What is 'good' hair?

[Aireen]

Meh. I was apprehensive about posting the thread but then I thought *** it. Lol. I even did a search first to see if there was a thread like this already so I didn't have to post but there wasn't.

There doesn't need to be any drama, no one's saying that these 'other' definitions are correct. Like I, and a few others have said, WE ALL KNOW THAT GOOD HAIR IS HEALTHY HAIR. I just wanted some insight on what people outside of the board, and BEFORE the board thought of when they thought, 'good hair'.

Thanks for the responses.

It's like, nearly 6am now so I'm gonna go to sleep. Night!

OP, don't worry there isn't any drama... Not yet anyway.

 

[MissDarcei]

I understand OP because I live in Canada and maybe (at least the area I'm in) most people are here are just too ahem 'polite' to blurt out such things. I can't recall a time where I was told I had good hair and I have never been weave checked by a stranger even though I have 'mixed hair' and it's never been shorter than shoulder length.

 

[Spiffy]

If you are referring to my gif of the drag queen running away, I posted it because that's just my sense of humor. Not much more to it. And I already know there is certain terminology around here that is kryptonite and kills all harmony. People take this forum pretty seriously (and I will never know the reason why) and then we have folks posting nine paragraphs because they felt personally wounded by folks they don't even know in real life. It happens all the time, so I posted the gif of the DQ running before the torchbearers come in and flip out.

I love Rocky Horror. That gif is awesome!

 

[SheenaVee]

pure LIES!

Why are you still awake?! Lol!

And seriously, people will make general comments like, oh your hair looks nice today or whatever but that's it.

 

[Aireen]

What?! Her baby hair is fake?!

This don't look fake to you, tiffers?

 

[Do_Si_Dos]

You all are crazy! Rotfl

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[BraunSugar]

Why you explaining yourself girl? *Sucks teef*

Hell, I dunno LOL

 

[MissDarcei]

How can baby hair be fake? Am I missing something?

 

[Aireen]

This is not a serious question, not by any stretch of the imagination.

I'm really trying to give the benefit of the doubt, to be honest.

 

[Embyra]

Why are you still awake?! Lol!

And seriously, people will make general comments like, oh your hair looks nice today or whatever but that's it.

why you gotta call me out daaamn ill go to sleep when you do....no one never asked if you have coolie in you?i couldn't help it

 

[tiffers]

Her baby hairs have a twitta.

http://twitter.com/#!/chillisbabyhair

LMAOOOOO!!!

Whoever made that twitter is stooopid!

 

[tiffers]

This don't look fake to you?

I never paid attention! I was mesmerized by the shiny curls and didn't notice alladem baby hairs on her forehead.

 

[SheenaVee]

ill go to sleep when you do....no one never asked if you have coolie in you?i couldn't help it

Deal.

And nope, people I know didn't, and random people might look at my hair but they don't comment or ask me anything, except ocassionally "What did you do to your hair to get it curly like that. Texturize? Braid out? etc."

 

[mzteaze]

How can baby hair be fake? Am I missing something?

I googled it and got this:

I know some people fake baby hairs on their lace fronts.

 

[SheenaVee]

And LOL no my OP question was really not serious, or supposed to be.

 

[LayneJ]

I understand OP because I live in Canada and maybe (at least the area I'm in) most people are here are just too ahem 'polite' to blurt out such things. I can't recall a time where I was told I had good hair and I have never been weave checked by a stranger even though I have 'mixed hair' and it's never been shorter than shoulder length.

I was gonna say...

I've personally never heard anyone outside of America (and who was not an American tourist) use the term "good hair". I can certainly believe the OP doesn't know what the term means to non-hairboard people.

With that said, for the most part, I've heard the term used to describe curl pattern. My sister is a cottony 3c/4a and relatives and hair stylists have always raved about her "good hair". My mother is a 3c and she has received the same sort of comments.

On the other hand, my other sister and I are both 4a and have been told in various ways that we have "bad hair". I even had a relative say "...but the hair in the very front is good. You get it from your mama."

 

[tiffers]

I'm not understanding the cattiness in this thread. Everybody up in here knows what Sheena's talkin' about-- don't pretend you don't. Just answer the question or KIM.

*wondering why folks take things so seriously*

 

[Aireen]

I never paid attention! I was mesmerized by the shiny curls and didn't notice alladem baby hairs on her forehead.

