My Hair Confessional

[robot.]

@ emergency "hair" fund. I completely understand, though. You never know when you're gonna need some braids or a weave. That's actually a really good idea.

Be careful on them streets, cocoaluv! If that's your NG in your avatar, I understand completely. But we need you alive.

 

[cocoaluv]

@ emergency "hair" fund. I completely understand, though. You never know when you're gonna need some braids or a weave. That's actually a really good idea.

Be careful on them streets, cocoaluv! If that's your NG in your avatar, I understand completely. But we need you alive.

When I saw the clip for the movie "Good Hair" with the lady with the hair on layaway.....I thought to myself well at least I'm not that bad but I DO understand .

 

[Poranges]

I confess that prior to hair forums I have never encountered and yet to understand good hair (for me good hair means healthy hair) vs bad hair (for me bad hair means damaged hair) or hair typing erplexed. Beautiful hair has always been just that to me regardless of the type (wasn’t even aware of a typing system until I started researching hair boards).
Honestly, with all that’s going on in the world I’m often perplexed as to why these topics, which I view as part of the same spectrum, seem to factor to any degree of importance to some peoples school of thoughts?! Its just hair....Just go out with your beautiful self, fabulous hair and rock your world!

Lol. Me either, good hair to me was always thick, shiny hair. We all wanted to rock the pressed look anyway whether we were 3a or 4z. I never understood the loose curl is better concept.

 

[fattyfatfat]

Im glad to know Im not the only one who thinks this way!!!!

When I'm calculating how much money I made for the day (I get paid hourly), I always think of it in terms of products. Ex. "Oh, I made 30 dollars today. That's six bottles of Vatika Oil, goody!"

 

[isabella09]

Lol. Me either, good hair to me was always thick, shiny hair. We all wanted to rock the pressed look anyway whether we were 3a or 4z. I never understood the loose curl is better concept.

Honestly, we women are never satisfied!! I have my 1 whatever friends complaining about their hair so do my 3 & 4 whatever friends I can only deduce from their complaints that no hair is "better" and I’m seriously considering going bald

 

[chebaby]

Thanks!

And I figured a lot of us have hair thoughts and no particular vehicle in which to voice them. So just "confess" it.

I saw one girl on YT who used shampoo with no conditioner! She know she need to cleanse her soul for that one!

you so silly.

at night i often day dream about going to the hair show in ATL next year. i cant wait to go. i dream about all the products imma snatch up.

when people talk to me, if they are putting me to sleep i day dream about what imma do to my hair when i get home.

 

[Sieda]

I had an associate (who assumed I was bald because I never wear my hair out) that I hung out with from time-to-time. She would say “Ballers luv me hunny, I’m their type… I'm red, thick, and I got HAIR!” she would tell me this before entering an event/venue. It was a ‘just watch and see them go crazy over me’ type of comment. We’d get inside… and she’d get relatively no play, and me, with the weave… would get compliments on my hair and look –


She even said "I must not be as fly as I think I am" to me once.

 

[robot.]

I had an associate (who assumed I was bald because I never wear my hair out) that I hung out with from time-to-time. She would say “Ballers luv me hunny, I’m their type… I'm red, thick, and I got HAIR!” she would tell me this before entering an event/venue. It was a ‘just watch and see them go crazy over me’ type of comment. We’d get inside… and she’d get relatively no play, and me, with the weave… would get compliments on my hair and look –


She even said "I must not be as fly as I think I am" to me once.

Aww!

 

[Sieda]

you so silly.

at night i often day dream about going to the hair show in ATL next year. i cant wait to go. i dream about all the products imma snatch up.

when people talk to me, if they are putting me to sleep i day dream about what imma do to my hair when i get home.

Me too! I'm actually buying the Runway and having a "Coming Out/Going Natural" party after the show for my friends and I. I will make my first attempt to wear my hair out on the regular. If my hair is at my goal length by that time, I will give a testimonial as to how I got there at the party, share secrets, and hand out product samples

 

[chebaby]

Loca, my mom is the same way. Can't tell her nothing. She complains about her hair. No hairline for braids, wigs make her too hot, etc. She had the nerve to relax AND color.

She was complaining the other day and I suggested going natural. She looked at ME all cockeyed. She told me, she was growing out her relaxer bit by bit so that she would get a wave nouveau.

