Hair practices/sights that make you cringe now that didn't before

[PeaceFlow]

Its funny that when your ignorant you will see all sorts of stuff going on around you and not even blink twice but now it gets you. What do you hate to see and do now that didn't bother you before LHCF???

*Small tooth combs (I preferred them erplexed)
*People relaxing root to tip
*Very, very tight braids, never complained
*Relaxing once a month
*Grease

Specific sights:
* My friend relaxed her 3 year olds hair and flat irons it every day
* People who keep their extensions in months and months without washing or moisturising.
* My mother only washing her hair when she goes to the hairdressers.

 

[prettypuff1]

Its funny that when your ignorant you will see all sorts of stuff going on around you and not even blink twice but now it gets you. What do you hate to see and do now that didn't bother you before LHCF???

*Small tooth combs (I preferred them erplexed)
*People relaxing root to tip
*Very, very tight braids, never complained
*Relaxing once a month
*Grease

Specific sights:
* My friend relaxed her 3 year olds hair and flat irons it every day
* People who keep their extensions in months and months without washing or moisturising.
* My mother only washing her hair when she goes to the hairdressers.

Please be kidding

 

[laurend]

Yanking the wide tooth comb through my natural hair, that's it and that didn't help me retain length. Now I detangle once a month and I fingercomb once a week.

 

[LadyPaniolo]

Using a Gold 'N Hot curling iron to bump under dirty ends EVERY DAY. That used to be me!

 

[Eiano]

combing dry dry hair and hearing the *snap snap crackle* sound
using spritz at ALL..

 

[Esq.2B]

Using a Gold 'N Hot curling iron to bump under dirty ends EVERY DAY. That used to be me!

That sooooooooo used to be me too!

Also, I cringe at stylists running relaxers through to the ends.

Stylists overlapping relaxers by as much as 2-3 inches.

Stylists combing wet hair from the roots to the tip and tugging through the middle when it gets tangled.

When people do instant rinse out conditioners after a relaxer or wash, as opposed to DC.

People who wear braids for months and think that spraying with sheen is providing it with moisture.

 

[TaraDyan]

Using a Gold 'N Hot curling iron to bump under dirty ends EVERY DAY. That used to be me!

Yep ... I was that that girl too.

 

[nichelle02]

Yep ... I was that that girl too.

Me too! I threw those irons away shortly after joining this board.

 

[locabouthair]

Grease.....

 

[cutiebe2]

Grease.....

ditto GREASE!!!!!!
uggg
never again

 

[tiffers]

Using a super relaxer every four weeks, pulling through to the ends and leaving on longer than recommended because her edges started to get fuzzy. No newgrowth anywhere, just fuzzy edges erplexed

My ''friend'' did this

 

[Aggie]

Its funny that when your ignorant you will see all sorts of stuff going on around you and not even blink twice but now it gets you. What do you hate to see and do now that didn't bother you before LHCF???

*Small tooth combs (I preferred them erplexed)
*People relaxing root to tip
*Very, very tight braids, never complained
*Relaxing once a month
*Grease

Specific sights:
* My friend relaxed her 3 year olds hair and flat irons it every day
* People who keep their extensions in months and months without washing or moisturising.
* My mother only washing her hair when she goes to the hairdressers.

The bolded are some things I did before LHCF.

I also went a very looong time without washing my hair like 3 weeks at a time and sometimes even longer, because of all the myth surounding black hair care.

I used to use glued-in weaves, now the very idea makes me cringe inside.

I used to think that having dandruff was a sign that my hair was growing fast, Ughh!!! Yuck!!!

There's probably more but that's all I can think of for now.

 

[DreamLife]

Using a super relaxer every four weeks, pulling through to the ends and leaving on longer than recommended because her edges started to get fuzzy. No newgrowth anywhere, just fuzzy edges erplexed

My ''friend'' did this

Your friend? LOL.

Not washing hair for weeks and walking around with dirty, greased up/spritzed up/gelled up hair...YUCK!

I love washing my hair now, a MINIMUM of once or twice a week (if I have no time).

 

[SimpleKomplexity]

The bolded are some things I did before LHCF.

I also went a very looong time without washing my hair like 3 weeks at a time and sometimes even longer, because of all the myth surounding black hair care.

I used to use glued-in weaves, now the very idea makes me cringe inside.

