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Curly Hair can not be styled in a way that is attractive/not a fro
joshofalltrades
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It's time for a haircut, H/A.
My hair is very, very curly.
Here is a picture for reference.
I like having hair on top of my head, so I'm not really interested in buzz or shortly cropped cuts so much, but perhaps you have a photograph of a style that would change my mind.
I do think it may be time to try something other than "trimming it a bit", if such a thing is possible with such curls.
Show me a haircut that would look good on me, and I will pay you money*!
*I won't actually pay you money
My hair is very, very curly.
Here is a picture for reference.
I like having hair on top of my head, so I'm not really interested in buzz or shortly cropped cuts so much, but perhaps you have a photograph of a style that would change my mind.
I do think it may be time to try something other than "trimming it a bit", if such a thing is possible with such curls.
Show me a haircut that would look good on me, and I will pay you money*!
*I won't actually pay you money
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I don't want something very involved either, it would cut into the time I spend painting my nails and waxing my bikini line in the morning
He should really give it a try. Honestly, whats the worst that can happen. He grows his hair back in a few weeks and tries something else. Besides short hair cuts have their benefits.
http://www.walgreens.com/store/catalog/Styling-Products-/Pink-Conditioning-No-Lye-Relaxer-System/ID=prod8270&navCount=17&navAction=push-product
straightener/relaxer works very very well. If there isn't a black woman on the box you aren't buying the correct product either. Hell this stuff works so well that Chris Rock is doing an entire movie around it that is coming out soon.
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I've tried it many times. It doesn't look good on me. Also, my abusive father used to shave all my hair off as a punishment when I was a child. That's not what this thread is about, so moving on...
The only thing that really bothers me about straightener is I don't know how to comb, maintain, or style straight hair. Is the learning curve steep? Right now I just jump in the shower (if my hair is dry when combed it literally frizzes up into an afro) and then comb it forward in the front, back everywhere else.
Similar to this:
http://menshair.about.com/od/picturegalleries/ig/Medium-Styles/medium05.htm
Depends on your hair, but usually once a day.
learning curve steep, eh, you'll probably look dumb for a while, but that is normal. Everybody goes through phases even if they are born with straighter hair of trying out different styles until they find one that matches their head shape and frames their face well..... hell some people never figure it out and look dumb for life. learning curve goes for anything new.... don't get too discouraged at first and keep with it.
I'd highly suggest growing out your current hair as far as you can stomach, then straighten and go to a barber and have them help you cut and style it. That would give you an easier starting point.
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note this does not apply to the kit I linked to at Walgreens..... those will last for 1 - 6 months YMMV. daily application products are nothing like straightening kits designed for afros that most black women use. They have chemicals in there to scorch the earth and they work well.
Also follow the directions in the kit and put Vaseline on your skin at your hairlines. If you get some of this stuff on your skin it burns bad. You'll want help applying this so you don't get it on your scalp also. sounds scary yes, but worth it if you really want a drastic change
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I'm already months past due for a haircut, I just haven't had time what with two jobs, two kids, full-time classes and a new weight training schedule.
also judging fom the picture you could really benefit from trimming the sides and back of your hair up and leaving it the same length on top.
As soon as I washed it, it shrunk back into curls again
Yes. That is because moisture undoes the heat process.
Which is not a good look
If I added product, it would just go back the way it was, removing the point of a flat iron
Am I missing something?
I would recommend using a pomade for this procedure. I find gilette brand pomade to work well/smell nice.
Yeah I had not realized that's what you had linked. Also a good thing.
I hear that the pleasing odor is half the point
Anyway, I'm still wanting to keep my options open on the curly hair front, so is there nothing I can do besides super fro and what I've currently got, short of cropping it short?
Assuming I don't say fuck
You're going to look even funnier with it straightened and fried to hell. Just accept what you've been given and either flaunt it or keep it nice and tight. :P
this man knows whats up, i alternate between shaved head for awhile and uhhh... being awesome
you know you want to try it.
That is amazing.
Sometime 4/5 years ago I decided to straighten it. I tried to use a straightening iron but it was a cheap one so it didn't work out to well. I then got my hair chemically straightened which is an expensive procedure. It cost around 200-300AU and what it does is it makes all the hair go perfectly straight but as the new hair grows, it is the same as the original hair. This means after a month or two the regrowth is not the same as the rest of the hair and it looks very awkward.
When the chemical straightening grew out I got a GHD straightening iron. The quality of the iron really matters. The cheap ones made my hair go so frizzy and disgusting whereas the GHD makes my hair perfectly straight and it doesn't feel like it will snap if I bent it. I really love my GHD
His movie's about the fact that the primary ingredient is rat poison.
no wonder that stuff works so good. poison that curly hair to death and it is reborn like a phoenix into straight hair.
Even given that fact, if you are really fed up with your hair I'd still try this. I've done it in the past with great results and it killed all the rats too!
And yeah it was mentioned this is expensive in a salon setting. That is why I'd opt for the home kit at less than $10. It is a small amount of money for a trial basis of straight hair.
Yeah all new growth will come in naturally and screw up the look, but depending on how fast your hair grows you should get at the very least a month or two before it looks too crazy and needs another $10 rat killing procedure.
the rat thing is concerning yes, but there are so many products out there with crazy ingredients. So it isn't like a pants shitting revelation or fear that pops up. How many years on end treatments of this do black women go through and there hasn't been any giant recall or ban on these products? That is why I'm not really too shocked at the moment. Hell if his movie uncovers some great injustice that all these people now have cancer or some other horrible malady I'll gladly rescind my current views.
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