Long hair ladies, can I live vicariously through you?

[beans4reezy]

Wavez, Is this You? If so, You are a Very Pretty Lady, Just Gorgeous!

This is Amel Larrieux I believe? Formerly of Groove Theory? I could be wrong though

 

[SmilingElephant]

I can see the thread is still going strong

 

[SmilingElephant]

I went to the grocery store today...stood in the aisle with the dish detergent and flipped my hair out of my coat

But my head kept getting yanked back everytime i turned my head!...I had a reason!!!!

 

[Firstborn2]

That's why once we figure it out we gotta to reach out, educate, and emancipate our sistas from hair slavery! I sound like Bob Marley!

Girl please I'm not helping emancipate nobody once I get long hair I've been trying for the past 3yrs to pass on information that I've learned from this site and all they do is laugh. So don't start asking once you see my hair blowing in the wind.

 

[Ms. Feliz]

Girl please I'm not helping emancipate nobody once I get long hair I've been trying for the past 3yrs to pass on information that I've learned from the site and all they do is laugh. So don't start asking once you see my hair blowing in the wind.

i feel you!

 

[pink219]

Thread of the year right here!!


I can't wait till my real/natural hair looks like the lady from the SAGA GOLD REMY HUMAN HAIR package. http://www.hairsisters.com/ver2/Vie...sortValue=desc&type=brand?osadcampaign=Google

And if I lose weight too... excuse me was you sayin' something ah ah you can't tell me nothing!!!

 

[JJamiah]

I can't wait to do that.

What about the Black rollers or Dark Purple sometimes that look like a Hoola Hoop, Literally are the biggest Rollers I ever seen and you try to stick your head under the dryer and keep the rest in there as well, I don't like those because it takes a long time to dry your whole head (due to body angeling), but that is like

 

[I Am So Blessed]

actually im about to go on a date this week with a guy that is so in love with my hair!! yea i know, i have alot of so's lol lol, PIMPIN. i think its the hair

 

[I Am So Blessed]

OH and to add to all the excitement in this thread, my bangs have already grew a half inch in 18days. MEGA TEK. i didnt measure the rest of hair yet.

 

[twists]

This thread is cracking me up. This is making me feel so much better about my long hair thoughts lol..My hair isn't long yet but when it is...ohhhh boyyyyyy

I have so many hair fantasies I started to scare myself...I didn't think it was healthy lol, but i'm glad to know im not the only one...Thank youuuuu

 

[SEMO]

I like this thread. It's really cute and fun. I don't really feel like I have long hair most days (shrinkage being what it is).

But the few times I do straighten it I do get a lot more attention and shocked reactions (even from people who know me-- I think they're surprised that it's still growing).

A few times I've gotten a triple or quadruple take from men who seem stunned by my hair. And sometimes I get the feeling a few have wanted to run their fingers through it. Once some guy tried to holla as I was walking and he was driving by. Another guy complimented my hair and asked me what brand of weave I use (so he could tell his wife about it ).

 

[january noir]

Sigh.

I have the kind of hair that is naturally fine and thin and I will never realize ownership of a head full of lush, thick strands as described in this thread.

If there was a super pill that would make it so, I would take it!

 

[Jewell]

LOL, yes I can definitely identify with the "having my hair down and my neck is hot from all the heat, from all the hair, and having to move it to the side" part! I let my hair out of braids over my out-of-town Christmas va-cay, and I had a large, wavy, fluffy, fro. I called myself leaving it out and throwing a scarf on to take a nap one day. Well, needless to say, I woke up sweating cuz it was like having a wool scarf/small blanket over my head. That heat was something serious! At least I know I'll be warm if I wear it out in this cold weather!

I wore my hair in the same style as my avatar ^ to a summer festival. This guy standing behind me in line to get some funnel cakes complimented me on my hair, and talked about how more African-American women/women of color should grow their hair long and keep it healthy. Since I often wear weaves and wigs in winter, and wear my hair up in summer, it felt good to have a compliment from a stranger. I think most think I have no hair underneath this LF, lol.

P.S. I too love the feeling of long, wet hair in the shower...I know my future husband will too cuz my hair is bound to be uber long by the time he comes sashaying into my life...in some years or whenever God sees fit.

 

[Firstborn2]

SEMO you have mad shrinkage, If I saw your hair I would do a double take as well . When I get's me some hur best believe I'll be bumpin this
thread .

 

[SEMO]

SEMO you have mad shrinkage, If I saw your hair I would do a double take as well . When I get's me some hur best believe I'll be bumpin this
thread .

