All cultures manipulate their hair the second you run a comb through your hair or get a hair cut it's no longer natural. But our hair is harder to maintain even to have it be presentable to other black people outside of the white gaze.
We’ve had this conversation a million times. BP aren’t the ones that need to accept it. We already get harassed for the color of our skin and when we do wear our hair fit “their” beauty standard. We are BEGGING to be harassed and profiled if we wear our hair in its untouched, natural state. So talking, and actually wearing our natural hair has not been effective in this cruel world.
Why would we wash our hair and just leave it? That’s a recipe for disaster. There’s a reason why we do braid outs, braids, twists and the like. It’s to protect our hair from tangles and to retain length. Our hair is different so we treat it differently. It isn’t the elephant in the room, imo.
True! I think the point she was trying to make is the amount of "pressure" of achieving that perfect twist-out. People are quick to say that someone's hair is unmanageable because they can't achieve the same twist out as someone else. Protective Styles are the KEY. But everyone's hairstype is different, and you need to discover what Styles works for you hair
True. Africans plait, stretch, condition and their hair for a reason . This is the traditional way of handling it. There are even traditional heat treatments in some Afo cultures where they use clay/ceramics with heat to soften and stretch gently.
Exactly! Please speak truth. White women don’t even do that. No race does that. Every race styles and maintains their hair daily or at least weekly, like bathing and brushing teeth. Let’s be clear here. Disingenuousness helps no one.
Any type of hair texture requires upkeep. Even straight haired girls run a brush, blow dryer and flat iron through their hair. Wash and go’s are an option. And even wearing an Afro starts with a chunky braid out then pick out. Hair requires Maintenance
They're is nothing wrong with that. The difference is how society is mixing healthy hair and styles hair. Nowadays we think that in order to have healthy hair, we need to do twist-outs, a type of curl patern etc. But that's not the case. Healthy hair is the way you take care of it. You don't need loose curls etc in order to have healthy hair
@@black.crownedno to this…all of it. Matted hair is unhealthy hair. Even natural hair needs to be maintained and styled. There are simple styles and high maintenance ones, but styling is a necessary for healthy hair. If a dog’s fur was matted up the vet would call it negligence. Even Black hair needs maintenance too.
@yoururmostimportantthing6736 that's what I meant.❤️ The point is, healthy hair is more important that achieving that perfect look. Matted hair (unclean and everything is not healty)
I wear my hair as is no matter who accepts it. Yes, I’m going to wash it because if I don’t it would be a nightmare and won’t grow, and yes I’m going to moisturize for the same reason and however my hair behaves when I add that moisture (in my opinion, don’t come for me) doesn’t mean I’m not natural because I added product. But if I skip a wash day or I don’t refresh it I’m still not going to cover it up. I’m going to either continue to rock my very old wash n go as is or pull it back in a bun or ponytail and go. It’s not overwhelming to me because I do what I want. Going natural taught me to not care about acceptance or appearance from anyone. 99.9% of the time I’m taking care of my hair because I love it and anything else would just be too tedious. If ima take care of some extensions I may as well have more fun taking care of my own.
You are spitting straight facts! Like I say I wear my natural hair but really I don’t wear my real natural hair because it looks messy and dirty to society and me 😕
Tbh it isn’t that hard it’s just hard when y’all try to make it do things it’s it’s NOT SUPPOSED TO DO. Like slick down styles laid edges and all that. Out hair is SUPPOSED to puff up and when y’all try to make it change that’s when it becomes difficult !!
I think I understand what you’re trying to say, but i think you’re saying having product of any kind in your hair makes it no longer natural, but it does. Products are there to protect the hair and protect that don’t have kinky or coily hair use products to protect it. Now before I get too ahead of myself, let me just say my expertise here is that I am a licensed cosmetologist and someone who is half black that wears my hair in a way that I’d consider natural. Now hair is finicky and what works for one routine that works for someone probably won’t work for another especially if they have different hair types, textures, and or curl patterns. Also everyone’s hair needs to be thoroughly moisturized. Our scalp tends to provide that to an extent with oils (something that is more noticeable in straight fine thin hair over some with thick curly corse hair) but when your hair is curly it has a harder time distributing the oils down the shaft of the hair to protect it. That is where products come in . Hair product is there to help fill the gap to keep the hair protected where your natural oils can’t. The more fragile and curly your hair is, odds are the more product your hair is going to need to protect it from damage. With that said hair products don’t make your style “unnatural” it protects your hair so it doesn’t break from environmental abuse like sun, pollution, and humidity. Hope that helps you understand the need for product even in natural hair
It's not even about being cute, the heat will be too much and the tangling will require me to constantly be on Ibuprofen 😢😢 I would honestly just cut it and keep it very short
Most people in general don't wear their hair in their "natural" state then. If i wore my hair, natural I'd have thin hair with no body pressed to my face. Damn right im blowing that shit out, curlers in and backcombing.
