So, what did the family have to say about your hair?

[Serenity_Peace]

Complements all around for me! I was so happy. I had just cut my hair, too! My entire family talked about how long and healthy my hair looks. I will update my fotki sometime this weekend. It feels great to get some love and recognition for all the hard work that we put into our hair.

 

[Menina Preta]

My mom and uncle's wife said that my hair looked very, very nice. When I was pin curling my hair for the night, my mom said "Well, it looks like your hair got longer!" I was all smiles .

 

[Leeda.the.Paladin]

Well I had to work for Thanksgiving, but someone I saw that I hadn't seen in a while said "Your hair just keeps getting bigger and bigger everytime I see you"

 

[Anew]

Everyone asked if it was mine, that it looked great and healthy. The s/o said that's how my hair should be kept. He thinks I look thrown away when I wear my bun, whatever. I told him when it gets to my desired length I'd wear more often.

Its not as long as everyone here, but its grown since the siggy pic. Can't find my USB cord to upload the pics.

 

[spencd]

My cuz asked it it was a weave. My aunt eyes popped out when she saw me. I knew it was the hair. Weird because I never had a problem with growing my hair, well at least pass a certain length. I think because you ask for a trim and get a cut. Sometimes I would just tell them to cut it, but I have pics with my hair just a little shorter.

 

[nappimishi]

Mixed results. I've been at my mom's house for over a week. I bought my first wig with her last week and I got lots of comments, positive and negative, about the wig which I only wore a couple of times and no comments about my actual hair except for my mom telling me to braid it down when it had gotten really big after Thanksgiving dinner. :-/

I explained to the family that I was transitioning and talked about LHCF, but they didn't show much interest and expressed some concern about some of the things I was doing to my hair. Gotta love the family...

 

[SparklingFlame]

My DH's family kept asking was the ponytail I was wearing all mine.

 

[Tee]

We went to visit my in-laws. They were all looking out the window when we walked up. My aunt said they were trying to figure out who was walking up. (We parked next door) Then my aunt said my grandmother said, "Yall know that can't be nobody but Tee with all that hair!" I wore a braid out. I got many, "Is your hair still growing?"

 

[Duchesse]

This is a cute thread!

I've been wearing a braidout as I transition, but I add a clip on track in the back of wetnwavy for added thickness. All the exposed hair is my own and you can't see the fake hair.

My cousin said my hair looked nice, then she added with a slight tone "so what kind of hair did you use?". I was like, this is all my hair except for a track in the back (she is the queen of the phony pony).

My aunt said quite loudly in front of her guest who I never met before "Is that all your hair!". Since I'm physically unable to lie, I had to explain to her that its is, and it isn't .

 

[HAIRapy]

I spent turkey day with my SO and his family. I'd met his sister, mom, and dad before- but every time I saw them, my hair was up in a bun. This was the first time they'd ever seen it out. It was freshly washed and flat ironed to play up my layers, so it had that swang.
Apparently, according to his mom, my SO talks to them a lot about my hair. They've been wanting to see what it looked like. They gave lots of compliments. I said thank you and changed the subject, I didn't want my hair to be the dinner table convo- that was akward for the first time really spending time with them.

 

[BostonMaria]

I got many compliments. I don't get negative comments now that my hair is long again. My kids and husband kept smelling my hair all night. I woke up to my husband hugging me. At first I thought it was kinda strange that he was holding me so tight... till I realized he was smelling the Hairveda whipped cream in my hair LMAO

 

[htown2DAboot]

LOL @ this post! GOOD JOB OP...Well, I got my BC last Thursday...UMMMM my mom loved it...Of course, she's been natural for 2 years...My dad thought it was cute...but first he asked if I was going through a quarter crisis (cause I'm 26)...my youngest brother kept calling me "Florida Evans" and kept touching my hair and squealling that he felt jeri juice (and this dude is 23 years old!)...but the fact that he kept touching it made me think he liked it...he also said I had the head for it lol...My middle brother said it was dope...His girlfriend said it was gorgeous and that she wished she had just an ounce of the courage that I had to go through with it....So I may be able to talk her into go natural too! lol...But the bigger test will be Christmas....Cause that means more family, with even crazier ideas and opinions...but that's a whole month from now...and hopefully, my twa will be a little bigger!