Yeah, my shrinkage is not playing around. It's serious about it's mission to keep me near shoulder length when curly. But I've learned to love it and live with it.

 

[exoticmommie]

I wore my hair in the same style as my avatar ^ to a summer festival. This guy standing behind me in line to get some funnel cakes complimented me on my hair, and talked about how more African-American women/women of color should grow their hair long and keep it healthy. Since I often wear weaves and wigs in winter, and wear my hair up in summer, it felt good to have a compliment from a stranger. I think most think I have no hair underneath this LF, lol.

P.S. I too love the feeling of long, wet hair in the shower...I know my future husband will too cuz my hair is bound to be uber long by the time he comes sashaying into my life...in some years or whenever God sees fit.

I can't wait till the day that my hair looks so good the person standing me just has to say something.

I like this thread. It's really cute and fun. I don't really feel like I have long hair most days (shrinkage being what it is).

But the few times I do straighten it I do get a lot more attention and shocked reactions (even from people who know me-- I think they're surprised that it's still growing).

A few times I've gotten a triple or quadruple take from men who seem stunned by my hair. And sometimes I get the feeling a few have wanted to run there fingers through it. Once some guy tried to holla as I was walking and he was driving by. Another guy complimented my hair and asked me what brand of weave I use (so he could tell his wife about it ).

Yes yes yes, I wanna be a stunna. I see some men and women giving me double take, when I wear my twist out (I barely wear it straight now, trying to get to my goals first) and I can see them wondering if it's mine. And it's not long, not by LHCF standards at least.

I can say I get the attention but its rather annoying sometimes and I'm sorta kinda shy and cant stand strangers staring at me lol. It also makes girls dislike you that much more! and the biggest thing is when you catch the people who you think are your friends giving you stank looks on the sly when its all down and swinging !!! I have seen it all!!

Wow, didn't know fab hair could bring out ugliness in friends. Whelp! They better get over it!

 

[Nayeli]

This thread is absolutely hilarious

My hair isn't long long yet but I felt like a princess when I went home this Christmas. Wore my little-longer-than-APL hair out for three straight weeks

My little cousins were running their hands over my scalp....I went to a party with my best male friend (mind you he was a bit tipsy) and he actually picked my hair up off my right shoulder and said "I......just love it"

Oh and the odd times in public when I just felt like acting a fool, I would pretend to be frustrated at something and rake my fingers through the front....because you know....I was just soooooo "exasperated"

I can just imagine the craziness that you MBL and beyond ladies are doing lol

 

[testimony777]

I was the girl with the tightly coily coarse type 4 hair that everyone had a comment to make about, the skinny late bloomer, they called my hair ugly, nappy and told me to "resolve it" and as a little girl........ I believed them.

Eventually I became a young lady that came into her own, I looked at my childhood massive fro and promised myself I would let my hair be what it is and see if I can get that length again.

Well I got it and I surpassed it.

I'm a curvaceous size 2 in dresses, I have a music video booty and MBL hair well on its way to WL.........you can't tell me nuthin at this point

When the wind blows my hair just cascades with each gust and its an amazing feeling sometimes I see guys just staring at the effect as I approach and its sooo empowering.

Sometimes I can't believe my progress and it makes me sooooo happy I just wanna share my tools and techniques with every sista I encounter interested in it.

I swing my hair out of my way allllllll the time its still gets me excited sometimes.

To the lady that said sometimes when theres a chick she doesn't like or a hater she'll swing her hair like oh well I still got longer hair.....omg that is the TRUTH I do the SAME thing!!

I *love* how amazed brotha's are with my hair and my progress and how within the 1st to 2nd date after they've asked if its all mine and I invite them to touch they can't get over it and run their hands thru my hair routinely from that point on. I've noticed men of other races find me to be more "exotic" looking being that I'm a Black girl with unusually long hair so that keeps things interesting and fun.

I recently did a length check and I couldn't believe how close I'm getting to WL....I still keep my avatar from 2 months ago up because I'm still in the inbetween phase....I dont have very much hair anorexia I know my hair is long ....its really something I give thanks for every day....it makes me smile.

I changed into my pajamas tonight and my hair was just swinging and hanging down my back and for a moment I was just swinging my hair from side to side because it was soooo relaxing to feel hair all down your back...I'm just very grateful....its been an awesome fullfilling journey and I enjoy every step of the way

I love this post, especially the parts in bold . You go girl .

