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Congrats Macherie and thanks!
My first reaction to this article was an image of me taking it to a stylist. I've been stretching throughout all my years of relaxing. At first it was because I couldn't afford the eighty dollars my stylists wanted me to spend every other month. Then it was because I learned how to keep my hair straighter a little longer so I just figured why not. Because of my choices, my experiences with stylists were always a little unpredictable. Some would say nothing but others would make a spectacle out of my new growth by exclaiming how much "more" hair I would have if I relaxed it more.:perplexed That's why when I found lhcf I stayed right here because the women here give me all the ammo I need to talk down the ignorance of some of these stylists.

I'm angry the commentor compared herself to a doctor.:rolleyes:
 
:grin:Congratulations to Macherie. She is doing her thing. What a wonderful inspiration for us all.

I absolutely loved the intelligent and supportive response of the original poster of this thread, YamisGirl. :grin:

Check out what OUR girl YamisGirl said:


"9. Way-ta-go Macherie! I'm glad to see your advice is making it on the main page of AOL! I alway "stalk" your site and posts on LHCF.

Charlene, she isn't telling people to stay away from hair stylists. And she's not telling everyone that they SHOULD do this. But seriously, there is NOTHING wrong with wanting to take care of your own hair, and learning tips and ways to do so. JUST because one is a professional, doesn't mean they know whats best for every head out there. The owner of the hair knows more about their head than anyone else. Also, a professional who is truely into HAIR HEALTH should realize that those products ARE damaging to the hair, even with protection, because they arn't natural processes. Everyone's hair has its own needs, and as someone devoted to hair HEALTH and not just styles, a professional shouldn't put down the articles that promote hair health and people learning things for themselves. What did they do before hair salons? And not everyone can afford over priced touch-ups. More and more people are taking their hair into their own hands, so to speak. Its good to know how to take care of every aspect of your body, including your hair. By they way, bad hair days and damaged hair are not sicknesses that need a doctor to cure them. They are situations in which the individual needs to learn the better techniques that are right for their hair, so that on a daily basis they can do what's right to keep hair healthy in any form, relaxed, texlaxed or natural. So don't rag on someone for trying to inform people of something that can help a lot of heads stay healthy without a lot of money. She never said it would work for everyone. She was simply offering information."
YamisGirl at 4:17PM on Feb 20th 2008

YamisGirl, that's right baby, you tell' em! :yep:

Keep doing your thing Macherie!
 
As soon as I saw something on stretching on the main AOL page I was like...LHCF in the house. :bouncegre..but I didn't know the member



Congrats Macherie!!!
 
Chicoro said:
:grin:Congratulations to Macherie. She is doing her thing. What a wonderful inspiration for us all.

I absolutely loved the intelligent and supportive response of the original poster of this thread, YamisGirl. :grin:

Check out what OUR girl YamisGirl said:


"9. Way-ta-go Macherie! I'm glad to see your advice is making it on the main page of AOL! I alway "stalk" your site and posts on LHCF.

Charlene, she isn't telling people to stay away from hair stylists. And she's not telling everyone that they SHOULD do this. But seriously, there is NOTHING wrong with wanting to take care of your own hair, and learning tips and ways to do so. JUST because one is a professional, doesn't mean they know whats best for every head out there. The owner of the hair knows more about their head than anyone else. Also, a professional who is truely into HAIR HEALTH should realize that those products ARE damaging to the hair, even with protection, because they arn't natural processes. Everyone's hair has its own needs, and as someone devoted to hair HEALTH and not just styles, a professional shouldn't put down the articles that promote hair health and people learning things for themselves. What did they do before hair salons? And not everyone can afford over priced touch-ups. More and more people are taking their hair into their own hands, so to speak. Its good to know how to take care of every aspect of your body, including your hair. By they way, bad hair days and damaged hair are not sicknesses that need a doctor to cure them. They are situations in which the individual needs to learn the better techniques that are right for their hair, so that on a daily basis they can do what's right to keep hair healthy in any form, relaxed, texlaxed or natural. So don't rag on someone for trying to inform people of something that can help a lot of heads stay healthy without a lot of money. She never said it would work for everyone. She was simply offering information."
YamisGirl at 4:17PM on Feb 20th 2008

YamisGirl, that's right baby, you tell' em! :yep:

Keep doing your thing Macherie!
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Thanks. I don't understand why people have to try and bring things down like that. I was so proud to see our girls blog on there, simply there to try and help. Even if her tip wasn't one that worked for me (though it did), I still would have been proud and happy that someone is trying to show others that we DON'T have to rely on what a "professional" says. Not that there is anything wrong with hair care professionals either! There are great ones out there, truley devoted to hair health. They just arn't the law. We ARE capable of taking care of our own hair and finding the right things for it. She was just offering another option for those who are trying to find what works. :yep:
 
Wow and even white people were asking for advice. You know, I never thought about white women stretching their perms...I guess they could, right?

The comment that annoyed me the most was the Latina chick who said something like, "Us Latinas have a range of hair but we love our hair, no matter what it looks like" (very loose paraphrase)...I was like, uh, guess you've never been to a Dominican salon where they hate curls with a passion, huh? Or how about the fact that many Latina women go blonde to get closer to a society's ideal standard for women. Like we're the only racial group with hair issues...:rolleyes:
 
Chicoro said:
:grin:Congratulations to Macherie. She is doing her thing. What a wonderful inspiration for us all.

I absolutely loved the intelligent and supportive response of the original poster of this thread, YamisGirl. :grin:

Check out what OUR girl YamisGirl said:


"9. Way-ta-go Macherie! I'm glad to see your advice is making it on the main page of AOL! I alway "stalk" your site and posts on LHCF.

Charlene, she isn't telling people to stay away from hair stylists. And she's not telling everyone that they SHOULD do this. But seriously, there is NOTHING wrong with wanting to take care of your own hair, and learning tips and ways to do so. JUST because one is a professional, doesn't mean they know whats best for every head out there. The owner of the hair knows more about their head than anyone else. Also, a professional who is truely into HAIR HEALTH should realize that those products ARE damaging to the hair, even with protection, because they arn't natural processes. Everyone's hair has its own needs, and as someone devoted to hair HEALTH and not just styles, a professional shouldn't put down the articles that promote hair health and people learning things for themselves. What did they do before hair salons? And not everyone can afford over priced touch-ups. More and more people are taking their hair into their own hands, so to speak. Its good to know how to take care of every aspect of your body, including your hair. By they way, bad hair days and damaged hair are not sicknesses that need a doctor to cure them. They are situations in which the individual needs to learn the better techniques that are right for their hair, so that on a daily basis they can do what's right to keep hair healthy in any form, relaxed, texlaxed or natural. So don't rag on someone for trying to inform people of something that can help a lot of heads stay healthy without a lot of money. She never said it would work for everyone. She was simply offering information."
YamisGirl at 4:17PM on Feb 20th 2008

YamisGirl, that's right baby, you tell' em! :yep:

Keep doing your thing Macherie!
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Thank you soo much Yamis!!! That was too kind!! You really didnt have to do that:)
 
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