I have natural hair and some girls with perms scolded me about it saying omg girl your hair is nappy you need a perm. I got over it. It doesn't bother me at all now.
2007-01-20 04:57:25 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Beauty & Style ➔ Hair
If I want to get it straightened which is rare I get it pressed or flat ironed. Sometimes I get it cornrowed,braided with weave,afro,afro puff,press and curl,natural curl,etc.
2007-01-20 05:05:03 · update #1
I LOVE natural hair. It is so different and unique. I hate that so many sistas perm claiming that it is for this and that when they know the real reason is just a complex. However if black girls wanna perm fine. Ima keep growing my hair out until i get a nice big sexy fro, and ima rock it to school proudly.
Just keep your head up and if they keep scolding you then educate them. tell them to that you are happy to be nappy and at least you arent trying to be something that you arent. maybe you need to show them this
http://youtube.com/watch?v=xGDMevuZZVM
and make them realize that the attitude that they have is the reason that so many young black girls hate themselves and wish they weren't black.
2007-01-24 07:18:31 · answer #1 · answered by Cloud Nine--Sez YAHH 2 tha hatas 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
You shouldn't feel like a sell out but question the reasoning as to why you perm your hair. You say that you look better with a perm but have you even attempted to grow your hair out naturally? And yet I can never comprehend the comments "I look better with permed hair." You were born with naturally tightly coiled locks and I find afro-textured hair in its NATURAL state complements African facial characteristics. Also, you say you can handle your hair better with a perm...yet many natural black hair styles are protective hairstyles that require little maintenance. So I am not buying that excuse. I also must add. I strongly believe that the major influence for the prevalent use of relaxers in the black community was an attempt to emulate white beauty standards. It later became a common black beauty regimen, so common that many blacks have forgotten how to take care of their hair in its natural state. ---------------------------------------... Well with the additional details, I better understand your reasoning for not perming your hair. And stop with the negative talk about being below average and work on that self-esteem.
2016-03-29 06:15:59 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's Great! I'm mixed and just recently stopped getting my hair permed.. it looks alot healtheier now and so pretty...and when you want it straight its okay to straighten every once in a while.. i'ts cool... yea some ppl say that to me too about the perm thing but having natural hair makes it grow longer
2007-01-20 05:10:15 · answer #3 · answered by abbysmama11 1 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Just because some black girls perm there hair that do not mean every black girl need to do the same. Once you put all them chemicals in your hair it damage it. If you feel comfortable with your hair the way it is then leave along and let them get over it.
Sometimes when you put a perm in your hair it cause your hair to break and become damage if you do not take care of your hair because that is what happen to me.
2007-01-20 05:08:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 1⤋
It's crazy because I just answered a question like yours. A girl asked if she should get a afro and will guys think its cute. Everyone scolded her and said afro's are gross and its 2007. I don't understand why people are scared to be themselves? Most of us are born w/ curly hair accept it. I love my hair it doesn't make me as a person, just another beautiful thing about being Black. Whatever makes you happy you should rock it. Like I told her if you look good, no one can hate.
2007-01-20 07:46:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
i also have natural hair, but i am not necessarily opposed to perms, I'm actually thinking about getting one, but i am afraid that if i want to go natural again, all of my hair will fall out
2007-01-20 05:12:30 · answer #6 · answered by salena 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
when you wear a natural, it should be cut correctly and picked out. these days most brothers and sisters don't know how to wear a natural.
thats why people say it looks nappy. back in the day, you had your hair braided for a few days, then you picked it out to wear the fro. also you spray oil sheen on it after you picked it.
its a pretty hairstyle if worn correctly.
2007-01-25 08:37:05 · answer #7 · answered by LENA 3 · 5⤊ 1⤋
well if you turn comb it...and put something in your hair to define the girls...you're going to get people calling it nappy... b/c it'll probably look frizzy...when you'r hair is wet...the curls are untouched...get it to look like that...b/c when you comb it it will look like a big puff
and make sure it's well oiled....both me and my friend wanted to have our hair natural again...but I'm just really lazy lol...
2007-01-22 21:06:22 · answer #8 · answered by 1 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
im indian and i have black friends that go to my school. 1 girl name shelly she has a natural lomg afro and every guy says she pretty and girls say shes pretty they always say oh but she needs a perm or get a hotcomb in her hair. they always bug her about her hair saying oh u know shes pretty but her hair is eww. she even told me her own grandmother say she need to do something with her hair and she also told me her family members tell her to marry a guy with my type of indian hair. i was so offended by this is told her to marry a guy who u love not because of hair. as a indian girl i can relate to u black women about hair because when it comes to hair pressure it doesnt only happen in the black community it happens in the indian community i used to have long hair to my butt when the hairdresser cut it it was up to my neck my hair is no longer silky all my indian friends bug me about getting long indian hair and telling me only indian women have strong hair unlike other girls. they always think that their hair is the best in the world. even people who are not indian always expect me as a indian woman to have hair that grow fast and silky but honestly my hair grows just like anyone else. at first i was ashame of my hair now im not and im glad u got over it sweetie. because hair is hair as long as u take care of it get regular trims and treatments u are good. dont worry about stupid ignorant people. dont change for stupid ppl love ur self and ur hair
2007-01-20 05:28:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 9⤊ 0⤋
In the USA, natural "black" hair is seen as unattractive, particularly in the African American community. Then again, many white women also feel pressure to straighten their hair. I applaud all women who fight the pressure to conform to unnatural, unrealistic standards of beauty.
2007-01-20 05:03:15 · answer #10 · answered by Nicole B 5 · 11⤊ 0⤋