 

[exoticmommie]

This thread is absolutely hilarious

My hair isn't long long yet but I felt like a princess when I went home this Christmas. Wore my little-longer-than-APL hair out for three straight weeks

My little cousins were running their hands over my scalp....I went to a party with my best male friend (mind you he was a bit tipsy) and he actually picked my hair up off my right shoulder and said "I......just love it"

Oh and the odd times in public when I just felt like acting a fool, I would pretend to be frustrated at something and rake my fingers through the front....because you know....I was just soooooo "exasperated"

I can just imagine the craziness that you MBL and beyond ladies are doing lol

You joking right? You are close to BSL. Even though You have a long neck and torso people can still tell it's long. Your hair is long, now get over it.

 

[Black Hoya Chick]

my hair isn't quite bsl yet, like an inch shy. i wore it straight for the first time in november since january for my gospel choir concert. i walked into the church for practice and we started a full 20 minutes late because everyone was oogling my hair! lol, hands came flying at it. one girl jokingly (i think) was checking for tracks. I couldn't help but swing it during the upbeat songs. and it was winter so it was windy. i was UNSTOPPABLE AND VAIN AND DIDN'T CARE! When I get to MBL, every black female will HATE me lol

 

[exoticmommie]

my hair isn't quite bsl yet, like an inch shy. i wore it straight for the first time in november since january for my gospel choir concert. i walked into the church for practice and we started a full 20 minutes late because everyone was oogling my hair! lol, hands came flying at it. one girl jokingly (i think) was checking for tracks. I couldn't help but swing it during the upbeat songs. and it was winter so it was windy. i was UNSTOPPABLE AND VAIN AND DIDN'T CARE! When I get to MBL, every black female will HATE me lol

I only imagine the reaction I will get a church.

Can you imagine yourself in church and everybody in the rows behind you, are just in awe, some saying thinking it's a weave, some trying to figure it out. What is good sly way to show it ain't. :scratchch

This is almost equivalent to the lady who got married, and is only putting her wedding ring hand up to praise the Lord. Like, look at it! Look at it!

 

[Black Hoya Chick]

I only imagine the reaction I will get a church.

Can you imagine yourself in church and everybody in the rows behind you, are just in awe, some saying thinking it's a weave, some trying to figure it out. What is good sly way to show it ain't. :scratchch

This is almost equivalent to the lady who got married, and is only putting her wedding ring hand up to praise the Lord. Like, look at it! Look at it!

girl i swung it out my eyes and over my shoulders so much like i was "annoyed" by it. or would clip it up, just to take it down 10 minutes later, just so i could feel it cascade down. i had to wash that mess out quick before God punished me

 

[Jozze]

I can say I get the attention but its rather annoying sometimes and I'm sorta kinda shy and cant stand strangers staring at me lol. It also makes girls dislike you that much more! and the biggest thing is when you catch the people who you think are your friends giving you stank looks on the sly when its all down and swinging !!! I have seen it all!!

ITA!

Hi ladies, I normally stay in lurk mode but I'd just love to add my 2 cents to this wonderful thread. My hair is only past SL now because I BC'd last July but before my hair was always between MBL and WL -I never could grow it to WL but I'm hoping being natural will cure that- anyway, I've got mad stories about having long hair.

From the good -the crazy attention from men of all races, job offers, free stuff, being mistaken for a celebrity. To the dearer things like being compared to my beautiful Grandma who still has natural WL hair at 77.

The bad:crazy:- the insane stalkers from hell, the overly possessive bfs, the jealous gfs etc...

To the down right ugly -which usually involves another black woman, white women and on a few occasions as crazy as this may sound- gay men.

Here's just one of my many negative long hair experiences. I was on the underground going to college for exams one morning many years ago and out of the blue I was attacked by another black girl just because her bf was looking at my hair! I wasn't even really aware of either of them but I remember hearing a couple having a row about someone's hair being a weave. I was too busy revising for my exam to pay attention. The next thing I knew she just came up stood in front of my seat and grabbed my hair in her fist and called me a weave wearing wh*** . To really go OTT she hauled off and pimp slapped me!

What she didn't count on is :

1)that I was born and raise in the ATL until 16 and we don't play that.

2) I was very use to physically defending myself from haters and stalkers!

