azul11 said:5 years ago I never knew what hair typing was nor cared. Now all of sudden its such a big issue. Now you are looking at the albums and people are claiming this or that and you go back to the hair typing pictures and try to see if maybe everyone is seeing something different than I am. Then you get the post where people are saying oh I think my hair is a 1cd or a 2pac or something. Its like ummm okay I dont see it but maybe I am not too sure about this hair typing thing. Then you get those post where people say yeah my told me on her side of the family she has Jeep Cherokee and my dad's side is American Eagle or something odd like that. As if mentioning this means their hair isnt regular black hair its a new black hair. They are a part of New black city or something. I have seen all these posts. And it makes me wonder if maybe deep down we have been taught that the lower your number the better grade of hair you have. If maybe people dont want to admit that they are deeeeeepppp in the 4s and now where near the 2s or 3s.
I understand the confusion because the pictures arent as detailed and the descriptions can be misleading. Also the fact that many people may have several types on one head. So no two heads will always look alike. DAMN THAT HAIRTYPING SYSTEM!!!! God bless you all.
azul11 said:5 years ago I never knew what hair typing was nor cared. Now all of sudden its such a big issue. Now you are looking at the albums and people are claiming this or that and you go back to the hair typing pictures and try to see if maybe everyone is seeing something different than I am. Then you get the post where people are saying oh I think my hair is a 1cd or a 2pac or something. Its like ummm okay I dont see it but maybe I am not too sure about this hair typing thing. Then you get those post where people say yeah my told me on her side of the family she has Jeep Cherokee and my dad's side is American Eagle or something odd like that. As if mentioning this means their hair isnt regular black hair its a new black hair. They are a part of New black city or something. I have seen all these posts. And it makes me wonder if maybe deep down we have been taught that the lower your number the better grade of hair you have. If maybe people dont want to admit that they are deeeeeepppp in the 4s and now where near the 2s or 3s.
I understand the confusion because the pictures arent as detailed and the descriptions can be misleading. Also the fact that many people may have several types on one head. So no two heads will always look alike. DAMN THAT HAIRTYPING SYSTEM!!!! God bless you all.
azul11 said:Then you get those post where people say yeah my told me on her side of the family she has Jeep Cherokee and my dad's side is American Eagle or something odd like that.
And it makes me wonder if maybe deep down we have been taught that the lower your number the better grade of hair you have. If maybe people dont want to admit that they are deeeeeepppp in the 4s and now where near the 2s or 3s.
Crysdon said:LOL @ Jeep Cherokee and American Eagle.
I have seen maybe 3 or 4 instances on this board where the person has typed their hair in a lower number than it should be. One of them calls herself a 3b and you can clearly see her 4a/b edges and her wet pics also tell a different story. I think this is the same person who classified their mother as a 1 something.
sprungonhairboards said:STOP HATIN Ya'll are just jealous because you got nappy hair! There ARE some of us that DO have GOOD hair ok?
Just because my hair LOOKS 4a when it's wet, dry, has no product, brushed, first thing in the morning, last thing at night and in some places has no curl definition that doesn't mean nothing. You don't know. You only see people's pictures. If you saw me in person you could EASILY tell that I have some 3a behind my left ear and 3b behind my right ear. Shoot might even be 2 something if I texturize it. And my kitchen is obviously 3a corkscrew curls, um yes bigger than a coffee stirrer OK? And I'm light skinded so um yes I'm probably mixed somewhere down the line so, WHATEVER!
Just do you Boos. OK? geesh.
sprungonhairboards said:STOP HATIN Ya'll are just jealous because you got nappy hair! There ARE some of us that DO have GOOD hair ok?
Just because my hair LOOKS 4a when it's wet, dry, has no product, brushed, first thing in the morning, last thing at night and in some places has no curl definition that doesn't mean nothing. You don't know. You only see people's pictures. If you saw me in person you could EASILY tell that I have some 3a behind my left ear and 3b behind my right ear. Shoot might even be 2 something if I texturize it. And my kitchen is obviously 3a corkscrew curls, um yes bigger than a coffee stirrer OK? And I'm light skinded so um yes I'm probably mixed somewhere down the line so, WHATEVER!
Just do you Boos. OK? geesh.
Girl, I'm donesprungonhairboards said:STOP HATIN Ya'll are just jealous because you got nappy hair! There ARE some of us that DO have GOOD hair ok?
Just because my hair LOOKS 4a when it's wet, dry, has no product, brushed, first thing in the morning, last thing at night and in some places has no curl definition that doesn't mean nothing. You don't know. You only see people's pictures. If you saw me in person you could EASILY tell that I have some 3a behind my left ear and 3b behind my right ear. Shoot might even be 2 something if I texturize it. And my kitchen is obviously 3a corkscrew curls, um yes bigger than a coffee stirrer OK? And I'm light skinded so um yes I'm probably mixed somewhere down the line so, WHATEVER!