I can't wait to show her how GORGEOUS my hair is. Only reason it doesn't curl now is because of the scab hair, but once it gets longer, ooh, I'm gonna shake it right in her face.

your hair seemed curly to me. i think its beautiful.

ok, confession? i secretly wish everyone would go natural

 

[chebaby]

Me too! I'm actually buying the Runway and having a "Coming Out/Going Natural" party after the show for my friends and I. I will make my first attempt to wear my hair out on the regular. If my hair is at my goal length by that time, I will give a testimonial as to how I got there at the party, share secrets, and hand out product samples

that sounds cool. see my friends would be like "here she go with that hair stuff again" lmao.

 

[Sieda]

The same associate from above loved the Bey song that said "Pat your weave ladies" cause she would pat my head and BELT the lyrics in the club in front of everyone! Needless to say, she's out of my life!

 

[chebaby]

The same associate from above loved the Bey song that said "Pat your weave ladies" cause she would pat my head and BELT the lyrics in the club in front of everyone! Needless to say, she's out of my life!

hahahahahahaha im laughing but i would have cut her after the first time she did it. see the first time may have been funny but after that its chopping time son lmao.

 

[locabouthair]

The same associate from above loved the Bey song that said "Pat your weave ladies" cause she would pat my head and BELT the lyrics in the club in front of everyone! Needless to say, she's out of my life!

wow. Was that really necessary?

 

[Sieda]

hahahahahahaha im laughing but i would have cut her after the first time she did it. see the first time may have been funny but after that its chopping time son lmao.

Hilarious, I need to abandon this non-confrontational way of life.

 

[labelfree]

Confession:
I'm sick off trying to give hair advice to my family and them using my products when I'm not around. It's like what's the point of using it if your still going to practice poor haircare? That's a waste of product

 

[Sieda]

wow. Was that really necessary?

Apparently, she's 15 years older than me and leveraged EVERYTHING she thought she had over me. I gave our "friendship" many tries, but her competitive spirit went too far at times and rubbed me the wrong way.

 

[Renovating]

Whenever I can't sleep at night, I imagine manly fingers giving me a scalp massage. It works!

I'm sure it does work! Like Tamia said I-M-A-G-I-N-A-T-I-O-N.

 

[robot.]

your hair seemed curly to me. i think its beautiful.

ok, confession? i secretly wish everyone would go natural

That's because you know better. To my mom, my head is just a ball of fuzz and naps.

I know lots of people still have frizz, even if they don't have scab hair. My frizz just stands out more because my curls are so small and like to hang close to my scalp and it doesn't help that my frizz is straight and stands at attention.

Oh, well. I still love this hair of mine. And thank you.

I wish more people would try being natural too! They really don't know what they're missing out on.

 

[chebaby]

confession.....often times i am tempted to go over my credit limit if i see something i want.

 

[Nayna]

I graduated with a degree in psychology and one of my best friends needs help with a psych paper, (she basically wants me to write it.) I told her I may be willing to do it if she pays me in hair products, lol (she has 2 degrees already she's just being lazy).

My other roommate now wants my assistance. I'll see what she can pay me in. I can't say hair products cus she uses my stuff (I convinced her to start transitioning). But I'll figure it out! lol.

 

[robot.]

Hustle now.

 

[Ivey14]

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[shunemite]

I've come a long looooong way from thinking I have bad hair. I'm a 4b with fine thin hair. My confession is that I'm about 80% there in accepting my hair the way it is and finding positive ways to manage it. Being on these boards has REALLY helped me with self acceptance. Seeing people who look like me and have my hair type and it's not above the ears is great.

I have almost zero percent support from my family members. Every time I wash it, they verbally complain that I'm ruining my hair and it'll all fall off and I don't know what I'm doing. I just do my hair when they're at work now. However, recently one of them made a comment and said, "you do your hair just as well as the ladies in the shop". And then a friend began asking me for hair advice out of the blue. So I'm making progress, and it's slowly noticeable.

 

[robot.]

Good for you, shunmite.

 

[Kneechay]

ok, confession.

my 21 year old sister let her little college friend do a terrible glue in/sew- in combo bob style to her hair RIGHT after she got a perm. The same day. 4 weeks later, she is removing the install and yanking the glued in parts out. She refuses to wash her hair with the weave in, so it's terribly dirty. She rips hair out out of frustration and I cringe.

She leaves and returns with a cheap relaxer kit 30 min later. I immediately stop her and tell her to just detangle and wash her hair today instead of relaxing AGAIN. She begins yelling saying "I WANT YOU TO LEAVE ME ALONE, I DON'T WANT TO GO NATURAL!!" Now, I wasn't trying to make her go natural.