So she got a beat down that day and I arrived to sit my exams looking like a bloody crazy serial killer!They had to stop the train and some bystanders got roughed up...and to make matters worst it was embarrassing because as a black American in a white country(UK) I always like to represent us in the least negative stereotypical way possible but there I was fighting on the tube like a bloody TV ghetto queen! I hated her even more for dragging me down to her level.
The scariest part was that I almost got arrested because the tube police looked at both of us and blamed me because she was bleeding and I was pretty much unscratched... luckily for me that it was rush hour and there were a lot of witnesses that came to my defence.

Please believe that I'm not bashing having long hair because I've always loved my hair long and I can't wait to grow it back! I just want the OP to know that yes it is a great power having long hair but the flip side is that you once you have it you will need to be very aware and very careful of the negativity that it can attract. I never thought that I was all that because of my hair but others projected their insecurities as well as their desires on to me and it has cause me some problems and heartaches along the way. When your hair is really long watch how some of your friends will change on you.


Please forgive me if I'm putting a damper of your excitement because this is not my intention...I just wanted to add balance so you're not shocked after you achieve your LH goals. For me long hair is worth paying that price or I would've cut my hair years ago.

A thought just came to me that maybe this is why some religions have women cover their heads because long beautiful hair can really bring out evil thoughts and deeds in others ie lust and jealousy.

 

[winterinatl]

So you are giving me permission to toot my own hair?



Well, my hair is bottom of bra strap, pretty much bone straight after my bKT experience.

I get alot of attention because of my hair, especially at work. I have decided a year or so ago to stop protective styling and wear it out mostly, because I figured it might help attract some men folk . I also think I look better with it down; the buns and french twists make me look so harsh

I think where I work my hair is the longest - so my students and other staff point out to me. Trying to be humble, I remind them of another lovely young lady with nearly waist length hair, but then THEY point out she is bi racial and her hair basically grows out of her head straight....

The thing is, when people turn their head and stare and look, I'm never really certain why. I don't know if they like the way I look, if I look to big (cause I'm tall and heavy) or if it's the hair swinging around. Sometimes I forget about the hair and just see stares, and think "why are they looking at me like that?"

And then, I think many people simply just assume my hair is a weave. Especially when straight and shiny. Even when I wear a braid out...still weave ish...

I have had some really nice ladies tell me my hair was pretty, and I thought that was so nice. I don't ever get people doing or saying nasty things to me about my hair, at least that I can see.

My boyfriend loves my hair. He likes to wallow in it; he'll spread it out across my back and just, play. Until just recently, I didn't think of my hair as really all THAT long (cause really some y'all hear have started shorter than me and now are longer DLEWIS, lol ) but the BKT has helped me retain length, so it's nice to lean back and feel it sweep my butt .

Another boyfriend used to love it when I wore in a long braid, then would take the braid down (in front of people, like in the car on the road or something) he's say, "Show off..."

I like my hair and am thankful for it. But sometimes I also wonder, what's the point if men stare at weave that long too. So then I think, it's not really that special. SO disagrees and says that if a man likes you, he does and the pretty hair is an extra added bonus.

Some negative to it, well besides what I already mentioned, is that it gets everywhere. Clogs the drains really fast, also wraps around the vacuum cleaner bars. It gets between your butt cheeks whilst washing in the shower.

I have closed my hair in the car door b/c the wind blew it out while I was sitting down; I've ripped it out by getting it sucked up into the seat belt mechanism; I've had SO accidentally lean on the hair and yank my scalp, stuff like that.

Also sometimes people think I don't do anything to have my hair - I think they assume I may be biracial but we here at LHCF all know that doesn't equate nice hair. One lady at work came in with a knit hat smashed down, and I naively asked her why she still had her hat on, was she still cold. She said, "Well, not everyone has hair like you, you know " as if she just thinks I roll out of bed with the hair on point everyday. Well, sometimes that happens but only if it's wrapped. I kind of resented that attitude.

I had a dude tell me he thought I'd be "all extra" like I would be high maintenance or something - mostly b/c of the hair cause I DAMM sure don't wear expensive stuff, lol.

My cats sometimes try to eat my hair as well, as have horses.

Well, I guess that's all.

 

[Bene]

I wish I had some juicy and exciting tidbit about having lengthy hair, but I really don't.


It doesn't feel heavy in the shower at all, it just feels like wet hair. I do lean my head back so that it's almost at tailbone and swish it around to see what it'll feel like when it gets there. When I'm at home and I let it down, I like to run my fingers through it. In warm weather, I'll leave the window open so that I can feel a breeze move it around lightly, and it's always a thrill when it brushes up against my elbow or something, since this time last year it wasn't doing that at all.


