My Hair Confessional

[Kneechay]

Then there are people like me are thoroughly confused because if you ask me, there isn't too big of a difference between 4a and 4b, if you like one, I don't see how you can dislike the other?

I also confess that I didn't know that 4a vs 4b could be such an issue until I went natural and experienced it firsthand. Folks getting crazy because someone's coil diameter is 1/25th of an inch wider

I don't get it.

ok, i had to quote this again because I agreed with it so much, that I needed people to read it, just in case they scrolled past the first two.

at any rate, MSA,

 

[Vonnieluvs08]

These are my confessions:

I should be studying for my licensing exam and not on here. But I love this site. I learn so much.
I couldn't wait to put all my products into my linen closet to take stock of what I have and to keep it organized. They do take up 2 shelves (but they aren't that big)
I want to play in my hair more often, but I know I retain more growth if I stay twisted up.
I want to henna my hair again next week even though I just did it this past week. I want to see if I can get my hair a nice burgundy tint naturally.
I love experimenting with all things hair: styles, conditioners, butters, etc.
I think I want to go to cosmetology school when I finish my current career. I love doing my hair and others.
I think my hair texture is changing because the front barely has any wave/curl pattern. It used to be a "S" shape and now that is almost gone and I don't know why. (no heat used)
I love the ladies of LHCF and wish we didn't fight/disagree.
My hair would be "cracked and on the ground" (sorry I watch School Daze this week) if it wasn't for LHCF.

 

[hiphoprocker]

Aw, number 10 is sweet. And number 9 is just good ***-covering insurance.

LOLOL
this was/is a really good thread though... a few feathers got ruffled, but all in all most people's threads are really cute and funny.. its good to get some of our confessions out.. i forget who posted it but i've picked up a new word: awsomeness... i love that

 

[hiphoprocker]

I log more hours in this forum then I do watching tv or talking to humans..

and i agree with that!! i tivo maury for when i come home from work but it's a waste of space because i'll be on here and look up and the show is over... and who needs humans anyway??!!

 

[AfroKink]

What hatred?? I dont get it.

I saw the pics in your fotki, and we are hair twins

Dont think you'll never get past shoulder. I had so many setbacks but I will keep on trying. It will take time but we will get there.

"hatred"... "negativity" might have been a more accurate word. You can see some it in this thread. I'd rather keep my taco meat in my fotki as documentation for my own purposes

I confess that as my hair gets longer, it scares me. Literally. If it brushes my shoulder or my neck I swat at myself thinking a spider is attacking me

Lys

 

[Skiggle]

I forced my mother into
buying expensive EVOO.....
shes always wondering how come
I go through several bottles in a month..

She doesn't know I use it for my hair..

 

[ChelzBoo]

i want to get highlights sooo badly.
but doing double chemical processes may kill my hair.
i dont wanna end up bald eventhough my hair is very healthy.

 

[Fhrizzball]

These are my confessions:


I want to henna my hair again next week even though I just did it this past week. I want to see if I can get my hair a nice burgundy tint naturally.

I think my hair texture is changing because the front barely has any wave/curl pattern. It used to be a "S" shape and now that is almost gone and I don't know why. (no heat used)

It could be the henna I know that some people complain of that. Almo could rectify that but it makes the dye a darker color. That or your hair is hanging more and so the curl stretches out or is that much more moisterize. But isn't henna awesome? I have a batch on my head right now.

 

[isabella09]

I confess that my hair and I absolutely LHCF and that I’m on here far far too much .

 

[that_1_grrrl]

I sometimes see having long hair as survival of the fittest. I look at all the girls who look down on me because I can not always afford to have nice clothes or have my hurr did, and I think, "Haha, one day, my hair is gonna be WL, and you'll still have jacklaxed/weaved up hair/missing edges from braids."

I sometimes wish flat ironing last longer and BKT didn't last as long, so that when I go through my straight phases, I could have straight hair and return to my natural hair at the drop of a hat.

The more I learn to do with my natural hair, the less I desire straightening it. I even want to give my crappy flat iron away now because just looking at it makes me tired. Flat ironing takes too long, and I always end up washing my hair three days later.

I secretly hope that when my hair is long, I will never have to hear the phrase, "Well, you don't look like a (insert last name)." It's an ignorant thing to think, but I really hate when people say that to me.

When my hair is long, I am going to "accidently" swing my hair and hit all my friends who accidently hit me in the face with theirs. :-/ I know they actually did do that to me accidently, but damn it, it's gonna be payback time!

 

[NerdSauce]

I confess that I love the heck out of my hair, but if i could change anything about it (besides making it split-end proof) I'd make it coilier. My hair when clumped makes sort of small S waves quite a lot of the time and I admit I have an absurd amount of coil envy.

I confess that I sometimes feel like punching myself in the face for not going natural years ago--even though I lusted after natural hair for what seems like forever.

I confess that I get BEYOND annoyed when someone creates another thread going off at the Tyra's and the Ateya's of the world (again). If something is not for you, keep it moving already.

