Return of the jheri curl

[dyh080]

I predict the return of the jheri curl. It will probably make a return in less than 2 years.
--- Maybe under a new name but the same curl. It may be manufactured by some big name black owned company who tried to enter the now crowded "natural products market".
---No, it will not be the same as what is currently on the market, such as Wave Nouveau, texturizer, etc.

I also predict that most ( but not all)people getting this new curl will be those who have been natural for less than 5 years and struggling to define their curls.

In addition, I predict that said people will still claim to be natural.


By the way, there are already people who big chop only so that they can get a curly look via texturizing.

Call me crazy( won't be the first time,lol) but I am simply expressing my predictions.

 

[SmileyNY]

Mama noooooooooooooooo!

 

[PinkSunshine77]

I predict the return of the jheri curl. It will probably make a return in less than 2 years.
--- Maybe under a new name but the same curl. It may be manufactured by some big name black owned company who tried to enter the now crowded "natural products market".
---No, it will not be the same as what is currently on the market, such as Wave Nouveau, texturizer, etc.

I also predict that most ( but not all)people getting this new curl will be those who have been natural for less than 5 years and struggling to define their curls.

In addition, I predict that said people will still claim to be natural.

By the way, there are already people who big chop only so that they can get a curly look via texturizing.

Call me crazy( won't be the first time,lol) but I am simply expressing my predictions.

Oh hell no please no. It was awful then and still is

 

[KurlyNinja]

You know people are going to have to let they SOUL GLO!

Just let it shine on through...

 

[RUBY]

Ok spill, what insider info do you have? Have you seen a product or know of one in development that will do as you predict?

 

[Honi]

NEVER!!!!!

 

[DarkJoy]

Actually, you are dead on op! It already has in some circles.

I'm in cali. My friend is a stylist. She said over the last year they've had a mad rush for The Curl (lol) in her salon. Mostly by type 4 Africans who are Nigerian, Eritrean, and Ethiopian.

Its only a matter of time before the rest of us catch on...

 

[dyh080]

Ok spill, what insider info do you have? Have you seen a product or know of one in development that will do as you predict?

Nope, I have no insider information. Just a feeling.

 

[dyh080]

Actually, you are dead on op! It already has in some circles.

I'm in cali. My friend is a stylist. She said over the last year they've had a mad rush for The Curl (lol) in her salon. Mostly by type 4 Africans who are Nigerian, Eritrean, and Ethiopian.

Its only a matter of time before the rest of us catch on...

Wow...thanks! I didn't know it has already started. I am on the east coast and haven't seen it here yet. Your post gave me goose bumps..not because I want it to come back but because my "feeling" was on point.

 

[LongLeggedLife]

I cant see anybody wanting to be juicy & moist about the head, although I can see them re-marketing texlaxing & wave nouveau for that reason.
Just a curly perm for black folk I guess.

 

[TheMenAllPause]

R.I.P. Jheri curl - may you never return to haunt us.

 

[Dposh167]

nah i don't think that's gonna happen

 

[MilkChocolateOne]

I doubt it. Most jheri curls look like chemically processed hair. They don't look natural and they do not mimic naturally curly hair at all(not even the "dry" curls). People will be disappointed if they think getting a curl will give them type 3a/3b/3c hair.

 

[faithVA]

As a 4b with some really serious shrinkage, I can understand the temptation. The day in and day out of the hair thing can cause you to want a break. As a past curl wearer, way in the past, it was probably one of the easiest times for me and my hair and it was the time my hair grew the longest. So I can believe that some people would want to try it especially if they missed the first go round.

I don't think too many people who did it the first time would do it again It had a lot of benefits but yeah the sticky, wet head is too much.

But having this 4b head, I can't say I blame anyone that wants to try it.

 

[DarkJoy]

I had a dry version of the curl. My hair grew past sl which is long for me. It was so easy to maintain too.

But besides the juiciness of it, the smell of any kind of curl? Just nasty!

 

[StarScream35]

Wait............the Jheri Curl went out of style??? I thought they simply improved it?? I went to high school in the late 90's with a chic that had an improved Jheri Curl. It looked good.