My hair stays up in a bun whenever I'm outside. I never think to use my hair as a means of receiving attention when I'm out and about. I'd really much rather not be noticed at all. That goes the same for using it to "feel attractive". That really isn't something I'm into doing. I wouldn't exploit my hair for things I feel are trivial. I'm growing it for the sake of having long hair, not to impress anyone or make anyone feel bad, or for any reason other than "I want long hair"


As for my b/f, he thinks it's my hobby. He doesn't care either way if I chop it all off or grow it to my knees, as long as I keep myself entertained by looking at hair sites instead of annoying him during basketball season

 

[exoticmommie]

ITA!

Hi ladies, I normally stay in lurk mode but I'd just love to add my 2 cents to this wonderful thread. My hair is only past SL now because I BC'd last July but before my hair was always between MBL and WL -I never could grow it to WL but I'm hoping being natural will cure that- anyway, I've got mad stories about having long hair.

From the good -the crazy attention from men of all races, job offers, free stuff, being mistaken for a celebrity. To the dearer things like being compared to my beautiful Grandma who still has natural WL hair at 77.

The bad:crazy:- the insane stalkers from hell, the overly possessive bfs, the jealous gfs etc...

To the down right ugly -which usually involves another black woman, white women and on a few occasions as crazy as this may sound- gay men.

Here's just one of my many negative long hair experiences. I was on the underground going to college for exams one morning many years ago and out of the blue I was attacked by another black girl just because her bf was looking at my hair! I wasn't even really aware of either of them but I remember hearing a couple having a row about someone's hair being a weave. I was too busy revising for my exam to pay attention. The next thing I knew she just came up stood in front of my seat and grabbed my hair in her fist and called me a weave wearing wh*** . To really go OTT she hauled off and pimp slapped me!

What she didn't count on is :

1)that I was born and raise in the ATL until 16 and we don't play that.

2) I was very use to physically defending myself from haters and stalkers!

So she got a beat down that day and I arrived to sit my exams looking like a bloody crazy serial killer!They had to stop the train and some bystanders got roughed up...and to make matters worst it was embarrassing because as a black American in a white country(UK) I always like to represent us in the least negative stereotypical way possible but there I was fighting on the tube like a bloody TV ghetto queen! I hated her even more for dragging me down to her level.
The scariest part was that I almost got arrested because the tube police looked at both of us and blamed me because she was bleeding and I was pretty much unscratched... luckily for me that it was rush hour and there were a lot of witnesses that came to my defence.

Please believe that I'm not bashing having long hair because I've always loved my hair long and I can't wait to grow it back! I just want the OP to know that yes it is a great power having long hair but the flip side is that you once you have it you will need to be very aware and very careful of the negativity that it can attract. I never thought that I was all that because of my hair but others projected their insecurities as well as their desires on to me and it has cause me some problems and heartaches along the way. When your hair is really long watch how some of your friends will change on you.


Please forgive me if I'm putting a damper of your excitement because this is not my intention...I just wanted to add balance so you're not shocked after you achieve your LH goals. For me long hair is worth paying that price or I would've cut my hair years ago.

A thought just came to me that maybe this is why some religions have women cover their heads because long beautiful hair can really bring out evil thoughts and deeds in others ie lust and jealousy.

Oh don't worry I know there are ugly sides. Many people have shared their experiences on the ugly, which why I wanted everyone to toot their own hair here, like winter said. And what you talked about sounds like what I went through a lot of in Miami. A chick wanted to fight me because her boyfriend was looking at me, then she had her friend do it instead. I too whipped her tail. Stuff like that always happens in the ghetto, it usually doesn't involve hair though.

But thanks for sharing.

 

[winterinatl]

i know i sound greedy and maybe anorexic, but i neeeeeed my hair to look like the last pic in my siggy. lol. i wish i had started this hair journy in high school.

This is my goal too...I like my texlax waves and miss them. I want my hair long with the waves...I think straight hair is rather boring but I'm stuck with it for now...

 

[I Am So Blessed]

This is my goal too...I like my texlax waves and miss them. I want my hair long with the waves...I think straight hair is rather boring but I'm stuck with it for now...

yes, i love the curly, long, wavey hair. thats why i love my texture, i just want it long.

 

[exoticmommie]

It gets between your butt cheeks whilst washing in the shower.

I haven't even thought about those lengths yet.

 

[A_Christian]

I have a question....have you ladies ever noticed how...when you wear your hair down and straightened and its got that swang.....you can make any man tell his whole story...his whole life story!!

While the eyes go goo goo