That Good Indian Hair

(A) i think i love paul mooney.

(B) raven KILLED me with her weave tug.

(C) i don't think that wetting your hair is the problem. it's more likely how you're handling it *WHILE* it's wet. that's when hair is most likely to snap. but for some folks (uh, me) combing when it's dry causes just as much breakage.

you may be able to just blow dry your hair to straighten it. it could still mess with the curl pattern; you're still stretching the hair with heat. but the damage is lower because the heat isn't as direct as two hot metal plates are.

Yeah I had no idea Raven even wore a weave? I guess it's safe to assume until proven otherwise? lol.

In general, I have been taking poor care of my hair. Like, if I had naps in it, I would just rip them out instead of trying to comb them out (I KNOW!!! I am going to STOP doing this), and this happened mostly when wet. I'm just abusive. This time around, I will do better though.

I'm afraid to straighten it. I may not ever do it again lol, but if I do it will probably be a blow dry. No more hot combs and flatirons and such.

Please take a moment to check out my documentary film BLACK HAIR

It is free at youtube. 6 parts including an update from London, England.

It explores the Korean Take-over of the Black Beauty Supply and Hair biz..

The current situation makes it hard to believe that Madame C.J. Walker once ran the whole thing.

I am not a hater, I am a motivator.

Plus I am a White guy who stumbled upon this, and felt it was so wrong I had to make a film about it.

self-funded film, made from the heart.

Can it be taken back?

Link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p96aaTSdrAE

Liz, buy the book that changed my life (seriously, it changed my life): "Andre Talks Hair" by Andre Walker, a hairdresser who has won Emmy awards (plural) for doing Oprah's hair. He posits there are only four textures of hair: straight, wavy, curly, and kinky. These are numbered in his book, with letters given for sub-types. I'm a 3b, 3 being curly, and b being my particular texture of curly. I'm a not-mixed black (at least no more mixed than most American blacks) with a "mixed" hair texture. I spent my LIFE hating my hair--how it made me different, the length of it (hair that long on a little black girl in the decades before weave just confused people), how to fix it, how frequently to wash it, how to style it, how to care for it, what products to use, etc.--just years of confusion and frustration and split ends. Andre broke it down by type--once you figure out which type you are, you just go through and he tells you what kinds of products, what care regime, etc., works for each type. I love that he doesn't push subscribe to that "good hair" crap, just objectively tells you how to properly care for each texture and get the results you want. He also does not push any particular brand, just tells you what to look for. When I say this book changed my life, I mean it literally. Let me know if it works for you, okay?

Check out a book called "Thank God I'm Natural" Really great personal experiences, pictures, home-based/natural recipes for conditioners, etc..., pretty much anything you could ask for.

also...water is good. our hair needs moisture, ranging from the kinky to curly.

check out these websites too, if you're not familiar, they helped me with transitioning:

http://maneandchic.blogspot.com/
http://blackgirllonghair.blogspot.com/

Good luck!

Much appreciate for this post. Makes me think about my boy Mickey Factz who's raps is crackin!

My brother in law would appreciate this website. hehe

My husband would love this blog post. heh