I used to think that having dandruff was a sign that my hair was growing fast, Ughh!!! Yuck!!!

There's probably more but that's all I can think of for now.

Hmmm.... I still thought that dandruff meant your hair was growing....hmm (off to read up dandruff) lool But what bugs me now is

*Having tight tight braids on the edges of your hair
*People telling me that I'm going to go bald cuz I cowash 2-3 times a week
*Getting a relaxer ever 4 weeks
*Calling a relaxer a perm
*Using teeny tiny cobs to detangle
*Combing hair without water and condtioner roughly
*Spritz hard helmet hair styles
and too much more to name!

 

[glam-]

Using a Gold 'N Hot curling iron to bump under dirty ends EVERY DAY. That used to be me!

I used to do that too

The thing that bugs me most now is seeing people rip fine tooth combs through hair to detangle, especially when they do it to defenseless children. Then when you suggest a wider tooth comb- the reply is No, I like the way this works

 

[Cleve_gryl]

Using a Gold 'N Hot curling iron to bump under dirty ends EVERY DAY. That used to be me!

I went into the ladies room at work, and all I could smell was something burnt. When I came out the stall a girl was bumping her ends with a Gold N Hot flatiron...I could see the smoke coming off her hair

 

[DreamLife]

Hmmm.... I still thought that dandruff meant your hair was growing....hmm (off to read up dandruff) lool But what bugs me now is

*Having tight tight braids on the edges of your hair
*People telling me that I'm going to go bald cuz I cowash 2-3 times a week
*Getting a relaxer ever 4 weeks
*Calling a relaxer a perm
*Using teeny tiny cobs to detangle
*Combing hair without water and condtioner roughly
*Spritz hard helmet hair styles
and too much more to name!

Girl, I don't even tell people what I do with my hair anymore. I get tired of the questions and comments, especially from people with no hair. If someone is really interested in healthy hair, I share, but if not I just keep it to myself, its so annoying! But it was sort of unavoidable when I had a roommate and she would always see me doing something with my hair

 

[PeaceFlow]

Please be kidding

Unfortunately not

 

[latingirly020488]

Girl, I don't even tell people what I do with my hair anymore. I get tired of the questions and comments, especially from people with no hair. If someone is really interested in healthy hair, I share, but if not I just keep it to myself, its so annoying! But it was sort of unavoidable when I had a roommate and she would always see me doing something with my hair

DAMN! SAME THING WITH ME!!! ESPECIALLY THIS ****** I WORK WITH .. SHE HAS NO HAIR AND WANTS TO BECOME A LICENSED STYLIST!! HELL NO I WOULD NEVER DO MY HAIR WITH HER UNLESS I WANT TO BE AS BALD AS SHE IS ! FORGIVE ME FOR BEING MEAN BUT SHE IS THE MOST NOSY PERSON IN THE WORLD ALWAYS QUESTIONING EVERYTHING I DO LIKE IF SHE WAS MY MOMMA OR SOMETHING .. I THINK IM PRETTY GROWN LOL .. ANYWHO EVERYTIME I DO A WASH N GO AND PUT MY HAIR IN A BUN SHE ALWAYS QUESTIONING ME I HATE HER! " YOUR HAIR IS GONNA BREAK OFF IF YOU KEEP LEAVING IT WET " OR " YOU NEED A RELAXER" ITS LIKE MIND YOUR BUISNESS THATS WHY I HAVE MORE HAIR THAN YOU DO *****! . SHE DOESN'T EVEN LET ME BREATH I MEAN LITERALLY 5 SECONDS AS SOON AS I WALK IN THE DOOR SHE ALREADY GIVING ME THE WEIRD LOOK , AND ALREADY ROLLING HER EYES AND IM LIKE GREAT WHAT NOW ****** . SHE DOESN;T EVEN DO IT IN A NICE WAY .. SHE HAS AN ATTITUDE ABOUT IT .. BUT HEY LIKE I SAID BEFORE THATS WHY I HAVE MORE HAIR THEN SHE DOES HAHA ! JUST HAD TO VENT!!!! THANK YOU LADIES FOR ALLOWING ME TO DO THIS ..

