What grade would you give your mother for haircare?

[MizzBrit]

actually an A
even though she moisturized my hair with vasaline and water
she never used chemicals or heat.
it was very thick,natural and long

 

[IDareT'sHair]

An A+

Before My Mother Became a Nurse, and began putting in long hours at the Hospital, she was a Beautician and she also had 4 Girls and many Neighbors & Relatives she did on the "side"

It wasn't until I took matters into my own Hands that My Hair began to "Suffer" I was more interested in Style than in Length and Health.

You name it, I've had it. Frosted, Streaked, Highlighted, Chopped, Cropped, Long, Short.

If Now, Only I can recover & recapture the exceptional start my mother gave me to having long, healthy beautiful hair, All her trouble would be worth it.

 

[bedazzled]

I would give my mom a solid B. She washed my hair about once a month & dabbed a bit of sulfer 8 in my hair like once a week but she never burned my head with heat, kept me natural and my hair was growing like a weed. It was a very simple regimen but my hair was nice. The reason I didn't give her an A is because I feel like she is lacking in hair care knowledge. She still thinks washing the hair is bad, stretching is bad for your hair & white products don't work & etc. Compared to other mothers in my neighborhood, she cared for my hair fairly well. Even her hair today looks good..she has no chewed up edges, no chewed up ends. Had she moisturized my hair every day or every other day i wouldve probably given her a A-

Edit: NVM I think I would give my mom a B+/A-. Now that I think about it, she actually deep conditioned my hair as a kid.

 

[redecouvert]

a BIG F!!!! She never taught me how to take care of my hair.Actually I don't have any memories of her touching my hair, or combing it or braiding it.
We never used conditioner, we used the same bar of soap that we used for the body on our hair, we never used moisturizer..from time to time..vaseline or blue magic or dax..so no wonder that at age 9, i was happy to get a relaxer...
and i forgot...she always told me that my hair was bad, too nappy and too thick

i don't hold any grudges but she still thinks i have bad hair and after 3 years of being natural, she still hopes i'll put in a relaxer

 

[lesedi]

I'd give my mum a B, she kept my hair in protective styles CONSTANTLY and didnt ever use any heat on it. She was a major fan of ultra Sheen grease (the green one) though......and I don't remember my hair being washed all that often

 

[discodumpling]

My Mommy gets a D...but grandma gets an A+. As long as I was around grandma my hair thrived. The minute my hair was left to my Mom only it was unhealthy, dry, damaged etc.

 

[BlkOnyx488]

Wow I think we got the same mother
has she been married 4 times??

a BIG F!!!! She never taught me how to take care of my hair.Actually I don't have any memories of her touching my hair, or combing it or braiding it.
We never used conditioner, we used the same bar of soap that we used for the body on our hair, we never used moisturizer..from time to time..vaseline or blue magic or dax..so no wonder that at age 9, i was happy to get a relaxer...
and i forgot...she always told me that my hair was bad, too nappy and too thick

i don't hold any grudges but she still thinks i have bad hair and after 3 years of being natural, she still hopes i'll put in a relaxer

 

[locabouthair]

D-

I wont give her an F only because she waited to perm my hair even though everyone else told her to do it and she never spoke badly about my "bad hair" like everyone else did.

My mother used TONS of grease and oils. She must have used every type of oil in the house on my hair. She started using a water based moisturizer one time and she knew it made my hair soft but she stopped using it.

She used a tiny teeth comb for my extra thick, tightly coiled 4b hair. I thought it was normal to see tons of hair in the comb.

She styled my hair HORRIBLY. I didnt get those cute bubbles or barettes like everyone else. I never even wore beads on the ends like the other girls. She had me wearing stupid ribbons. I got teased so badly because of the way her and my grandma styled my hair. It was short but it could have looked better..I still get mad everytime I look at my old pics.

And its a shame I lived with THREE WOMEN and neither of them could style my hair.