Wearing my natural hair has never ever ever been more draining than wearing a straight or wavy wig/sew in on top of my Afro edges…with every step I took I feared the wig shifting or sliding and my unblended fro showing through… Looking like my hair grows from my scalp because it does (and quite healthy and long I might add) 🙄 is about as draining as being hydrated with artisan glacial water. Get my gist??
You make some really good points but I'd just like to point out that "natural" African hair was traditionally styled once in a while and worn in that style over a long period of time. Look at the women of Chad who've popularised Chebe powder, Ethiopian braided styles, West African Fulani braids etc. Maasai women are straight up bald but their men have these thin braids that are again worn over a long period. The constant styling is what is tiring but it's indicative of the times - globalisation and fast fashion. Oh and back then hair was a social thing done by other women in the community that allowed us to bond so nowhere near the hassle we go through having to pay these stylists, braiders or struggling by ourselves for HOURS. I don't know when this idea of unkempt = "natural" took root. It's odd and no one would be wrong in not appreciating it.
I hate to break it to you that not all of west Africa wore Fulani braids. Fulanis are one tribe from many. The actual hairstyles worn in West Africa is very very painful and you will need to constantly be in plaits or threads which the headache alone is crazy.
True! I think the point she was trying to make is the amount of "pressure" of achieving that perfect twist-out. People are quick to say that someone's hair is unmanageable because they can't achieve the same twist out as someone else. Protective Styles are the KEY. But everyone's hairstype is different, and you need to discover what Styles works for you hair
Nope🙅She says "in its natural state", but what she describes is "untended". ,🤔 African traditions include plaiting, braid outs, stretching, conditioning, oiling and even ceramic heat stretching. And this is not about social acceptability 🙅 Shes advicating for being less groomed, not for "natural state" 🙄
You sound very bigoted, so based off of what you said, I'm to believe that Africans never wore their hair out of a style ?? Make it make Sense. You should learn to love yourself
@@robertsutton7514 I'm.African from Africa, born and bred. Nope! We never go around ill groomed. Ever! That's how you get locked up by your loved ones for mental health issues. Styling, plaiting and growing hair is an important part of our hygiene and self care routines. These things are rooted both in culture and in biology. Untended hair fails - biologically, so we tend our hair, brush our teeth, wash our faces, wear deodorizers, and oil our skins regularly. That's the equivalent of saying "don't put anything on your skin. Go out in its "natural" ashy state. Love yourself! Love your black skin. 👀👀👀👀👀 Like....girl! That ain't love. 👀👀👀
All hair is often never in its natural state weather it’s men using gel or women braiding or blow drying it to be smooth. I’m white with frizzy loose curly hair and it looks terrible completely air dried with nothing in it. I look one of those dessert island lost at sea pll😂. Straighting your hair shouldn’t mean you want to be white that’s the dumbest things I’ve ever heard of. It just mean you want a different look and it’s your prerogative to do that. There is nothing wrong with a fro, braids or straightened hair. But yeah even a fro still needs combing and shaping to look presentable like all hair styles do.
I don't think that was the main issue. Of course we need to take care of our hair. I think the thing we need to work on is what styles we find "acceptable" and the pressure of achieving certain looks that is not meant for our hair type that will eventually damage our hair
Nobody wears their hair in its “true natural state”…not even white people. Not even white women. What this girl is explaining is daily-weekly maintenance. Look like a bum if you want to…but don’t readily equate no maintenance and no styling to being natural. Even natural hair needs daily-weekly maintenance. Black people are people too, like any other racial group. Why wouldn’t we do our hair? Why wouldn’t we clean and style it? Our ancestors did a great job of maintaining their natural Black hair…they even taught non Africans how to wash themselves and style (hair, nails, make up). Y’all gotta get out more 🙃
Wearing my natural hair has never ever ever been more draining than wearing a straight or wavy wig/sew in on top of my Afro edges…with every step I took I feared the wig shifting or sliding and my unblended fro showing through… Looking like my hair grows from my scalp because it does (and quite healthy and long I might add) 🙄 is about as draining as being hydrated with artisan glacial water. Get my gist??