I confess that I also get incredibly annoyed at all the anti-Good Hair (the movie, not the backwards concept) posts, people complaining about Chris Rock airing our dirty laundry this, how does this help black women that-- when some of those same people will pop up in other threads talking about they don't like type 4 hair, or they wont be caught without a weave until waist length, or something else of the sort. SOMEONE has to keep it real and it's obviously not going to be you.

I confess that I'm really glad I found this forum and that I've learned a heck of a lot. I think back to how my hair looked for much of highschool.... and wonder what I was thinking..Not that I thought it looked good, but I wish I knew that there was more I could have done about it.

I confess that I love basically all of ROBOTxcore's threads. :]

 

[hiphoprocker]

additional confession:

i confess that i went out and bought a bottle of 1000mcg biotin about 2-3 weeks ago and have since taken one pill.. i look at that bottle everyday sitting amongst all the other vitamins.. i just cant shake the fear of acne.. or more acne in my case.. i've gotten mine manageble but i REFUSE to go back to my junior high/highschool pizza face.. been there, done that, got the pictures to prove it.. (shudders)

 

[robot.]

I forced my mother into
buying expensive EVOO.....
shes always wondering how come
I go through several bottles in a month..

She doesn't know I use it for my hair..

Skig, you always have interesting avatars and siggy pics.

I sometimes see having long hair as survival of the fittest. I look at all the girls who look down on me because I can not always afford to have nice clothes or have my hurr did, and I think, "Haha, one day, my hair is gonna be WL, and you'll still have jacklaxed/weaved up hair/missing edges from braids."

The more I learn to do with my natural hair, the less I desire straightening it. I even want to give my crappy flat iron away now because just looking at it makes me tired. Flat ironing takes too long, and I always end up washing my hair three days later.

When my hair is long, I am going to "accidently" swing my hair and hit all my friends who accidently hit me in the face with theirs. :-/ I know they actually did do that to me accidently, but damn it, it's gonna be payback time!

I am with you. Everyone who comments on my hair and likes that it's natural (I got one girl to chop and another to transition now! I'm helping them along and it is way too much fun!), I suggest they go natural too. Like I said, my one friend I posted about in OP? It's like I'm secretly racing her (and I know I'm going to win).

I can't wait to straighten my natural hair because I know SOMEONE will ask, "Did you relax?!" Then I can swing it and say, "Naw, shawty, this is alll nat'chal." And they'll be jealous because my pressed hair looks better than theirs.

And your last one...

I confess that I sometimes feel like punching myself in the face for not going natural years ago--even though I lusted after natural hair for what seems like forever.

I confess that I love basically all of ROBOTxcore's threads. :]

How come when you said this, I got lightweight angry with myself?

I would get so awe-struck and jealous and uncomfortable when I saw the natural heads here when I first joined, but I NEVER thought to go natural for some stupid reason. I am soooo glad I did now. I really can't say enough about it. I think everyone should try it at least once in their lives. It's like a nonstop party.

And thank you!

 

[isabella09]

I confess that I’ve started to get somewhat annoyed with the amount of attention and posts in response to Chris Rock’s new movie (I know nothing about the movie but who cares what he thinks, when did he became an authority on hair ). However, :scratchch on second thoughts the general public may search on google for information on this movie and may come across these LHCF threads, in turn, they may view other aspects of the forum and thus, certain views may be dispelled.

 

[la mosca]

Ok, here goes: my confession is that my hair is my hobby.

 

[that_1_grrrl]

I think I have one more in me: I do not understand people who do not care about their hair. I sometimes just want to shake them while yelling, "BUT IT'S HAIR, OMG!!!!!!!!" Okay, not really, but I feel slightly annoyed whenever I hear, "It's just hair" or "I don't care about my hair." It's a foreign concept to me, lol.

Rxc, I can not wait until people start asking me about my hair. I know it'll have to be long before I do. Even though I see having long hair as competition, I am also secretly waiting for someone I can take under my wing and help.

I definitely wish I had someone to compete with in terms of length. All my friends are waaaaaay ahead of me. I need to make a couple of jacklaxed friends...

I am with you. Everyone who comments on my hair and likes that it's natural (I got one girl to chop and another to transition now! I'm helping them along and it is way too much fun!), I suggest they go natural too. Like I said, my one friend I posted about in OP? It's like I'm secretly racing her (and I know I'm going to win).

I can't wait to straighten my natural hair because I know SOMEONE will ask, "Did you relax?!" Then I can swing it and say, "Naw, shawty, this is alll nat'chal." And they'll be jealous because my pressed hair looks better than theirs.

And your last one...

 

[locabouthair]

I confess that my friend kept asking me questions about my hair and I pretty much lied because I didnt feel like talking about it I am very sensitive and defensive about my hair and she kept wanting to know why I'm wearing my wig. I didnt tell her that the real reason I am wearing it is because the stylist didnt wash out the perm properly and my hair fell out, I just lied and said I wanted to do something different.

And no she doesnt need a hair regimen because she's almost waist length.

