Why I love my Napz..Let me count the ways

aquajoyice

aquajoyice

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1) I love how cottony soft it feels after a deep condition
2) I love the versatility from straight to afro and everything in between.
3) It's what God gave me
4) I can go from APL to Neck length without having to cut my hair
5) It's sooooo much easier to manage than what I was told growing up

Note: When you learn to love your hair everything from that point on is a piece of cake. Let's stop focusing on the negative and accentuate the positive.

Join in and tell all those discouraged why you appreciate your Nappy hair!
 
Girl! I was just thinking how needed this kinda thread was today!

-I LOVE how thick and wooly my hair is...
-I LOVE how it takes water forever to find my scalp when my hair is loose...
-I (secretly) LOVE how long it now takes me to get to the end of a single twist or braid...
-I LOVE when a new natural compliments me on my 12 months of growth...it's like having a conversation with the newly natural me....
 
Have there been a lot of negative posts? I see quite a bit of positive ones. I think I see way more negative threads/posts about permed hair but I may be wrong. Anyway, I like the comments so far.
 
I actually like when my hair responds to the elements... especially when it gets fluffy when it's humid :)
And I enjoy the variability of hairstyles. I can wear it natural, straight, or shrunken, whenever I want.
 
I just like what's on my head because it's healthy and it's mine...

And sometimes it's like a box of chocolates....you never know whatcha gonna get :D
 
Cute thread OP. As I've said before, I adore my hair. These two posts kinda tell you why:


Nonie said:
I think this post from a Dec 2009 discussion summarizes my reasons for being natural:

Originally Posted by Nonie
Pros:
  • Independence galore. I don't think I could ever trust myself to touch up my new growth with relaxers without some overlap occurring or else under-processing at the demarcation point, so I would have to depend on a stylist for my touch ups
  • Versatility and never boring. I love that I can enjoy any and every hairstyle I want. I can go from short to long, straight to coily, wear braids/twists etc without worrying about unraveling.
  • Inexpensive hair. Besides shampoo, conditioner, ACV and plastic caps, I really don't spend a lot of money on my hair. S Curl is used when I wear my hair out and if I'm not wearing it straight. I last used it in March and so a bottle lasts me forever.
  • Soft, touchable hair. OK, if HIH disease is not your thing, then this would be a con but for me, I love the way my hair feels. When it was straight, I hardly cared to play with it. Now, you can hardly keep my fingers out of it. It feels so nice to touch.
I honestly can't think of anything I don't like about my hair. I don't even get SSKs that I can think of. I don't spend hours detangling. My hair never feels like a chore to me at all. I think a lot of it has to do with being so self-centered that I took time to get to know my hair--not to make it do what other hair does--but to get to see what it alone can do. I've been natural for more years of my life than relaxed, but it wasn't until 2003 or 2004, that I really took notice of my hair and really started to see what it looked like and learned how to handle it. I finger-comb a lot (that HIH disease thing is serious I tell ya!), and love to feel and see it go ping! I dunno, I'm Nonie and I'm addicted to my hair.
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Taken from The Pros and Cons of Being Natural Discussion
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Nonie said:
IIRC, the consensus on the forum is, as long as you're referring to your own hair, then it's OK to use the word "nappy". For instance, Nonie's 4B hair is nappy/kinky/tightly curled/tightly coiled and it can be combed out to look like a cloud and like cotton.
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It can also be stretched in braids so it appears to have no pattern.
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It can also be straightened with heat so it looks like it has no bends at all.
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But when washed, Nonie's 4B hair shrinks back to its nappy/kinky/tightly curled/tightly coiled state. And I think it's beautiful in all its forms, even when it's nappy:
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Did I mention that my hair is so well-behaved that it does what I tell it to do and stays that way till I say it's time for change?
 
I like the way it reacts differently with different products, it's like a nice surprise... most of the time lol.
And most of all the way it can look kind of different everyday without doing much to it. and how I can stretch it over night and in the morning it looks like a did a blow out when I didn't :grin:
 
I love my hair because I've always wanted curly hair growing up and never knew I had it lol!!! I love my hair because of how thick and fluffy it is. I love going from almost bsl to ear length in a matter of moments! I love not having to worry about blending two textures; not experiencing burning and dry scalp from relaxers. I love that my nieces all want to be like me and rock there fro's!! I'm really amazed by my hair just because I never knew that it could look the way it does. :D

Nonie I second your post!
 
keepithealthy said:
I love my hair because I've always wanted curly hair growing up and never knew I had it lol!!! I love my hair because of how thick and fluffy it is. I love going from almost bsl to ear length in a matter of moments! I love not having to worry about blending two textures; not experiencing burning and dry scalp from relaxers. I love that my nieces all want to be like me and rock there fro's!! I'm really amazed by my hair just because I never knew that it could look the way it does. :D

@Nonie I second your post!
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Ditto the bolded. I've ALWAYS loved natural hair, I just never knew I had it. I didn't know that it was exactly as I had imagined my hair being!!