Oh and it never made it past my ears as a child. THANK GOD I found LHCF!!!!

 

[Bettina]

I give her an A+++ My mother is an expert at twist, braids, puffs---She protected all of her daughter's hair to the fullest --- healthy shiny lush natural shoulder length and beyond (for my younger sisters) ....until I wanted to get a relaxer and did not know how to care for it....bye bye lushness

But now I'm on my way back... (Thanks mommy! and all the ladies & gents on LHCF)

 

[AfroKink]

My mom gets an E for effort. She really did the best she could with the knowledge she had. It was long and health before she started chemically processing it. When I went natural at 17 I really took control of my own hair. Now she calls and asks me for hair tips. If she could use the knowledge she has now, she would probably get a B+ (She's still rough with the comb)

 

[testimony777]

A+ she was not very good at styling my hair, but she kept it healthy. She only used natural products and she was always gentle with it. She also taught me to love my natural hair. She never put chemicals in it and she didn't use heat.

 

[fattyfatfat]

a big a** F written with a big giant red marker!

my mom used to fry...I mean press my hair every other day. she used to do it with the metal comb you put on the stove. that comb was soooooo hot. it basically burned and broke off my hair. my mom used to tell me that my hair was nappy and I really used to hate my hair and myself because of those words

as I got a little older, she kept my hair in extension braids, but never really taught me how to take care of my own hair. when she washed my hair and it tangled, she would detangle it by pulling my hair apart...with her hands


ETA: when I had extension braids, they stayed in for months! at least 4-5 months at a time!

thank GOD for LHCF!

 

[mzsophisticated26]

I give her a F--- but according to the scale a 1. My mom relaxed my hair when I was 3 my hair never grew past earlength and she always put my hair in one or two pontails. The only time my hair was done nicely was the first day of school. I started doing my own hair in the 3rd grade which looked better than how she did it. I started putting in my own relaxers at 10(yeah sad but true). My older sister occasional did my hair or one of my moms friends would put braids with extensions. My mom is even worse with her own hair don't get me started on that.

 

[cocoaluv]

*sigh* I'd give her a B. She attempted by combing my hair and when I was really lucky got one of her friends to cornbraid it for me however after about the age of 8 it went down hill from there. When she took me to get a perm at the age of 8 she didnt do or even try to do anything to my hair after that. I was on my own.....imagine how that turned out.

 

[topnotch1010]

A+...until the great Jheri Curl disaster of 1982 (she let Artelia from Artelia's Hair Concern in San Bernardino, CA cut my golden blonde APL length hair off to 2" when I was ten, talking 'bout she needed to get rid of the dead ends). Can you tell I'm still a lil salty 'bout it?

Girl, you too?!?!? It was so bad she had to take me to the doctor because of the rash on my forehead and itchy eyes and he told her to take that stupid curl outta my hair! I was too young (2)! Then there was always someone wanting to cut "the dead ends" off my hair.

 

[fattyfatfat]

I feel your pain!!!! *hugs* At least we have LHCF on our side now

a BIG F!!!! She never taught me how to take care of my hair.Actually I don't have any memories of her touching my hair, or combing it or braiding it.
We never used conditioner, we used the same bar of soap that we used for the body on our hair, we never used moisturizer..from time to time..vaseline or blue magic or dax..so no wonder that at age 9, i was happy to get a relaxer...
and i forgot...she always told me that my hair was bad, too nappy and too thick

i don't hold any grudges but she still thinks i have bad hair and after 3 years of being natural, she still hopes i'll put in a relaxer

 

[Jazala]

I give my Mom and A+, a high five and a THANK YOU for doing the best she could. She had 5 heads to do, including her own and she would line us all up each week and we'd get it washed and braided for airdrying then the later line up for our press and curls lol.

 

[Kurlee]

a C..........

