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I dont see how you can have hair anorexia when you know darn well your hair is longer then 90% of the sista's you walk past and you *know* yo fam be ranting and raving over the length non-stop. You know you aint got no hair anoreia keep it real:rolleyes:.....:giggle:


LOL That's me...I use to think my hair was long, but since being on here I have developed a case of Hair Anorexia. :lachen:
 
And why can't I be a proud black women with a relaxer in my head. Im not trying to be anything else. I just want to get a comb through my hair. (Naturals dont tell me off)
 
Just out of curiosity...is there a reason a natural head wouldnt like shampoo?

Umm, yes and yes again. Most shampoo is evil to my hair. Certain surfactants glue my hair together something terrible. Some, tangle, dry out and make my hair a complete mess. I still use shampoo, but I am careful to pay attention to the type of surfactant and other ingredient combos. When I was relaxed, I didn't have a big problem with SLS, ALS, etc. My hair also hated shampoos like CON while relaxed.
 
MY HEAD IS NOT TILTED BACK IN MY AVATAR! Please see my January 2010 Fotki, it is less ambiguous there. :look: I didn't even have much growth between September and January, I won't intentionally misrepresent the little I had.

NO, my being topless isn't meant to turn you on or to be indecent. :look: I just am indecent. :moon:

No, those aren't panties hanging from my towel rack. it's a towel. :look:

I could be wrong, but I don't think anyone was calling you out...
 
Why do people group light skin and long hair together like saying peanut butter and jelly?

Being honest most women I know in real life who have long hair (bsl and longer) are not light-skinned.....even on the boards..its 50/50 from where I see. Why do people cling to this even after seeing evidence to the contrary?

All I saw when I was younger was dark skinned girls w/ thick, long hair. I never assumed skin color and hair length was connected in any way.
 
And why can't I be a proud black women with a relaxer in my head. Im not trying to be anything else. I just want to get a comb through my hair. (Naturals dont tell me off)

Well, I'm natural and I can easily get a comb through my hair. It's not hard to do.
 
In all honesty, it's all about finding the right stylist. Not all salons are the devil. And that's another opinion I'm putting out there: I LOVE GOING TO THE SALON AND WILL KEEP GOING TILL THE DAY I DIE lol I've been going to the same stylist since I was 10 and nothing ever happened to my hair until I started messing in it myself :ohwell:
Amen to that......i was really referencing those ladies that go to hood unprofessional salons retunr and get a horrible result and still wanna complain.

I have a wonderful stylist I trust....she sees me once every 1.5 years but I like her alot:look::lol:

I agree. It's nice to pamper yourself if you go to a nice salon, and not pookie n em LOL or if you are blessed to have a great stylist!

I think some ppl still go because they know they are going to be TO' up if they do their own relaxers, cuts, trims, blow outs, etc. Some things are hard to master and some things ppl should not do at home if they can't.
It really is nice to pamper yourself for sure, but it just always amazes me how people have horrible salon experiences hopping from salon to salon with no stylist they really trust and wonder why they have the results they have.
 
I could be wrong, but I don't think anyone was calling you out...


I def wasn't...I did make a comment about arms up n head tilted back but it wasn't aimed at any1 specific...n I didnt even notice her avatar until now...ha! That's not the lean back effect I was talking about tho...
 
When we remember why anyone has hair on their head in the first place (for warmth and protection from the environmental elements) it seems silly to believe that certain people were "blessed" with a looser hair texture than others...with blessed implying God is/was concerned with our vanity.
 
someone that is relaxed and BKted would probably know more than me, I've never bkted but I'm gonna answer anyway. :giggle:

I think that the bkt does not straighten. It just removes frizz and infuses protein into the hair by way of heat. So it is good for the hair, while a relaxer just straightens it and it is detrimental to some extent.
It wouldn't cause breakage because a BKT actually works BETTER on processed hair. You get the optimum results when you are relaxed/permed or colored because the hair takes the protein better.

When people with virgin hair do it, it lasts for less time, though it still works well.

Thank you. I guess I always assumed it was a straightener since I've only ever seen it used to get hair straight/straighter.
 
someone that is relaxed and BKted would probably know more than me, I've never bkted but I'm gonna answer anyway. :giggle:

I think that the bkt does not straighten. It just removes frizz and infuses protein into the hair by way of heat. So it is good for the hair, while a relaxer just straightens it and it is detrimental to some extent.
It wouldn't cause breakage because a BKT actually works BETTER on processed hair. You get the optimum results when you are relaxed/permed or colored because the hair takes the protein better.

When people with virgin hair do it, it lasts for less time, though it still works well.
Oh, that's good to know. So it IS kinda like a really strong protein treatment.


I could be wrong, but I don't think anyone was calling you out...
I know, just covering my bases... I don't trust y'all. :lol:
 
Thanx Sylver2, Helpmeblongagain, and Happily Me. You guys are my inspirations for joining this site and starting my hair journey. I honestly would have to say I never thought 4b relaxed hair could get beyond shoulder length until I saw this site. I have a lot to learn still.
 
