatureBeauty]

I so agree with all of you, I just want to be natural and prove people wrong of all races that we can and will grow Long beautiful hair. Because some people are just going by what they was taught about black hair. But I am so in This REVOLUTON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[ravenmerlita]

I am not (yet) natural. I am getting there (going natural) but I'm not doing it in protest or to prove something to anyone. I think those are all good reasons. My reason is a little different. We have a lot of little children in my family now and every time I see those beautiful heads of natural hair -- each one unique, each one lovely -- I don't know, it makes me think differently about my own and what relaxing it may symbolize to them.

 

[nappity]

Me. I actually just realized that I did....I am looking forward to reaching my hair goal to show the world that dark-skinned (black) women CAN grow long hair!

Thats me!!!!

 

[Eiano]

pretty much

I really don't have an agenda but I wouldn't mind dispelling a few black hair myths.

 

[lollyoo]

This may sound selfish, but am really growing myself for me and my generations (daughters, grand-daughters etc) to come, thats it.

 

[lovenharmony]

For me, it's a personal challenge as well as to disspell a few myths that black women with kinky hair cannot grow below SL - that only "good" hair grows to waist length and beyond. My family comes from the carribean and they separate the women who have soft and looser curls from the kinky haired ladies. My mother always said I had wavy, "good" hair....uh, so why the heck didn't my hair grow to my tailbone when I was a child ?

 

[mzcris]

Hmmm...growing out my hair is a challenge that I am giving myself. I want to achieve BSL.

 

[BeautifulFlower]

I dont have "bad" hair dammit.