NATURALS, don't you hate it when...

[Tenacious]

I haven't gotten to get the mass of "ooh and aah" straightened hair compliments because I haven't straightened my hair since I've gone natural about 2 1/2 years ago. I do love the "if you pressed your hair out it would be sooooo long" comments, as if the length only exists if my hair is straight- but I'll even take that one with a crooked grin.

Truth be told, I'll have to cosign with another poster who mentioned that she gets the most compliments with twist outs. The bigger the hair, the better. Stick a flower in it and you're a walking mesmerization (did I just make that word up..."

Mesmerization is a word... lol.

I guess I'll just keep wearing my ol' Walmart flowers... they help spice up my appearance.

 

[Tenacious]

maybe some (i said some, not all) of the reactions have to do with how we carry ourselves?

i mean on a totally subconscious level. the subconscious can be a powerful beast at times.

really - some reactions may be simply in response to you doing something completely different than your e'eryday tried and true hairstyle?

it could be a lot of factors to explain + reactions or - ones.

i don't even think it's an exclusively black thing either. i take notice of anyone i'm familiar with when they do something different with their hair; like a drastic cut or color, if they put in some fly braids or twists, wear different clothing, put on high heels vrs sneakers, wear make-up, got their brows done up nicely, etc.

I don't care what anyone says but there is NOTHING more dramatic then seeing a natural go from kink one day to slink on the next

OMG SO TRU! That is so true. I guess we can get so focused on the low/no-manipulation and protective styling, some of us can forget that we gotta keep up the rest of us. I know I try to glam up my natural styles with some fashion earrings, a nice scarf, I wear mineral make-up daily so it helps enhance what I got, and I can say I wear heels all the time. Stick a flower in my fro and on I go, ya know?

I guess for some of us, straight hair looks dramatically different than natural looks do. I just hate when people go too far and say that it looks "better" or that it should always look like that. That's a tad bit too far, dontcha think?