40 Something, 50 Something....even 60 Something....Relaxed or Natural or Transit..

[swgpec]

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49 until November and relaxed. Hope the pic is not too large, can't figure out how to resize.

 

[BostonMaria]

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I'm 41! 5 years natural in Sept. Forgot to mention that my current length is in my avatar picture.

Curly hair

Rollerset hair. I bumped the roots and left the rest in curls. The hair toy is one of my favorites.

Rollerset hair. Don't mind the big forehead LOL

 

[swgpec]

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@Boston Maria - Air drying as we speak and trying hard to get to this length. Very pretty.

 

[BostonMaria]

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@Boston Maria - Air drying as we speak and trying hard to get to this length. Very pretty.

Thank you! Enjoy your hair in every length. My hair is perdy and long but it takes me 90 minutes to dry it under the Pibbs dryer. It has its pros and cons, mostly positive.

 

[swgpec]

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Yikes 90 minutes...only takes me 45 minutes. I have the 514 pibbs kwik dryer but I have fine (4b) hair and it is grazing bra strap length in the back. I am enjoying it but think I will definitely enjoy it longer. I bun mostly everyday so now I'm challenged to find more styles that work with my life style but they have to be easy and uncomplicated. Had a full BSL goal length by the end of June but need to cut some bone straight relaxed ends off and grow out some layers. I'm not over anxiously, I prefer healthy hair first.

OP, thanks for starting this thread. Recently I started noticing hairstyles of women my age. What I see mostly are pixie cuts or see through hair. I know some meds can cause thinning but I wonder if some women just get tired of putting in the extra effort. My hair is definitely growing, I think at the same pace its just keeping it on my head that's more challenging than it was when I was younger.

 

[My Friend]

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Ok, y'all need to post your skin and diet regi. You ladies look good.

 

[HappilyLiberal]

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Imma need some of you folks to start posting birth certificates...

 

[janeemat]

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OK, I decided to play since next month, I'm going to be 49! With the Lord's blessings! I'm celebrating by making this last year in my forties a sweet one!
Look for a lot of up and coming face shots and hair-do's, though I've shown my face on my avatar before. All you ladies look stunning, I must say!

Glad you decided to play! I just turned 50 this year and posted my face as you can see in my siggy. I guess there is a boldness that comes with 50. You have beautiful hair! Please post your pics in this thread.

 

[janeemat]

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OP, thanks for starting this thread. Recently I started noticing hairstyles of women my age. What I see mostly are pixie cuts or see through hair. I know some meds can cause thinning but I wonder if some women just get tired of putting in the extra effort. My hair is definitely growing, I think at the same pace its just keeping it on my head that's more challenging than it was when I was younger.[/QUOTE]

@ swgpec....Me too! I have been noticing women of my age as well. Checking out their hair, clothes, style...etc. I even started checking out celebrities just to get a different feel. I see sooo much thinning hair...not to many pixie cuts around my neck of the woods. Since I have been a part of this forum, I stretch relaxers and bun often. I hardly ever get compliments on my hair anymore. So I'm wondering if people say the same thing about me....."tired of putting in extra effort". I'm stepping up my hair game and will be getting a cut and let my hair swing in the wind more. I would love to go natural like these beautiful heads of natural hair in this thread but I think I have concluded that long stretches and my hair does not mesh. Big chopping is not an option, so what's a girl to do.

 

[napbella]

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I turned 50 in Jan this yr. My avi was taken in Nov 2011. My hair is relaxed and thick, not a complaint. I noticed that alot of ladies my age are short and thin too. Short is ok if thats your preference, but I aint buying the thin. I think its just lack of knowledge on how to care for relaxed hair at our age, possibly over processing and a few other factors. But I'm oh so grateful for the knowledge I've gained on this site. It is the only reason I'm on my way to MBL. This site rocks!

 

[itsallaboutattitude]

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HappilyLiberal[/USER];16079781]Imma need some of you folks to start posting birth certificates...