 

[SUPER SWEET]

I'm never going back...nope never.
When I think of the jheri curl I remember this lady that sat in front of me in church. Whewwwww her hair was so sour with the activator,days or weeks of not washing combined with sweating. I can't imagine the offices,elevators,churches and other tight spaces filled with random jheri curl funk..... RANT over

 

[hair4romheaven]

Someone here use to have a jheri curl and it looks so cute!! I can't remember her name but it wasn't a juicy looking jheri curl either.

 

[NappyNelle]

I've seen it in DC and NYC. Men and women. SMH

 

[Atdow71]

I had. Jheri curl in high school (the 80s) and I will not be going back. But I will say this, the jherri curl made my hair grow which it never did as a child. I remember one time in high school, my Italian teacher (she was a sweet woman & one of my favorite teachers ) was consoling me nd she put her hands in my hair. I was so embarrassed.

I'm surprised that the 80s & 90s babies haven't brought back the curl. They brought back everything else.

 

[Solitude]

Someone here use to have a jheri curl and it looks so cute!! I can't remember her name but it wasn't a juicy looking jheri curl either.

Yes, there is at least one active member who who has or had a curl. It looked good.

I can see each and every on one of the OP's predictions coming true.

 

[BadMamaJama]

I was natural last year and I went to the shop to get my hair done and my stylist said I should get a curl. I was like ummmm, hell no! She started laughing and said that the curls they have now aren't the same. They look more natural and aren't juicy like back in the day. If you trip, some texturizers are curls anyway so bringing curls back aren't that far fetched.

 

[Your Cheeziness]

Silkk the Shocker, is that you?

 

[MilkChocolateOne]

I was natural last year and I went to the shop to get my hair done and my stylist said I should get a curl. I was like ummmm, hell no! She started laughing and said that the curls they have now aren't the same. They look more natural and aren't juicy like back in the day. If you trip, some texturizers are curls anyway so bringing curls back aren't that far fetched.

Texturizers(weak relaxers) and Curls are not the same. They use different chemicals and perform different tasks. Texturizers(lithium, sodium, calcium or potassium hydroxide) loosen the existing curl pattern, the do not create curls. Curls(thioglycolate) use a multi step process to break down the bonds of the hair and then the bonds are set and restructured on rollers thus creating curls.

 

[BadMamaJama]

My prom date had a curl! You couldn't tell me he wasn't fine! Dark skinned, tall, with a long (and banging) curl wearing a white tux! ROFL!

 

[AFashionSlave]

ITA! They will reformulate the product and use Elle Varner looking models.

There are a lot of naturals out there who have serious issues with having kinky hair. A new Jherri Curl will fill that void in their lives.

(BTW I had a Jherri curl in 1991 & it was juicy)

 

[Raspberry]

Pretee_Please has a Wave Nouveau and it looks great Her hair is long so that probably makes a big difference in the look.

 

[dyh080]

bumping for more thoughts!THANKS.

 

[Hairsofab]

If there was a chemical (not a texturizer) to mimic the type 3 curls, I think a lot of black women would go for it.

 

[Dayjoy]

I predict the return of the jheri curl. It will probably make a return in less than 2 years.
--- Maybe under a new name but the same curl. It may be manufactured by some big name black owned company who tried to enter the now crowded "natural products market".
---No, it will not be the same as what is currently on the market, such as Wave Nouveau, texturizer, etc.

I also predict that most ( but not all)people getting this new curl will be those who have been natural for less than 5 years and struggling to define their curls.

In addition, I predict that said people will still claim to be natural.


By the way, there are already people who big chop only so that they can get a curly look via texturizing.

Call me crazy( won't be the first time,lol) but I am simply expressing my predictions.

I did the bold above and texlaxed (not texturized) back in 2004. I'm now transitioning to natural from texlaxed and cannot fathom an actual "curl" on me or anyone else. I can see it if it is dry though. It would be like a permanent twist- or braidout, which IS popular right now.