1)ANYWAYS I USE TO THINK THAT IF I WET MY HAIR SINCE IT'S RELAXED IT WOULD FALL OFF ( MY AUNTS AND OWN MOTHER WOULD TELL ME THIS BULL CRAP)

2) MY HAIR WOULD NEVER GROW!! CAUSE MY AUNT TOLD ME MY HAIR WOULD JUST NEVER BE LONG! MEANWHILE IT'S ALMOST APL, AND THE HEALTHIEST ITS EVER BEEN .

 

[DreamLife]

Don't let these people stress you out...just go on about your business and keep doing whatever you want to your hair. Believe me, people will keep talking and be ignorant at that.

"Girl, you know black people can't have long hair, she must be mixed with something since her hair is so long (BSL)"

" You know you can't wash your hair more than once or twice a month or is going to fall out"

"You can't do a wash and go, only white people do that"

Quotes from my roommate
(But then she came in my bathroom looking at my products...)

Ok I'm done hijacking the thread...

 

[bluevalentine]

Using a Gold 'N Hot curling iron to bump under dirty ends EVERY DAY. That used to be me!

This was me too. sometimes i did this several times a day. erplexed

another thing that makes me cringe now that i know better is using a blowdryer with a comb attachement to dry my sweaty hair after a workout. i did this several times a week too....

 

[DarkVictory]

*Calling a relaxer a perm

Heard someone else say this and I'm interested in hearing your take on it. Here all this time I thought they were the same thing.

 

[tiffers]

Heard someone else say this and I'm interested in hearing your take on it. Here all this time I thought they were the same thing.

I know your question wasn't directed at me, but I'm gonna be nosey and butt in

Before LHCF, I thought a perm and relaxer were the same too. But I found out that a relaxer is what we use, it straightens out your hair. Perms are what white folks use, perms make your hair curly. HTH!

 

[envybeauty]

I know your question wasn't directed at me, but I'm gonna be nosey and butt in

Before LHCF, I thought a perm and relaxer were the same too. But I found out that a relaxer is what we use, it straightens out your hair. Perms are what white folks use, perms make your hair curly. HTH!

The white folks stuff straightens hair as well; I know stylists that use that perm on black folks. The white folks hair comes out curly only because they use those rods to set the curl (like how we used to do jherri curls). When the stylists use it on black hair, they don't use the curlers so the hair is straightened.

 

[God's Anointed]

I also have friends who question what I do to my hair. So now, when they say something, all I do is nod and go on about my business. I won't bother telling people what I do unless they really want to grow their hair out. That's also why I hide my hair length from folks by using differ protective styles. Anyways, back to the original post...

I hate when people:

-flat iron all the time because they want that silky straight hair
-relax every month (thank God my mom and my sister advised me against that)
-get tight braids to "pull the hair" and make it grow faster
-don't wash for a couple of weeks
-bumping the ends only with a curling iron
-use a super relaxer on thin hair
-flat iron with grease because they think the sizzle means it's working

The bold ones is what I used to do before I found LHFC.

 

[Nola Darling]

Its funny that when your ignorant you will see all sorts of stuff going on around you and not even blink twice but now it gets you. What do you hate to see and do now that didn't bother you before LHCF???

*Small tooth combs (I preferred them erplexed)
*People relaxing root to tip
*Very, very tight braids, never complained
*Relaxing once a month
*Grease

Specific sights:
* My friend relaxed her 3 year olds hair and flat irons it every day
* People who keep their extensions in months and months without washing or moisturising.
* My mother only washing her hair when she goes to the hairdressers.

SHUT UP!!!

 

[cocosweet]

I used to comb my naturally kinky curly hair from root to ends. Dry.

 

[Nola Darling]

Grease! Err, I hate that stuff. My mom asked me the other day if I knew where her grease was. I'm like...er, I don't use grease but I'll gladly point you over to my moisturizer stash

 

[Nola Darling]

I used to comb my naturally kinky curly hair from root to ends. Dry.

Me too. And this was only months ago

 

[LivingDoll]

An (ex)friend of mine had a bad problem with breakage and I hated that she:

• got blonde highlights
• flat-ironed daily
• wore a wool coat without a scarf around her neck (broke off ALL her hair at the nape)
• got roundbrush blow-outs

Other things I hate:

• People who hard set their hair then glue hair on top
• Obnoxious colors like pink, purple and blue
• Stylists who use cheap products
• Stylists who charge extra for DC services (like, WTF?)