 

[kblc06]

A+ . My mom was using techniques back in the early 90s that I have recently re-encountered on the hair forums (i.e. using olive oil, eggs, DC weekly, etc). My hair was TBL and very healthy until I started getting relaxers.

 

[*fabulosity*]

An A+

Before My Mother Became a Nurse, and began putting in long hours at the Hospital, she was a Beautician and she also had 4 Girls and many Neighbors & Relatives she did on the "side"

It wasn't until I took matters into my own Hands that My Hair began to "Suffer" I was more interested in Style than in Length and Health.

You name it, I've had it. Frosted, Streaked, Highlighted, Chopped, Cropped, Long, Short.

If Now, Only I can recover & recapture the exceptional start my mother gave me to having long, healthy beautiful hair, All her trouble would be worth it.

Girl... okay?!!
I had to call Mama Fab and thank her.. because there are some horror stories here.. I begged for a relaxer my senior year of HS so I could wear my hair down all the time and be fast.. It was long still MBL through college.. but then I was highlighting every 6 months and heat taming daily.

She still laughs at me for being on this board and being addicted and says she gave me the blueprint.. I just didn't follow it.. She was right.

 

[tyrablu]

She gets an A. She was always concerned about my ends, hairline, and overall condition of my hair. She would wash, dry, and plait my hair every sunday. She never let me go to bed with hair accessories in my hair, she practiced good hair techniques.

 

[JayAnn0513]

B-

she'd get an A except I think she relaxed me way to early at 4. My hair was thick and APL until 3rd gade when she let me talk her into getting it cut into a bob.

 

[anon123]

I'd give B-. Split between my mother and father because both did my hair. Actually, I'll give my mother a B and my father a B- because my mother was gentler. My father used a fine toothed comb named Comb-a-loo. Every time he said comb-a-loo, I'd run. I hated that little yellow comb! But my hair generally looked pretty good, though it wasn't long. I wasn't totally bald, it was about shoulder length. They used grease. They didn't know any better, they tried, and bought the more expensive grease. And afro sheen. My parents, esp my father, had THE BOMB afro back in the 70s. They kept me natural for a long time, and even when I got a relaxer, I scarcely got touch-ups. We were a press and curl family.

I'm one of the few who can say my hair is thicker now than it was as a child. It was always being pulled out and broken off, so it's thicker now.

 

[winnettag]

A 1.5, if 1 is the best and 5 is the worst, aka an A.

My mom kept my hair in protective styles and only pressed it for special occasions and school pictures. She didn't know anything about deep conditioning but she kept it moisturized. And she liked big hair and hated hair that looked "slicked down to your head" so she only relaxed it when I begged her to because everybody else in school had straight hair.
I my mommy!

 

[Chameleonchick]

I love my momma but I would give her an F She didn't have a clue to hair care, she would have to take me to grandma's to get my hair done. I'm glad she knows quite a bit now.

 

[CurlyGirl1996]

A++++++++++++++++++++++

My mom was the best. My hair was always neat and clean...she took very good care of my hair!

 

[beans4reezy]

I would say a C...my hair always looked nice and my mother had hair care knowledge because she discouraged direct heat and emphasized PS'ing...but after I relaxed my hair without her approval, she kind of gave up on caring for my hair.

 

[Taina]

A+ i always had long, tick and beautiful hair untill i took incharge of it and began my scissors love. My mom have a beautiful hair as well.

 

[Newtogrow]

I would say an A. She pressed it every 2 weeks with DAX and when I had dandruff she used Sulfur 8.

My hair was always neatly done. Others thought I had a perm. I didn't know what a perm was until high school.

 

[SEMO]

My mom was great at doing my hair as a child. She mostly kept me in French braids and my hair thrived (plus, I loved wearing the beads at the ends of my braids).

The only mishap came when she let my aunt talk her into putting a Hawaiian perm in my hair (like she did my cousin's hair). My hair broke off and she ended up having to cut most of it off. Luckily my hair grew back quickly and I don't remember having short hair for very long.