Great thread! Looking forward to seeing more styles. I want to go natural again i had locs but cut them 3 years ago.
A new style that I've been obessed with for that past few days
http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjCeJNk9mxk
I tried but just couldn't swing it. I give you all much credit because I felt like it takes a lot of TLC to keep your hair natural and healthy. I tried growing my relaxer out for about 7-8 months and it was really hard for me, I ended up going back to a relaxer because I just couldn't grow my hair out and keep it healthy. I felt like I couldn't maintain it properly. I may try it again but I just want to give a big thumbs up to you ladies rockin' the natural styles. Beautiful!!!
natural..what hair color is that?? haven't seen mine in like 20 years...
I went really extreme when I decided to go natural. I wanted to keep trimming off my ends as my natural hair grew in. This woman who worked at a beauty school was so arrogant and told me that I shouldn't cut anything just let it grow out.
But, as anyone with AA hair knows that when I wash it half my hair would be natural and bushy and the other half would be bone straight. Not a good look.
So I avoided her advice and cut my hair off!! It use to be neck length and I cut it to a pixie cut. That was like 3 years ago and now my all natural hair is past my shoulders! It was a struggle with short hair (burnt myself twice using the flat and curling iron lol) but now that its grown out, I'm ok.
I went really extreme when I decided to go natural. I wanted to keep trimming off my ends as my natural hair grew in. This woman who worked at a beauty school was so arrogant and told me that I shouldn't cut anything just let it grow out.
But, as anyone with AA hair knows that when I wash it half my hair would be natural and bushy and the other half would be bone straight. Not a good look.
So I avoided her advice and cut my hair off!! It use to be neck length and I cut it to a pixie cut. That was like 3 years ago and now my all natural hair is past my shoulders! It was a struggle with short hair (burnt myself twice using the flat and curling iron lol) but now that its grown out, I'm ok.
I love this thread and hope it sticks around. There have been a few others in the past, but they sorta disapper.
I'm a natural. I let my relaxer grow out for a looooooong time before I cut the relaxed ends off in December 2007. My hair is to my waist when it's straight and shrinks more than 50 percent to hit just below my shoulders when curly.
I can't find any recent hair pics, but here's a good look at mine from about a year ago. It settles down a lot better now. It took a while to figure out what works.
See if my hair would look like that once my relaxer was gone, I would totally go for the amount of time it would take for me to do my hair, but i don't think my hair would turn out like that.