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What grade would you give your mother for haircare?

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I give her an A+. :yep:

She did a great job on our hair (3 girls). She made sure our hair was healthy and cute. She did such a good job that women used to stop her when we were out and ask if I was wearing a wig! :lachen:
 
Well looks like I'm one of the few that had a father taking care of their hair. My parents divorced when I was a year old and eventually my daddy got custody of me because my mother wasn't taking care of her daughter as a mother should, according to my father. Anyway, I give my daddy a 10 in his attempt in hair care. I remember having really short hair and he would just moisturize it and try to make a cute part and add barettes and send me to school. He would send me to the salon for the things he couldn't do such as extentions, pressing, and chemical services. He bought Cathy Howse's first when it came out and one day we even went to her house and she gave him advice on what to do with my hair and how to proper moisturize and style. She still lives in that same house. He would make natural conditioners and wash my hair however often she said at the time. In fact, he still has the same hair dryer you sit under from almost 20 years ago! Whenever he had a girlfriend he would incorporate her into my hair care as well. He always took pride in my appearence and taught me to do the same and I still do. Now my mother on the other hand, now she gets a....-1. I don't recall her doing too much to my hair but slathering all kinds of grease between my extentions and plaits and basically didn't give a frog's fat you know what. C'est la vie i guess.
 
Wow, I was going to come in here and give my mom a C+ for effort, but having read how bad some of you all had it, I'm gonna give her a B+. My mom always kept my hair braided and she never used too much grease. Plus she never put a relaxer in my hair until I was 16 and begging for it. Boy do I regret that decision.

But my mom didn't deep condition at all, wash it on her own often, or do any of the more healthier practices, which I can't fault her for because she simply didn't know. Even now when I'm doing all of this stuff to my hair, she wonders why when my hair is perfectly healthy and "long" (in her opinion).
 
I give my step-mom a D-. The only reason why I don't fail her is because she would actually try to comb my hair and cornrow it weekly. When she felt like it. Other times I was left on my own. She said my hair was 'hard' and that I should blame my ancestors when she would yank my hair out. The she found relief: she would pay someone to braid my hair with extensions at the beginning of the school year and would leave the braids in for months at the time. I would get my hair pressed for special occasions. She let someone experience with a relaxer on my hair first, then when she saw my hair didn't fall off and was nice and shiny, she got one too. However, no one showed me how to take care of it, so it broke pretty badly. The thing with my step-mom is that she's lazy, even with her own hair. But while she can just wash her hair and pull it back because of her silky texture and loose curls, my naps required tender loving care. And I was not going to get that from her.
 
I'd give my grandmother a B. I think the only place she went wrong was the products she used in my hair. I don't think she can be blamed for that. Before my relaxer, I think it was even better because she used to take me to a beauty school to have my hair braided. It was very low manipulation.
 
BrownSkinQT said:
Well looks like I'm one of the few that had a father taking care of their hair. My parents divorced when I was a year old and eventually my daddy got custody of me because my mother wasn't taking care of her daughter as a mother should, according to my father. Anyway, I give my daddy a 10 in his attempt in hair care. I remember having really short hair and he would just moisturize it and try to make a cute part and add barettes and send me to school. He would send me to the salon for the things he couldn't do such as extentions, pressing, and chemical services. He bought Cathy Howse's first when it came out and one day we even went to her house and she gave him advice on what to do with my hair and how to proper moisturize and style. She still lives in that same house. He would make natural conditioners and wash my hair however often she said at the time. In fact, he still has the same hair dryer you sit under from almost 20 years ago! Whenever he had a girlfriend he would incorporate her into my hair care as well. He always took pride in my appearence and taught me to do the same and I still do. Now my mother on the other hand, now she gets a....-1. I don't recall her doing too much to my hair but slathering all kinds of grease between my extentions and plaits and basically didn't give a frog's fat you know what. C'est la vie i guess.
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Thats so sweet!
 
An F++++++++

it was always dry
combing it I would kick and scream
never taught me proper haircare
it was always short and broken off
I was constantly teased

Just an F++++ need I say more?

She did kinda try, it's not her fault, she didn't know any bette,r but she still gets an F
 
I would give my mother an A+. I have fine hair in the 3s and some 2s even. And my hair was always wl. Then I F- it up when I got my teenage hands on it. LOL!
 
I would give my mom and F for chemicals (she dye and relax more than anyone I know)

A B for her hair habits, cuz she don't use heat, but since she relaxes and color so much, her hair looks really thin.....I try to help but she don't listen to me...

So in all a D.


My hair---I give her a B, she did a great job taking care of my hair.....
 