Didn't read the whole thread and mostly talking about myself here.

Waistlength braids/weaves look great
Having blond ambition doesn't mean one should make themselves a blond in reality
Natural and virgin are two different things
Weave checks do make me feel good (haven't gotten one though)
My TWA looked 10x than my relaxed pixie
 
When people first started talking about BKT, I thought it was just a really strong protein treatment. :lol: Maybe some people are confused...? :look:



No. I was tempted earlier to respond to something, but it wasn't applicable to me even though I can see how folks would think it was. But for the record...

MY HEAD IS NOT TILTED BACK IN MY AVATAR! Please see my January 2010 Fotki, it is less ambiguous there. :look: I didn't even have much growth between September and January, I won't intentionally misrepresent the little I had.

NO, my being topless isn't meant to turn you on or to be indecent. :look: I just am indecent. :moon:

No, those aren't panties hanging from my towel rack. it's a towel. :look:


U R hilarious!:lachen::lachen::lachen:
 
I've said it before and I'll say it again:

Hair length also depends on height. Meaning, a woman who's 5'0 will get to APL much quicker than a woman who's 5'10. So I personally give the taller woman more props.
 
:shocked: :shocked: :shocked: OMG! I didn't know people did this!!! :blush: Hmmmm... :scratchch now that you mention it... I have seen some pics like this where I wonder if the person has some kind of spinal disorder because they have a body that looks... distorted :look: but I never thought that it was a doctored photo!

LOL, YES.
I attached a picture of it...it's my own, so don't nobody start shouting at me.
But anyway, the first one is what it looks like straight out the camera.
The second one is how it be looking by the time it gets to LHCF! :lachen:
Most of the time, it's more subtle though.


And guys...don't be scared to post your pictures. I love pictures...short, long, middle, whatever..as long as it's looking good, post them. But the problem occurs when the thread is entitled "I GREW AN INCH IN THREE DAYS" and the pictures are a sham and a lie.
It's like someone advertising a free crack giveaway...telling all the crackheads that it's the very best crack on the globe...but the crack is really baking soda and chalk dust.
It just hurts. :(
 

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Thank you. I guess I always assumed it was a straightener since I've only ever seen it used to get hair straight/straighter.

Ya, I understand. From what I've read/seen, if you have really kinky hair that's not relaxed of and you BKT it, it may help with ssks, you may be able to wear wash n gos without frizz and knots if you were not able to before. It doesn't really loosen the curl pattern, it just takes out frizz, which makes hair more manageable, I guess, but people get the two mixed up and think it straightens. And it doesn't last long either if you have unprocessed hair so you have to keep doing it.
 
I've said it before and I'll say it again:

Hair length also depends on height. Meaning, a woman who's 5'0 will get to APL much quicker than a woman who's 5'10. So I personally give the taller woman more props.

ABSOLUTELY. If anyone remembers the character Evangeline from One Life to Live, she's like 5"7' you could tell APL on her was really long and flowy....I was:drool: over her APL hair for the longest.

Height really does make a difference:yep:
 
LOL, YES.
I attached a picture of it...it's my own, so don't nobody start shouting at me.
But anyway, the first one is what it looks like straight out the camera.
The second one is how it be looking by the time it gets to LHCF! :lachen:
Most of the time, it's more subtle though.

Haha, wow. Now that I have the visual, I HAVE seen a few of those around... :scratchch
 
Unpopular Opinion :look::

I hate to hear visibly overweight/obese/morbidly obese women make disparaging remarks about natural hair. That one scene in Chris Rock's movie Good Hair where Chris was talking to the college students just made me feel some kind of way.

How are you going to be so big that one of your thighs as big as a normal sized person's entire body. yet you want to make natural hair out to be something inferior and "unprofessional"? Talk about jacked up priorities...

I'm sure your big butt wouldn't want someone to discriminate against you because of the way you look but you want to make comments about not hiring someone because of the fact that their natural, God given hair is kinky/coily/curly rather than chemically straightened?!?! Yeah, okay...

I'm not natural by the way :lol:.
 
^^^^ I'm glad I haven't watched that movie/documentary, I think it would make me angry.
I would be fuming if I saw that scene you are describing. I relax my hair too.
 
Unpopular Opinion :look::

I hate to hear visibly overweight/obese/morbidly obese women make disparaging remarks about natural hair. That one scene in Chris Rock's movie Good Hair where Chris was talking to the college students just made me feel some kind of way.

How are you going to be so big that one of your thighs as big as a normal sized person's entire body. yet you want to make natural hair out to be something inferior and "unprofessional"? Talk about jacked up priorities...

I'm sure your big butt wouldn't want someone to discriminate against you because of the way you look but you want to make comments about not hiring someone because of the fact that their natural, God given hair is kinky/coily/curly rather than chemically straightened?!?! Yeah, okay...

I'm not natural by the way :lol:.


Tell 'em how you really feel kid!!!:lachen::lachen:
 
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