 

[shunemite]

I confess that my friend kept asking me questions about my hair and I pretty much lied because I didnt feel like talking about it I am very sensitive and defensive about my hair and she kept wanting to know why I'm wearing my wig. I didnt tell her that the real reason I am wearing it is because the stylist didnt wash out the perm properly and my hair fell out, I just lied and said I wanted to do something different.

And no she doesnt need a hair regimen because she's almost waist length.

I'm sorry this happened to you. This happened to me in high school when my friend's mom did my hair with a kit and the relaxer didn't all rinse out, and then 2 months later I had to go from shoulder length to a Halle Berry cut. It's a shocker. Don't worry it'll grow back

 

[robot.]

Ridiculously long hair, especially on those with little melanin is . I mean, get a dang style or cut or something.

 

[Chaosbutterfly]

I confess:

My sister just called me, crying because she went to a stylist who "trimmed" her from past APL to SL. On the phone, I was really nice and tried to comfort her, but secretly and deep down in the darkest recesses of my slightly wretched soul, I was happy.

When my hair was busted up, she used to make fun of me, flip her hair in my face, tell me that my hair would never grow, etc.

And now, finally, for the very first time in my life, my hair is longer than hers.
I shouldn't feel good, because she's really sad about it. And technically, I haven't really won anything, because her hair got cut off. It's not like mine grew longer than hers.

But I still told her about letting anyone who isn't my mom trim her hair.
And my hair is longer than hers!!! :angeldevi

 

[robot.]

I would probably feel the same way.

 

[yaya24]

I confess that Friday night I spent the night over at my parents house and I used cheap canola oil in my hair (thats the only oil she had in the kitchen)

 

[locabouthair]

I'm sorry this happened to you. This happened to me in high school when my friend's mom did my hair with a kit and the relaxer didn't all rinse out, and then 2 months later I had to go from shoulder length to a Halle Berry cut. It's a shocker. Don't worry it'll grow back

Thanks girl. I'm sorry it happened to you too. The sad is that it has happened with different stylists. Hence why I didnt make much progress since I've been on my journey. It is growing back though.

 

[locabouthair]

I also confess that my hair obsession is getting out of hand. I think I need to take a break from the hair section because all it is doing is making me more impatient and anxious about my progress and a watched pot doesn't boil.

 

[brg240]

I confess I still don't have a regimon after deciding to grow it out...almost two years ago. My brother's both do better with their hair than me :/

I sometimes wonder why I'm transitioning to natural. It wasn't a big decision I just decided I didn't feel like getting relaxers anymore and they'd already been waning. But then I see a girl with gorgeous relaxed hair and i want it.

I have a big complex about my hair. My hair has never really been short and people always commented on my 'pretty long hair' growing up. I believe/know I associated long hair with pretty/acceptable. Which is sad because when I see short hair on other woman sometimes I get a bit jealous but I know I'd never cut my hair.

 

[robot.]

I confess that Friday night I spent the night over at my parents house and I used cheap canola oil in my hair (thats the only oil she had in the kitchen)

I think I've actually read of a few women using canola oil, so I don't think it's too bad.

 

[BeetleBug]

I don't understand when some people says it's just hair. Those people are the main ones with a regimen and product list over a foot long. Like seriously?

 

[~Hair~Fetish~]

I confess:

My sister just called me, crying because she went to a stylist who "trimmed" her from past APL to SL. On the phone, I was really nice and tried to comfort her, but secretly and deep down in the darkest recesses of my slightly wretched soul, I was happy.

When my hair was busted up, she used to make fun of me, flip her hair in my face, tell me that my hair would never grow, etc.

And now, finally, for the very first time in my life, my hair is longer than hers.
I shouldn't feel good, because she's really sad about it. And technically, I haven't really won anything, because her hair got cut off. It's not like mine grew longer than hers.

But I still told her about letting anyone who isn't my mom trim her hair.
And my hair is longer than hers!!! :angeldevi

OMG... you're going to hell!

This brings back memories of growing up when one of my sisters had thick lush, natural and pressed MBL hair... (did I say thick and lush?)... while I had okay looking SL hair. And of course this ***** thought she was all that. Fast forward 10-15 years and she has 2 inches of damaged hair... and I'm secretly glad.

 

[Neek-a-Nator]

I don't understand when some people says it's just hair. Those people are the main ones with a regimen and product list over a foot long. Like seriously?

I hate to say but you are absolutely correct in that assessment, lol.

 

[~Hair~Fetish~]

I'm mad that my hubby's hair is prettier than mine! He's Guyanese and has the type 1 hair with big juicy curls. A year ago it was SL and now it's MBL! (he let me blow dry, flat iron and trim) His regimine consists of washing it every blue moon (when I fuss at him), vigorously towel drying it to death, and brushing it back into a ponytail.

I'M MAD because I do SO MUCH to grow, retain, nurture, protect, condition, moisturize, etc and his hair grows like a weed even though he abuses it to death. NOT FAIR!

****stomping away and pouting****