Ciao bellas!

 

[calmsensual1]

lol my family didnt say much but i had it up in a clippie. But I sure did have people trying to touch it. My aunt even took the clip out my hair i was like oh helll naw. But its not even that long right now..texlaxed...straight its APL.

Its so funny because they cant grasp the concept of texlaxed...theyre like oooh you got curls in your hair? see thats that cuban coming out of you *SMH*

Then I was talking hair with my aunt and she was like yeah as long as you get your hair cut every 4 weeks it will grow. I wasnt even listening after that point.

 

[Evolving78]

so you are going to grow your hair out this time? (aunt)
your hair looks like rat titties (grandmother)
didn't you have a weave the last time i saw you? (cousin)
you change your hair up way too much for me. (cousin)
is that a roller in your hair? (brother)

 

[Raspberry]

so you are going to grow your hair out this time? (aunt)
your hair looks like rat titties (grandmother)
didn't you have a weave the last time i saw you? (cousin)
you change your hair up way too much for me. (cousin)
is that a roller in your hair? (brother)

umm wow, gotta love our elders sometimes erplexed

 

[Evolving78]

I'm so happy you started this thread. I was about to start one, and then I came across yours.

No one said anything at first (I guess they were looking and trying to figure out if it was mine), and then all of sudden everyone started asking me about it and told me how nice and full it looked. When I went to visit my other family members, my 18-year-old cousin who is visiting from college was so amazed with my growth to BSL and she was like, "you have to tell me what you did to grow your hair so fast!" I was so proud to ask her to pull out laptop so I could introduce her to LHCF. EVERYONE came around the kitchen table at this point, and were "oohing" and "ahhing" at all of the longhairs on this site. I really hope she will join the site and start incorporating the tips. Her mom is 38 and she also asked me to help her get started. She said she wants to have brastrap level hair by age 40, and I told her that joining LHCF was the best place to start.

i'm glad that they were interested, but i pray that you don't become the butt of their jokes. people can be really negative about this site and think you and everybody on here is lying and crazy!LOL!

 

[Raspberry]

I've had locs for a little over a year so I got compliments on how long they're getting. It definitely was a different story when they were shorter and in the unpredictable stage, lots of questions about upkeep and whether my job would accept them Seems like it's hard for many black folks to accept locks unless they are long without a hint of fuzz. Oh well my hair is hot and i love my locs to death

Even tho I'm natural, I recommend LHCF to relaxed women I know - one of my friends is now BSL after years of being SL because I passed along tips I learned here.

 

[jry2lnghair]

My niece asked if my hair was real; got nice compliment from my and sisters. I did a twist-out which came out pretty nice. I will post the picture later when I get home.

 

[Evolving78]

umm wow, gotta love our elders sometimes erplexed

i wanted to push her old butt down the stairs! LOL! she is a secret hater. when my hair was long (apl) she said she didn't like it and that i look better with short hair. (my grandmother had never had long hair or her daughters since they don't know how to take care of their hair) she went on and on about my daughter not having a lot of hair and kept calling her bald-headed and comparing her to when i was a baby and didn't have much hair either. after awhile that mess wasn't funny anymore and i told her i was going to twist her hair like mine too. i'm going to make sure that i take good care of my baby girl's hair, so it can be healthy and to not let her family make her feel bad for not having long hair at the momment.

 

[NinasLongAmbition]

Omg my cousins were like your hair is so "strong and thick(my cousin was flat ironing my hair), it grew, what are you doing"? I made apl basically last night, but I'll wait till my relaxer in 3 weeks to post pics.

 

[Raspberry]

i wanted to push her old butt down the stairs! LOL! she is a secret hater. when my hair was long (apl) she said she didn't like it and that i look better with short hair. (my grandmother had never had long hair or her daughters since they don't know how to take care of their hair) she went on and on about my daughter not having a lot of hair and kept calling her bald-headed and comparing her to when i was a baby and didn't have much hair either. after awhile that mess wasn't funny anymore and i told her i was going to twist her hair like mine too. i'm going to make sure that i take good care of my baby girl's hair, so it can be healthy and to not let her family make her feel bad for not having long hair at the momment.