Who you tryna call out?!






I hope it's me.

 

[HappilyLiberal]

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I'll name names... all you 20-year old wenches trying to claim middle age benefits!

 

[faithVA]

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I just turned 47. I am choosing to reject the gray I was doing henna. It wasn't working out. So now I'm back to coloring my hair dark brown. But this is a henna shot. Don't have the long hair yet. SL and I seem to be buddies for a while.

 

[tashboog]

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I'll be 40 in November so I'll post a pic after I'm the big 4-0 ! I love this thread and all of you ladies look awesome .

 

[danysedai]

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I hate taking pictures, specially now that I've gained so much weight (working on it). SORRY FOR THE BIG PHOTOS!!
This is on my 40th birthday last September, I'll be 41 this year . And it's not my hair, it's a curly half wig, I forgot the name, the one everyone was buying last year. I had so many things to do and I was too tired to do my hair, so I wore a half wig.

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I was quite sweaty here, New years's eve, make up is melting

 

[grownwomanaz]

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Natural 44 year old checkin' in. My hair has thinned, but I'm thankful for what I have.

 

[Coffee]

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LET ME SEE YOUR HAIR! Please post pics. I would like to see the "mature women"...."old heads".....no offense "young heads". On you tube I seem to find really young ladies sharing. I have been on this sight for a bit now, so I'm just curious to see the mature ladies hair. It seems that these ladies are not posting as frequent. My most recent hair pic is in my avatar from my last relaxer in Feb. I plan on doing my hair tonight so I will come back and post. I am 14 wks post so I will show the good, the bad and ugly...LOL!

Just wondering, but why do you feel "us" older ones aren't posting ?

 

[reeko43]

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Wonderful thread and pics! Checking in, 46 and almost 6 months natural after 16+ month transition

 

[PJaye]

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HRH The Ponytail Queen checking in (aka ol’ broad approaching her mid 40s ). Since I rarely travel beyond the confines of an air dried ponytail, here are some pics of those:

Pic 1 - Nov 2009 (beginning of HHJ)

Pic 2 - April 2010

Pic 3 - May 2011

Pic 4 - April 2012

 

[msdeevee]

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LET ME SEE YOUR HAIR! Please post pics. I would like to see the "mature women"...."old heads".....no offense "young heads". On you tube I seem to find really young ladies sharing. I have been on this sight for a bit now, so I'm just curious to see the mature ladies hair. It seems that these ladies are not posting as frequent. My most recent hair pic is in my avatar from my last relaxer in Feb. I plan on doing my hair tonight so I will come back and post. I am 14 wks post so I will show the good, the bad and ugly...LOL!

janeemat...Great thread. I had to come out of lurkdom to respond. I looked on YT for inspiration too and your right there are not many mature women sharing. If I was tech savvy and not afraid of oversharing on the net I would seriously start a blog and YT channel for mature ladies full of fashion, beauty and hair and health tips. If any of you ladies have that ability there's a wide open market for it. I know @ Njoy has a blog out there . I just signed up to join her spot. IF any of you ladies know of any other AA Youtubers that are mature please send me a PM. The only one I'm subscribed to is dezi1016 . She is quite good and gives good advice and hair and beauty advice. As for my hair I am natural and loving it. It's hard work but its worth it to me. My hair pic is on my profile. Oh, I'm 50something.

Just wondering, but why do you feel "us" older ones aren't posting ?

Coffee...I find that LHCF is mostly a young ladies forum. I guess personally I'm just not fitting anymore. When I was posting it irked me personally to state an opinion and then get called out and schooled by a youngun telling me I shouldn't feel the way I feel or whatever. So I stopped posting. Those are just my feelings.

I just turned 47. I am choosing to reject the gray I was doing henna. It wasn't working out. So now I'm back to coloring my hair dark brown. But this is a henna shot. Don't have the long hair yet. SL and I seem to be buddies for a while.