Just do you Boos. OK? geesh.
sprungonhairboards said:STOP HATIN Ya'll are just jealous because you got nappy hair! There ARE some of us that DO have GOOD hair ok?
Just because my hair LOOKS 4a when it's wet, dry, has no product, brushed, first thing in the morning, last thing at night and in some places has no curl definition that doesn't mean nothing. You don't know. You only see people's pictures. If you saw me in person you could EASILY tell that I have some 3a behind my left ear and 3b behind my right ear. Shoot might even be 2 something if I texturize it. And my kitchen is obviously 3a corkscrew curls, um yes bigger than a coffee stirrer OK? And I'm light skinded so um yes I'm probably mixed somewhere down the line so, WHATEVER!
Just do you Boos. OK? geesh.
sprungonhairboards said:STOP HATIN Ya'll are just jealous because you got nappy hair! There ARE some of us that DO have GOOD hair ok?
Just because my hair LOOKS 4a when it's wet, dry, has no product, brushed, first thing in the morning, last thing at night and in some places has no curl definition that doesn't mean nothing. You don't know. You only see people's pictures. If you saw me in person you could EASILY tell that I have some 3a behind my left ear and 3b behind my right ear. Shoot might even be 2 something if I texturize it. And my kitchen is obviously 3a corkscrew curls, um yes bigger than a coffee stirrer OK? And I'm light skinded so um yes I'm probably mixed somewhere down the line so, WHATEVER!
Just do you Boos. OK? geesh.
sprungonhairboards said:STOP HATIN Ya'll are just jealous because you got nappy hair! There ARE some of us that DO have GOOD hair ok?
Just because my hair LOOKS 4a when it's wet, dry, has no product, brushed, first thing in the morning, last thing at night and in some places has no curl definition that doesn't mean nothing. You don't know. You only see people's pictures. If you saw me in person you could EASILY tell that I have some 3a behind my left ear and 3b behind my right ear. Shoot might even be 2 something if I texturize it. And my kitchen is obviously 3a corkscrew curls, um yes bigger than a coffee stirrer OK? And I'm light skinded so um yes I'm probably mixed somewhere down the line so, WHATEVER!
Just do you Boos. OK? geesh.
beloved1 said:This thread is funny, I'm 'complexed' too b/c I told my dh I never knew so many black women with "regular" black people hair were type 3. Unfortunately, try as we may, we struggle to escape the stigma, we are enlightened, but we are not impervious and so the stinge of the good hair/ bad hair rap still affects us. In other words, some people who aren't 100% sure would subconsciously claim 3-something and feel like they have "good" hair, than claim 4-something and feel like they have bad hair. Me- I'm a 4 baby, all the way, and my hair is very, very good.
TigerLily said:*whoops out a church fan* AMEN SISTAH!!!!
I dunno. Not trying to be funny....I just really don't understand how people are confused? The definitions are clear to me. I think some of the problem comes in with people just looking at the pictures and saying, 'well...that does/doesn't look like my hair so I must/must not be _______' But if you focus more on the definitions and less on the pics, then it's pretty straightforward, IMO.
The other problem comes in with some folks just not wanting a 4 anything.
I'm a 4b...No curl nowhere. Ain't tryin' to fool myself!!!
azul11 said:5 years ago I never knew what hair typing was nor cared. Now all of sudden its such a big issue. Now you are looking at the albums and people are claiming this or that and you go back to the hair typing pictures and try to see if maybe everyone is seeing something different than I am. Then you get the post where people are saying oh I think my hair is a 1cd or a 2pac or something. Its like ummm okay I dont see it but maybe I am not too sure about this hair typing thing. Then you get those post where people say yeah my told me on her side of the family she has Jeep Cherokee and my dad's side is American Eagle or something odd like that. As if mentioning this means their hair isnt regular black hair its a new black hair. They are a part of New black city or something. I have seen all these posts. And it makes me wonder if maybe deep down we have been taught that the lower your number the better grade of hair you have. If maybe people dont want to admit that they are deeeeeepppp in the 4s and now where near the 2s or 3s.
I understand the confusion because the pictures arent as detailed and the descriptions can be misleading. Also the fact that many people may have several types on one head. So no two heads will always look alike. DAMN THAT HAIRTYPING SYSTEM!!!! God bless you all.
Wow is this directed at me?? I think I said my aunt's hair was a type 1, no wave or curl in a previous thread?Crysdon said:I have seen maybe 3 or 4 instances on this board where the person has typed their hair in a lower number than it should be. One of them calls herself a 3b and you can clearly see her 4a/b edges and her wet pics also tell a different story. I think this is the same person who classified their mother as a 1 something.
ayanapooh said:Wow is this directed at me?? I think I said my aunt's hair was a type 1, no wave or curl in a previous thread?
ayanapooh said:Wow is this directed at me?? I think I said my aunt's hair was a type 1, no wave or curl in a previous thread?