Caucasian hair experience

[CORBINS]

I just had an experience today that changed my whole outlook on our hair and Caucasian hair. One of my co-workers asked me to braid her hair because it’s always looking a mess (mind you we are in the military). I put two French braids in. Her hair was absolutely a mess! It was breaking and even though they wash their hair everyday, it smelled bad! Her ends were like wire. I asked her if she ever deep conditioned her hair and she said they she goes to the beautician to get that done. As easy as it is to deep condition your own hair, and to me, their hair seems easier to manage, I didn’t understand why she doesn’t deep condition herself. I thought her hair would be soft and silky, I was wrong. This whole experience just proves that everyone has problems with their hair. We all know that, but when we experience it and see it up close, it just makes you feel better about your situation.

 

[adrienne0914]

girl, i'm sure you taught her a thing or two, right? did she ask for any advice?

 

[mermaid]

oh yeaaahhh. white hair can be just as kinky or coily as black hair!! redheads, particularily seem to have those kinds of problems. My mom's hair is very thick and heavy and on the coarse side, and she's Italian.

 

[Karonica]

I had to help my old Caucasian roommate. This child had blonde hair and would permanently dye her hair to darker colors. And the dye would fade off. HELLO! I had to inform her of a thing called "semi-permanent." She was using heat everyday and dying her hair so much that the front of it broke off and formed bangs. She started paying attention to me, and even went out and got her some Infusium 23 because I used it. Keep in mind this was the same child who said she hated Infusium.

 

[sillygurl18]

I came to the conclusion that our hair isn't really that different, because when I'm looking up hair tips on the web. They say the same things we say on here and the sites are geared toward caucasians. I have an old Seventeen magazine that talks about condition washes!

 

[CORBINS]

No! I tried! She's one of those people who don't think they need advise. I asked her what she does to her hair and she said that she goes to the beautician and that it's all taken care of. I didn't want to get into a confrontation with her, I know how people can be about their hair.

 

[CORBINS]

By the way Adrienne, you are my inspiration! I really love your hair and your attitude!

 

[Karonica]

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CORBINS said:
No! I tried! She's one of those people who don't think they need advise. I asked her what she does to her hair and she said that she goes to the beautician and that it's all taken care of. I didn't want to get into a confrontation with her, I know how people can be about their hair.

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You did the right thing. Deep down inside, she probably knows what state her hair is in, either that or she doesn't care.

 

[lthomas1]

No, they have alot of hair problems too. I was grocery shopping over the weekend and there was a white woman with a bald spot similiar to male pattern baldness. They battle there own hair demons too. Some try to make you think there are no hair problems, but not true.

 

[dontspeakdefeat]

That's interesting to know.

 

[Mermaid0684]

There are very few white girls at my school who have a beautiful, healthy head of hair. A lot of these girls just throw their hair in ponytails/knots and go on about their way. When my hair is not in braids and I'm wearing a rollerset, I get a lot of compliments from them. The notion of caucasian hair being the most sought after is just a myth. They have so many problems /images/graemlins/frown.gif.

 

[webby]

I used to be under the impression that all whites had naturally wonderful, easy to maintain hair. NOT TRUE.

I have had more inquiries from white women about my hair care regimine than black women (go figure), but I learned that they experience the same problems that we do: dry ends, over processing, issues growing hair out. It's fascinating.

 

[bocagirl]

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Mermaid0684 said:
The notion of caucasian hair being the most sought after is just a myth. They have so many problems /images/graemlins/frown.gif.

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I quite agree. It always surprises me that people are still so in the dark about their hair. Everyone has hair problems no matter what their race.

 

[Desert Skye]

yup and i know many white girls do damaging things to thier hair everyday! After they wash it they use the blow dryer while hair is wet to dry it tearing the brush right through thier hair. My roomate was white she would do this and not use any heat protectant and i would could always smell burning hair every morning. On top of that she had her hair colored. Sweet Jesus her hair was damaged! I told her to stop using the blow dryer so much but she would say she didnt know how else to style her hair. /images/graemlins/nono.gif

 

[Desert Skye]

yup and i know many white girls do damaging things to thier hair everyday! After they wash it they use the blow dryer while hair is wet to dry it tearing the brush right through thier hair. My roomate was white she would do this and not use any heat protectant and i would could always smell burning hair every morning. On top of that she had her hair colored. Sweet Jesus her hair was damaged! I told her to stop using the blow dryer so much but she would say she didnt know how else to style her hair. /images/graemlins/nono.gif

 

[Falon]

Yep! My bf's brother's gf did the thermal straightneng over hair that was already streaked with semi-permanent blonde streaks. She thought she could just wash and go...but that hasn't been the case she has to use her blowdryer every day and now her ends look dry and coarse. My bf is hispanic with straight hair...and it smells horrible if he doesn't wash it each and every day. The grass isn't always greener.

 

[skegeesmb]

Yep. My brothers wife had classic length hair, and she cut all of it to a chin length bob which is now a few inches past the shoulders. She permed and did crazy stuff with it, and she had to do a major routine to get her hair to look semi curly. Her hair was DAMAGED.

I gave her tips about conditioning washes, and the scrunchi wash technique because she was combing out tons of hair because she was piling her hair on her head to wash. She told my brother I had some great hair and what did I do to keep it looking good.

I told her she has been transitioning and to cut that curly overprocessed frizzy mess without gel and serum OFF. She did and now her hair looks 100x better. She can airdry it, and her hair ends look smooth and sleek. I told her stop trying to fight her hair and work with it.

 

[Mermaid0684]

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glossyxlipz said:
yup and i know many white girls do damaging things to thier hair everyday! After they wash it they use the blow dryer while hair is wet to dry it tearing the brush right through thier hair.

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Isnt it crazy! I have a friend that uses a plastic pick to comb through her hair after its been washed. There was nothing gentle about her combing her hair, it was more like raking /images/graemlins/shocked.gif. I would say ouch for her hair! This is the same girl who went out and purchased a flat iron a day after seeing my flat iron results from the local salon /images/graemlins/ohwell.gif.

 

[dannie]

Well my white friend washes her hair once a week. She deep conditions and does hot oil treatments. Her hair is in a bun 99% of the time and she still can't grow it out. Go figure.

 

[FlowerHair]

My mother's hair is curly, maybe a 3a, and she has a ton of split ends caused by coloring to often. In fact, it's hard for her to grow her hair out nowadays - mainly because of her age (57).
There are definately no guarantees to healthy hair just because you are white.

 

[Sharpened]

I learned more than I wanted to know about caucasian hair care than I ever wanted to know in high school and college like:

<ul type="square"> [*]the damage the constant use of styliing products without clarifying could do. One girl eroded her strands down with AquaNet daily. [*]the teasing frizzy-haired girls got because people back then had no clue how to bring out natural curls and waves. [*]the amount of time spent daily on hair care. I used to do my toiletry routine early to avoid "blow dryer central" every morning. [*]girls confiding to me the fact that they use relaxers on their hair. That was a jaw-dropper! [*]the incredible damage from hair treatments. I have seen enough damaged orange and yellow hair to last me a lifetime. [*]listening to girls complain their hair would not grow or they needed bangs for their "big foreheads." [/list]