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faithVA..I just yesterday decided to try henna'ing again for the Summer can you please share your experience. I have gray around the hairline and I hate it coloring dries my hair out so badly so I decided to try the henna again.

 

[janeemat]

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Just wondering, but why do you feel "us" older ones aren't posting ?

I don't see it in the hair forum side.....mainly the same people. I also just want to really see what the maturer ladies are doing to their hair....still relaxing, going natural....big chopping...coloring their hair.....health of hair...etc

 

[janeemat]

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Wonderful thread and pics! Checking in, 46 and almost 6 months natural after 16+ month transition

See I need you in my life....you just transitioned at 46 to natural. Your hair is so pretty. Did you bc?

 

[janeemat]

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Natural 44 year old checkin' in. My hair has thinned, but I'm thankful for what I have.

Did your hair thin since becoming natural or did relaxer thinning cause you to go natural? It's still pretty.

 

[janeemat]

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I hate taking pictures, specially now that I've gained so much weight (working on it). SORRY FOR THE BIG PHOTOS!!
This is on my 40th birthday last September, I'll be 41 this year . And it's not my hair, it's a curly half wig, I forgot the name, the one everyone was buying last year. I had so many things to do and I was too tired to do my hair, so I wore a half wig.

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I was quite sweaty here, New years's eve, make up is melting

Love love love your hair. Your gray is coming in nice. I have it around my edges and let me tell you that ng that is graying is not cute boo. If I'm going to embrace my gray, I will not be stretching as long.

 

[janeemat]

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HRH The Ponytail Queen checking in (aka ol’ broad approaching her mid 40s ). Since I rarely travel beyond the confines of an air dried ponytail, here are some pics of those:

Pic 1 - Nov 2009 (beginning of HHJ)

Pic 2 - April 2010

Pic 3 - May 2011

Pic 4 - April 2012

You have made some great progress lady.

 

[Beverly Ann Properties]

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Checking in.. I will be 57 on July 11th. I will post Birthday Bash BBQ hair pictures. I am now embracing my gray hair. Last picture is February 2010 right after my big chop.

 

[Angela4769]

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Newly 40...well a few years ago.

 

[reeko43]

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See I need you in my life....you just transitioned at 46 to natural. Your hair is so pretty. Did you bc?

Thanks I think it was easier to transition at my age because I am at the stage of "I don't give a darn about what others think" I don't feel the pressure that some of the younger ones are subjected to. I transitioned for 16+ months. I was trying to make it to 2 years but a couple of glasses of Sangria ended that dream. I call it a bc because I chopped a total of 11 inches off in a span of two days.

Girl, it is the best move I could have ever made. It hasn't been easy but the board advice helps so much. I have a nice size patch of 4ab hair at my crown that is hard to blend with the rest of my hair. I had a strange mullet look going on but I am learning some techniques that are helping.

 

[kellistarr]

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I hate taking pictures, specially now that I've gained so much weight (working on it). SORRY FOR THE BIG PHOTOS!!
This is on my 40th birthday last September, I'll be 41 this year . And it's not my hair, it's a curly half wig, I forgot the name, the one everyone was buying last year. I had so many things to do and I was too tired to do my hair, so I wore a half wig.

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I was quite sweaty here, New years's eve, make up is melting

Ahhh! You cute as a button. What you talking about?

 

[MyAngelEyez~C~U]

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Thanks I think it was easier to transition at my age because I am at the stage of "I don't give a darn about what others think" I don't feel the pressure that some of the younger ones are subjected to. I transitioned for 16+ months. I was trying to make it to 2 years but a couple of glasses of Sangria ended that dream. I call it a bc because I chopped a total of 11 inches off in a span of two days.

Girl, it is the best move I could have ever made. It hasn't been easy but the board advice helps so much. I have a nice size patch of 4ab hair at my crown that is hard to blend with the rest of my hair. I had a strange mullet look going on but I am learning some techniques that are helping.

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