-I LOVE how soft it is.
-I LOVE how it looks wet.
-I LOVE how it gets bigger with rain (I had an awesome braidout yesterday that only got awesomer (yup, made that up lol) and bigger as the rain hit it) :grin:
-I LOVE how beautiful my hair makes me look
-I LOVE that it can be short one day and long the next
-I LOVE the waves it gives me when I pull it back into a puff or ponytail
-I LOVE the versatility

Seriously, I can go on and on.

I just ADORE my hair.
 
nice thread!

I love my big hair. no teasing required
i love how it can look fierce and frame me like a lions mane
i love touching my coils, curls, naps and waves. just like how it feels
i love how versatile it can be
i love its thickness, and softness
i love how we are getting along, how it demands respect and care, and how sweet its been to me lately.
i love how its healthy
its never boring. offering me up new challenges and keeps me on my toes.
i love how it looks in different states, and how those different states can transform my whole look (wet, dry, moisturized, pulled back, styled, straightened)
I love how my own hair journey and enthusiasm has inspired others in my family to focus on having healthy hair journeys themselves.

i love it so much, i want more of it (grow baby, grow!)
 
Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for this thread! I was getting sick of the negative/condescending threads sprouting up on here lately. I come to the board for inspiration, positivity, to admire all the beautiful heads of hair, and to encourage others. If I wanted to hear mean things about my hair I can go outside for that. I really would hate for the board to be overrun with that kind of mess.

I love how soft it is and how it feels like cotton.
I love the natural volume it has.
I love that I can have a textured look or big hair without having to backcomb.
I love how unique every head of natural hair looks.
I love how easy it is to manipulate into anything that I want.
I love that I can have straight hair one day and an afro the next.
I love how easy it is to be low-maintenance.
 
Oh, I forgot a big one that I love about my hair. My hair doesn't lose it's shape just because the wind blows. As soon as the wind stops my hair goes right back to the way I styled it. No hairspray needed, what's not to love about that! :)
 
Ravengirl said:
Oh, I forgot a big one that I love about my hair. My hair doesn't lose it's shape just because the wind blows. As soon as the wind stops my hair goes right back to the way I styled it. No hairspray needed, what's not to love about that! :)
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YES! I loooove this about Afro textured hair! We can look great without killing the ozone :lachen::lachen:
 
I love that my hair can mimic any hairstyle I want. It can be a cute shrunken fro one day and I can have silky swang the next.

I love just putting my fingers through it. Wet or Dry.

This doesnt really have much to do with it being natural, but I love the health of my hair and the natural shine it has even when its all frizzy and fuzzy.
 
aquajoyice said:
1) I love how cottony soft it feels after a deep condition
2) I love the versatility from straight to afro and everything in between.
3) It's what God gave me
4) I can go from APL to Neck length without having to cut my hair
5) It's sooooo much easier to manage than what I was told growing up

Note: When you learn to love your hair everything from that point on is a piece of cake. Let's stop focusing on the negative and accentuate the positive.

Join in and tell all those discouraged why you appreciate your Nappy hair!
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aquajoyice said:
With all the negetive posts about "nappy" hair thought i'd be a positive light :)
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thank you for this thread because alot of ppl have been hatin on themselves and they don't even know it. Self (hair) hate is such a bad look!

Victoria44 said:
i love the elasticity
i love the sponginess
i love how soft it feels
i love how it fits me soooo well
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I love how slightly stretched hair can be super silky and my wash and go hair, as my dad put it, looks like a jheri curl:ohwell:. I can be fro'd out or blow'd out and its ok cuz them curls snap right back baby!:grin:
 
Thank You
Thank You
THANK YOU!!!!!

I was going to start a thread somewhat like this except I was going to have people do shout outs if they find their natural hair easy and loveable.

I was feeling a little, a little...it was a little depressing for me reading this board recently.

My napz are
1. beautiful
2. healthy
3. soft
4. awe inspiring
5. easy to care for
6. long and getting longer​

I love to touch them.
I love to look at them.

People are fascinated by them.

They can do so many things. They hold a style.

They like the cheap stuff.

Their mine.
 
lovegymnasts said:
Thank You
Thank You
THANK YOU!!!!!

I was going to start a thread somewhat like this except I was going to have people do shout outs if they find their natural hair easy and loveable.

I was feeling a little, a little...it was a little depressing for me reading this board recently.

My napz are
1. beautiful
2. healthy
3. soft
4. awe inspiring
5. easy to care for
6. long and getting longer​

I love to touch them.
I love to look at them.

People are fascinated by them.

They can do so many things. They hold a style.

They like the cheap stuff.

Their mine.
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You got that right! Gorgeous hair!
 
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