I finally fell in love with my hair when....

[yellow08]

Still waiting for my hair love affair...

 

[*Muffin*]

I'd say I fell in love with my hair when I played around with it and found out what products works best for it and what could make it feel silky soft and smooth. Before I was having a battle with my ends, and the ends were winning . Even though the rest of my hair felt fine, my ends always looked rough and scraggly. It was to the point that whenever my hair was down my mom would say "Your hair is growing, but your ends look horrible". It was to the point where I just wanted to cut them off and start fresh. But now, thanks to the ladies on this board (and a special thanks to the women who posted on my thread "What do you do with you're hair at night" and Traycee of KISS) I have been able to help my ends retain moisture. This is due to shea butter, braiding, and protective styling. So even though my hair and I still have our moments, I love it and it progresses more and more the better I treat it .

 

[Mars_Reiko]

i finally fell in love with my hair when i could do styles that didnt require and heat and it still looked nice ****Note: This happen only last week lol***

 

[TrulyBlessed]

I finally fell in love with my hair when I went natural

 

[foxieroxienyc]

I first fell in love with my hair when I took it down from exclusively wearing weaves for two years straight. That was back in Dec 2007 when I joined this site. Up to that point I HATED my hair. I had natural hair that I didn't know how to properly care for, I had beautiful locks that I LOVED, but decided to cut them after a while. Part of me got locks because I believed it was the ONLY way for black women to have long hair. So I went back to rocking a fro, then decided to weave. I said to my stylist "Yeah I know with this Remy hair I've got to treat it EVEN BETTER than I would my own hair...." Um yeah... I finally had the weave taken out and my hair was so healthy! Although it should have been hella long but I had a SHS... She was constantly cutting my hair to right above shoulder.

As I've gone further in this journey, I've noticed how my hair is so light and bouncy all the time! And it has this incredible natural shine even after it's been airdried. No serums necessary. I'm very much still in love with my hair because it is incredibly healthy, and that's all I've ever wanted. Healthy, manageable hair.

 

[naturalgurl]

I fell in love when I started playing around with it and moisturizing the heck out of it. Once I discovered how to REALLY moisturize my hair, I almost cried at the beauty I finally saw. I wasn't so hateful about the texture, it is what it is. I just didn't want it to be strawlike and hard, which is what it was before I came to hair forums.

 

[changedlife]

I think I haven't yet until my edges grow back. I hope they will soon, then I will be completely in love.

 

[chebaby]

well i always liked my hair but i didnt fall in love with it until i realized that it really could grow past apl. and also when people started telling me my hair was growing.

 

[productjunkie814]

I have to be honest and say that I didn't totally and completely fall in love with it until a few weeks ago. I liked it before that, but one day I co-washed my hair, stepped out of the shower and my hair just flopped over. It wasn't the hottest look in the book, but I finally realized that just letting it do it's thing, brings the best out of it.

 

[chicacanella]

I think I've always had a love for my hair, just didn't know what to do with it to truly take care of it until LHCF and BHM.

But I think it was when I started to grow my relaxer out by using braids and I saw my true hair texture. I was like, "Oh, my goodness. I have curls...I actually have a defined curl pattern." I didn't know before because my stylist had either pressed (stomped) it into submission so that after the wash, my hair was semi-straight. After I found out my true hair texture, I was even more head over heels.

 

[lilsparkle825]

i was about 6 months into my transition and i got my edges wet. i came home in a panic to straighten them and i saw this beautiful curl right above my left ear, for the first time in about 10 years. needless to say i didnt straighten a thing that night.

 

[Netta1]

When I felt my real texure for the first time without chemicals...

 

[HoneyDew]

I think for me it was when I started being able to "listen" to it and give it what it needs without feeling lost at what to do to my hair. I know now when my hair needs protein, when it need moisture, when there is a product that does not work, etc.

In the past I just never was able to figure anything out. Now I love that it "tells" me, it's time for protein, and when I give it protein - all is well. It happens all the time for me and I am quite happy about that.

I don't really have a goal length.

 

[Misseyl]

I relaxed my hair on Saturday then cut it on Sunday, now I think I'm in love. My hair wasn't saying anything before but now that I’ve cut it, it looks healthier, longer and thicker. I am glad I had the nerve to do it because I didn't want to cut it because it took me a long time to get it where it is and I didn't want to part with any of it. My hair was uneven, so I trimmed it up and cut myself a bang.. It's like looking at someone new.. I think my hair is slamming now. My bangs are long but I'm going to gradually cut it down until it's where I want it -- Glad I did it -- At first I was debating on whether to have a beautician cut it, but I've heard of too many disappointing stories so I decided to cut it myself.. I didn't do a bad job at all, I was worried about the back but once I pulled all the hair together then pull it through my finger, I was on a roll.

 

[TaraDyan]

Definitely when I went natural. I didn't know what hair love was until now.

 

[Fine 4s]

She let me untangle her last night in the shower and rubbed her down with more moisture and braided her up in 21 plaits. She shined all the way...

I forgot how much I lubbed her....