I'll give my mum an A++++++++++

My hair was freshly braided every week into cute styles, she used natural products on it and kept it moisturised. My ends were always protected. I had a DC treatment every 3/4 weeks. My hair was always clean. No chemicals or heat came within a mile of my hair until the age of 18. And no harsh combing - only gentle detangling with a wide tooth comb and a comb used for creating partings during braiding. I had never heard the words 'bad hair' until recently - we didn't really have that concept where I grew up. My mum did a great job!
 
My hair was in very good condition when I was a child, so I would give my mother an A++. I was the one who screwed things up with my hair during my adolescent years - womanish I tell ya :lachen:!
 
A+ on hair care because my hair was at the longest and healthiest it had ever been in my life when she was taking care of it, F on hair products though. She used Pink Lotion, Blue Magic grease, TCB oil sheen, and she hot combed my hair with Royal Crown pressing oil. I don't know what she shampooed my hair with and I don't even think I knew what conditioner was when I was a kid lol, I didn't even discover deep conditioner until I started doing my hair myself and I was like 13 then.
 
An A+++.
There are five of us girls. We did not have relaxers. My mother washed us twice a week. Hot oil With Henna, conditioned with Kolestrol for 45 mins, air dried and press. We only wore one to two pony tails. We had long, thick hair. No breakage, no flyaways and not a tons of oil. She used jojoba.
When we were around 15 16. She would press and curl with bobby pins. We always wore satin head covers and pillow cases.
 
I'd give her a 0...and F!!!! Let me start by saying that at some point and time she was good at doing my hair...that was up until the 6th grade when she decided I needed a jeri curl. She hounded me for a week about getting a curl and I told her no. But, being in the 6th grade I really didn't have any say so I ended up with a curl. Well, initially all was well but when it was decided that I no longer "needed" a curl, it was DOWN HILL from there. OMG if I could post one of my high school pis...I won't even mention how that curl activator gave me acne something awful.

Do I sound bitter:-)
 
I give my mom a 4. She did the best she could with my hair. It got to a point where it took two people to wash it. It was what would now be considered bra strap length, before a deranged hair stylist slapped a perm in it at 10 years old, then BLAM! All down hill from here...Then, she tried to do a home perm. ((Wop wop wop))...
 
I give my mother a B- because she always said my head of hair was too much for her so my nana would do my hair and have it on point. Don't get me wrong, my mother always made sure our hair was neat and etc but as for styling and taking care of it, I have to thank my nana.
 
Mom gets a "B+" for ages one through five. My press-n-curl hairstyles were very neatly braided and tied with cute ribbons--very thick and long. After age five she became a working mom and my hair was hit or miss. Sundays it looked okay (church) but during the week it was a mess. So from five on up, she drops to a C/C-.

One of my aunts gets a F. On the day of my eight grade graduation, I was waiting in the kitchen for my mom to press my hair. Aunt___ comes in and spray some stuff in my hair, no doubt alcohol-laden, and very drying and says "This will make you look like you have that good stuff."

There was no time to rewash and dry. Needless to say, the press didn't take and my hair looked a hot mess for my eight grade graduation. I'm still traumatized by that experience.
 
I give my mom an A+. My hair was always neat and done. She washed it once a week and although she hot combed my hair weekly my hair was still thick, long and healthy. My hair was always braided up, protective styling at its best. :lachen: All was well until I wanted to be grown and let my aunt put a relaxer in my hair..:wallbash: My mom was always anti-relaxer and she still is.
 
I'm adopted and my mother is white. She had heard that ethnic hair thrived with braids (protective styling, baby!) so I regularly got my hair braided until I was about 12 or 13 when I decided on a relaxer. Up until that point my hair was in excellent shape and was very long. As a toddler my hair was past my booty. She gets a 5 or A. Whatever we're using as a judging indicator.
 
A for effort, C+ for attainment.

My hair was washed every week without fail, but she had no idea about hair conditioner. This wasn't a problem until I started swimming when I was about 9 or 10 and my BSL hair began to break off until it was neck length. At age 11 onwards I did my own hair and it was downhill from there until a few years later... I narrowly avoided getting the jheri curl she suggested cos her friend's hair grew really long with one.

Having said all that though, she never even mentioned straightening, I saw hot combs in her room but had no idea what they were for and I didn't have too many issues with my perception of my hair (I did have some though!)
 
My mom gets an A for results. I had banging hair until I went to college.
My mom didn't know much about my hair because hers was just wavy... like Type 2 or whatever. She was black, but just had that "white" hair. Heh.

But she never put a perm in my hair when I was young. She kept my hair braided up.

So gotta give her an A for results, even though she didn't know much about "ethnic hair."
 
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