I'm sure your baby's hair will grow in fine - just keep doing what you do and your family will eventually be oohing and ahhing over her gorgeous hair. It's sad when some women are bitter or have low self-esteem because of their hair - and can't let another black woman feel good about herself either. They be the same ones who refuse to take seriously any knowledge you try to pass along. To them hair growth only comes by magic unicorn dust or having "indian in yo family"

 

[Superfly Sister]

My mother took me to the hair dressers to get my hair relaxed for the first time when I was 14, at first my parents loved it but over the years the condition of my hair deteriorated due to lack of knowing how to look after my hair as well as continuous straightening, my hair wasn't growing past shoulder length and it was thin, weak and shed a lot. My mother took the blame as she felt it was her fault for introducing me to relaxers.

I wore a weave for period of time which my father hated *lol* but little did he know I was protecting my hair.

I hadn't seen my father for almost a year until recently, he was amazed at how thick and long my hair had gotten since I saw him last (it was natural but I'd straightned it as it was a special occasion). He actually asked if I had extensions in! I had him rake his hands through my hair to prove a point. He actually said he'd never seen my hair so healthy and thick, he said it looked perfect and to keep up whatever it was I was doing. Bless him :b

 

[MixedBerry]

I hadn't seen my father for almost a year until recently, he was amazed at how thick and long my hair had gotten since I saw him last (it was natural but I'd straightned it as it was a special occasion). He actually asked if I had extensions in! I had him rake his hands through my hair to prove a point. He actually said he'd never seen my hair so healthy and thick, he said it looked perfect and to keep up whatever it was I was doing. Bless him :b

yeah I hadn't seen my dad in a while neither. So he hadn't seen me since I cut my hair. It was a little weird at first seeing him but oh well! It got better.

 

[Ediese]

I got many compliments. I don't get negative comments now that my hair is long again. My kids and husband kept smelling my hair all night. I woke up to my husband hugging me. At first I thought it was kinda strange that he was holding me so tight... till I realized he was smelling the Hairveda whipped cream in my hair LMAO

Now I really can't wait to receive mine. What's the scent like?

 

[BostonMaria]

Now I really can't wait to receive mine. What's the scent like?

I think it smells like citrus and vanilla. Almost like a creamsicle. I definitely get more attention when my hair smells good. I'm about to cover my body in that stuff

 

[Solitude]

My family loved my hair. They all said how healthy and bouncy it was. My boyfriend kept rubbing his hands through it

I shared some products and things I've learned with my sister & left some products for her to use on my niece.

 

[MizAvalon]

These are some great stories, I love threads like this!

I'm gonna have to checkup on that Hairveda Whipped Cream.

 

[Allandra]

My family loved my hair. They all said how healthy and bouncy it was. My boyfriend kept rubbing his hands through it

I shared some products and things I've learned with my sister & left some products for her to use on my niece.

How sweet. I love giving my nieces hair care goodies.

 

[chebaby]

^^^^ i dont like giving away goodies but i do like giving my mom and dad pre poo treatments lol. it doesnt do much for my dad's hair because his hair is already silky but i like to do it anyway. this weekend my mom is going to pre poo over night with ojon RT. then im going to flt iron her hair with my new CHI. i cant wait.

 

[star]

I'm so happy you started this thread. I was about to start one, and then I came across yours.

No one said anything at first (I guess they were looking and trying to figure out if it was mine), and then all of sudden everyone started asking me about it and told me how nice and full it looked. When I went to visit my other family members, my 18-year-old cousin who is visiting from college was so amazed with my growth to BSL and she was like, "you have to tell me what you did to grow your hair so fast!" I was so proud to ask her to pull out laptop so I could introduce her to LHCF. EVERYONE came around the kitchen table at this point, and were "oohing" and "ahhing" at all of the longhairs on this site. I really hope she will join the site and start incorporating the tips. Her mom is 38 and she also asked me to help her get started. She said she wants to have brastrap level hair by age 40, and I told her that joining LHCF was the best place to start.

A great story and great thread. I got my family straight years ago when I first started getting stares now they don't mess with me because they know it is mine.