Nah, the baby hair always took center stage for me. Especially when it's ridiculous like in the 3rd pic.

LOL @ Chilli's baby hair twitter talking about Brady's lacefront.

 

[Aireen]

And LOL no my OP question was really not serious, or supposed to be.

Wait what...? I thought you didn't know what good hair was? That's what I meant by serious. That you were seriously asking because you didn't know what the public defines good hair as?

 

[Myjourney2009]

As a kid, I thought these chicks had the prettiest hair in the world:

Tatyana Ali
Chili from TLC
Ananda Lewis
Stacy Dash

I'm sure there are more, but these are off the top of my head.

Of course my opinion has changed since coming finding LHCF But I'm sure if you asked a "non hair board" person if any of these women had good hair, the answer would undeniably be yes.

I'm the opposite I never really liked any of their hair because there wasnt much you could do with it.

No braids or nothing. Just up in a ponytail or down curly or straight.

 

[SmileyNY]

I googled it and got this:

I know some people fake baby hairs on their lace fronts.

Whaaat?! Nice. I'm going to get some fake baby hurs this weekend. Add me to the good hair club

... And don't you all sell me out either when you see me posting about mah gud hur in other threads. What happens in gud hur gate, stays in gud hur gate

My sister just texted me & said if you're an AKA, you have good hair lol. Where did she get that from?! Awh lawd.


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[tiffers]

I'm the opposite I never really liked any of their hair because there wasnt much you could do with it.

No braids or nothing. Just up in a ponytail or down curly or straight.

That's actually how I feel now, I prefer kinkier type 4 textures. But back then? They were some baaaad chicks.

 

[SheenaVee]

Wait what...? I thought you didn't know what good hair was? That's what I meant by serious. That you were seriously asking because you didn't know what the public defines good hair as?

Oh, I have my own ideas, I just wanted to hear other people's definitions. I was seriously asking (as in, to get responses) but it's not a serious question as in, I don't have absolutely no idea what it is and honestly wanted to know lol. No, I just wanted to hear what others used to think of when they thought someone had 'good' hair.

 

[Myjourney2009]

I know people consider her to have that 'good hair' but ain't all the baby hair in the front fake though? erplexed

its not that they are fake its that there is too much that is brought to the front.

IMO baby hair lays on its own. There is no reason to have an entire regimen that takes upwards of 5 mins to do them. It is obvious Chili does just that and they looked ridic. when TLC first came out and they look ridic now.

Chili if you are reading this enough with the baby hair.

 

[tiffers]

Okay, Ginuwine's baby hair just made me bust out laughing.

 

[mzteaze]

Wait, why come no one mentioned being able to claim "good hair" status by claiming to be 1/16 or 1/32 of any other racial group other than good ol' black?

Seriously I have always heard you had to be mixed with something (in your lineage) to have "good hair".

 

[kbragg]

"Good hair means curls and waves...bad hair means you look like a slave" - India Aire, I Am Not My Hair

 

[tiffers]

its not that they are fake its that there is too much that is brought to the front.

IMO baby hair lays on its own. There is no reason to have an entire regimen that takes upwards of 5 mins to do them. It is obvious Chili does just that and they looked ridic. when TLC first came out and they look ridic now.

Chili if you are reading this enough with the baby hair.

Dying @ the baby hair regimen.

 

[Myjourney2009]

Oh, I have my own ideas, I just wanted to hear other people's definitions. I was seriously asking (as in, to get responses) but it's not a serious question as in, I don't have absolutely no idea what it is and honestly wanted to know lol. No, I just wanted to hear what others used to think of when they thought someone had 'good' hair.

To get a uniform answer ask an AA woman from the US that is over 50, it does not matter her background either. Most will give you the same general answer, they will even get a little glint in their eye as they think about what they wish they had (if they dont already). If they do then they will run their hand over their hair and say "ours".

Then they may go off into their own world as they talk about all the people in their family that has that gudd hurr. Say thank you and kindly excuse yourself. They probably wont here you though as they bask in the gudd hurr talk.

Come back to the board and tell us what they have said.

 

[curlycrown85]

I'm all with the "good hair is healthy hair," but it seems that Sheena84 is seriously wondering what the other term for "good hair" means. Majority of the members of LHCF is from the U.S., but aren't you from the U.K., Sheena? The "good hair" term may be foreign to her in the way that blacks from the U.S. have coined it, and she's trying to get the best understanding of our lingo, "ebonics," or whatever.