She self relaxes anyway and she terribly burns her scalp and she comes out the shower with chunks and chunks of hair missing and is noticeably upset. She leaves and goes to the salon ASAP and returns with her hair shaved.

I just gave the "I told you so look" and kept it moving.

I don't feel sorry for people anymore.

 

[locabouthair]

ok, confession.

my 21 year old sister let her little college friend do a terrible glue in/sew- in combo bob style to her hair RIGHT after she got a perm. The same day. 4 weeks later, she is removing the install and yanking the glued in parts out. She refuses to wash her hair with the weave in, so it's terribly dirty. She rips hair out out of frustration and I cringe.

She leaves and returns with a cheap relaxer kit 30 min later. I immediately stop her and tell her to just detangle and wash her hair today instead of relaxing AGAIN. She begins yelling saying "I WANT YOU TO LEAVE ME ALONE, I DON'T WANT TO GO NATURAL!!" Now, I wasn't trying to make her go natural.

She self relaxes anyway and she terribly burns her scalp and she comes out the shower with chunks and chunks of hair missing and is noticeably upset. She leaves and goes to the salon ASAP and returns with her hair shaved.

I just gave the "I told you so look" and kept it moving.

I don't feel sorry for people anymore.

One of the WORST things you can do to your hair is relaixng it right after braids or a sew in. I did that and had lots of problems.

I dont think a low of people know that they shouldn't do that.

 

[QBOE2001]

Confession.....I spend more time in the kitchen making my hair potions than I ever did cooking. Matter of fact I refuse to allow people to cook in most of my pots because I have designated them for hair / bath product making and don't want food to contaminate them.....

 

[Jenibo]

Confession.....I spend more time in the kitchen making my hair potions than I ever did cooking. Matter of fact I refuse to allow people to cook in most of my pots because I have designated them for hair / bath product making and don't want food to contaminate them.....

So selfish

ok, confession.

my 21 year old sister let her little college friend do a terrible glue in/sew- in combo bob style to her hair RIGHT after she got a perm. The same day. 4 weeks later, she is removing the install and yanking the glued in parts out. She refuses to wash her hair with the weave in, so it's terribly dirty. She rips hair out out of frustration and I cringe.

She leaves and returns with a cheap relaxer kit 30 min later. I immediately stop her and tell her to just detangle and wash her hair today instead of relaxing AGAIN. She begins yelling saying "I WANT YOU TO LEAVE ME ALONE, I DON'T WANT TO GO NATURAL!!" Now, I wasn't trying to make her go natural.

She self relaxes anyway and she terribly burns her scalp and she comes out the shower with chunks and chunks of hair missing and is noticeably upset. She leaves and goes to the salon ASAP and returns with her hair shaved.

I just gave the "I told you so look" and kept it moving.

I don't feel sorry for people anymore.

erplexed I've warned my lil sis against that dreaded glue but with her it's an appearance thing, she gets a new weave every week!. The worst part is that when she takes them out she doesn't use bond remover and she even told me she noticed a bald spot

I have a friend with traction alopecia from doing the exact same thing and she is bald from front to back with patches of hair..... i hope nothing like that happens to my sis but she won't take my advice

Ok MY confession- I go crazy for a man with Corbin Blue/lil fizz like hair pulled back in a ponytail

 

[robot.]

ok, confession.

my 21 year old sister let her little college friend do a terrible glue in/sew- in combo bob style to her hair RIGHT after she got a perm. The same day. 4 weeks later, she is removing the install and yanking the glued in parts out. She refuses to wash her hair with the weave in, so it's terribly dirty. She rips hair out out of frustration and I cringe.

She leaves and returns with a cheap relaxer kit 30 min later. I immediately stop her and tell her to just detangle and wash her hair today instead of relaxing AGAIN. She begins yelling saying "I WANT YOU TO LEAVE ME ALONE, I DON'T WANT TO GO NATURAL!!" Now, I wasn't trying to make her go natural.

She self relaxes anyway and she terribly burns her scalp and she comes out the shower with chunks and chunks of hair missing and is noticeably upset. She leaves and goes to the salon ASAP and returns with her hair shaved.

I just gave the "I told you so look" and kept it moving.

I don't feel sorry for people anymore.

I wouldn't feel sorry for ole girl either. At least now, she won't have hair to abuse for a little while.