Best Pics of Natural Hair/Heads (Includes our Members): A Thread of Encouragement!!

Hi ladies:
I am posting some pics of beautiful natural heads of hair to encourage me as I transition to natural. I will be posting pics of some of our members (with their permission only) as this thread grows and they say it's okay (some of them said okay, but their fotki pics were protected, so I'll post links to the fotki!

Zzirvingj (One of our own)






Miss Renee Davis (check out her site: http://www.reneedavis.com/)


Ms Jadu





WhipEffectz1


http://public.fotki.com/WhipEffect/january-2007-6-mont/1000968.html
http://public.fotki.com/WhipEffect/january-2007-6-mont/1000966.html

Bmoreflyygirl





MissScarlett






missnappylady






LynnieB






Caligirl




Bet you didn't know natural hair could do this!


MissJ









Queeny20



FlowerHair




Naturallady

Protected pics on fotki, but check it out!
http://public.fotki.com/Caisha/

Rabs77



Blackbuttafly




STLCoverGirl




Example of CNapp


Mscocoface


GoingNatural



thefineprint



Gelila Bekele-Supermodel




http://a661.ac- images.myspacecdn.com/images01/28/l_532cf3a023c3a1896657e6533c9a63b4.jpg

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Still Updating (if you don't see your pic yet, don't worry)!

So1913



Danimami


Michiko



BlackRican



EMJazzy






Minny





NewYorkgyrl


Cheleigh







Pokahontas



CurlyJ




Starr1




Silvergirl




MissPriss





Neenzmj





The beautiful Ms. Lauryn Hill





we already know who's hotter


Erykah Badu





Mestiza


Someone from Mixedchicks.net

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Still Updating




Tetbelle


MissFadu


Bluebearfanatic




Pics of beautiful locks








Natstar



Another CNapp


Velvet (protected album)
http://public.fotki.com/velvethalo/experiment/

Hopeful (Protected Album)
http://public.fotki.com/2Pretty4Words/hair_albums/

GradyGirl
http://public.fotki.com/gradygirl/2007-hair-care-albums/

Nakialovesshoes (Link to fotki only--pics are protected)
http://public.fotki.com/lovinglance/1st-year-totally-natural/the-big-chop/picture007.html

Miss_Congeniality (link to fotki only--pics are protected)
http://public.fotki.com/missCONGENIALity/june-july/two-years-in-the-making/

Poohbear (pics are protected)
http://public.fotki.com/poohbear0215

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Good thread! (and the pics of our very own members are the exact ones I had in mind! Since you are still updating, I won't bother to list the rest)

Thanks! I need the encouragement; have to make this thread a sticky!!

BB

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Cocoberry, if this is supposed to be an encouragement thread I think you should show more variety when it comes to texture and length.

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bmoreflyygirl said:

Cocoberry, if this is supposed to be an encouragement thread I think you should show more variety when it comes to texture and length.

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I agree. The pictures posted are great though, beautiful hair ladies

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bmoreflyygirl said:

Cocoberry, if this is supposed to be an encouragement thread I think you should show more variety when it comes to texture and length.

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She mentioned in an earlier post that she is still updating so I am sure there are more pics to come that will be inclusive of all textures and lengths.

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Great thread--especially for us transitioners!

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blackbarbie said:

She mentioned in an earlier post that she is still updating so I am sure there are more pics to come that will be inclusive of all textures and lengths.

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Yeah, I saw that. But most of the people she's posted so far have long hair and have similar textures (curls). I didn't know if she was going to continue down that road or not. We wouldn't want 4bs or people with mixtures to feel left out.

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cocoberry10 said:

Hi ladies:
Gelila Bekele-Model

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Gelila...I think I may have found my hair twin. Keep the pics coming!

ETA: Realized STL's hair although fab, her curls are looser than mine.

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I am over here drooling!

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bmoreflyygirl said:

Yeah, I saw that. But most of the people she's posted so far have long hair and have similar textures (curls). I didn't know if she was going to continue down that road or not. We wouldn't want 4bs or people with mixtures to feel left out.

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IMHO, Naturallady, Misscocoface, Queeny20, MissJ are 4b

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bmoreflyygirl said:

Cocoberry, if this is supposed to be an encouragement thread I think you should show more variety when it comes to texture and length.

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Hi, sorry it took me so long. I had a morning meeting I definitely plan to do this. Also, anyone that wants to post their own pics, please feel free!

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blackbarbie said:

She mentioned in an earlier post that she is still updating so I am sure there are more pics to come that will be inclusive of all textures and lengths.

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You were absolutely right! I was waiting to hear back from people I PM'd, and I'm still waiting for a few, but I decided to start the thread. I'm literally posting pics in order of who got back to me (so I don't forget anyone) I made sure to pic plenty of 2, 3, and type 4 hair people. And also, some people who said I could post their pics have protected fotkis, so when I went to copy the pics, I couldn't (hence why some people have links to their fotkis and no pics)!

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What a nice thread. There are so many beautiful, natural heads on LHCF. It was an encouragement to me when I first came here and that's what started me in transisitioning and then doing the BC in August of 2006.

Pokahontas, Cichele, were the first ones that I saw for 3b/3c hair that encouraged me in my transisition. There are so many that are 4a/4b whose hair makes me drool.

I encourage all transistioners to continue pressing on....it's well worth it in the end!

Blessings!

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bmoreflyygirl said:

Yeah, I saw that. But most of the people she's posted so far have long hair and have similar textures (curls). I didn't know if she was going to continue down that road or not. We wouldn't want 4bs or people with mixtures to feel left out.

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No, definitely not! I have mixture of 3c/4a/4b hair, so I definitely want to show all types of hair. As I said before, some people have not gotten back to me, and others have protected fotkis so I've tried to either post links to their fotkis or wait until they send me pics! This was a thread of encouragement, definitely not one of discouragement or exclusion!

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Great thread not only for transitioners but also for some of us naturals who get the urge to.......

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I love this thread, thanks cocoberry!

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Thank you Cocoberry!

This is a great thread...I'd love to see more beautiful pictures of naturals! Short and long and all textures

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Nice photos--good job with the encouragement thread (I don't know if I should thank the OP here, or create a new thread and keep this just for the photos).

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FlowerHair said:

Thank you Cocoberry!

This is a great thread...I'd love to see more beautiful pictures of naturals! Short and long and all textures

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I'm still updating I wanted to post pics of our members (of course, only w/their permission) and then also pics of famous natural heads! I always love a nice mixture of hair textures and lengths! Thanks for allowing me to post your pics

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Thanks for including me Cocoberry and for all the wonderful pics. Looking forward to seeing more!!

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wonderstar88 said:

Great thread not only for transitioners but also for some of us naturals who get the urge to.......

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No, I transitioned before and ultimately went back to relaxers, so I totally know what you mean!

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Cheleigh said:

Nice photos--good job with the encouragement thread (I don't know if I should thank the OP here, or create a new thread and keep this just for the photos).

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I agree. I'm updating. It takes time, so everyone feel free to add pics, and then I'll post them in the original 2-3 posts that I wrote this morning! I'm also still waiting to hear back. And if I didn't PM you, don't worry, I want as many pics posted as possible (I don't know everyone on here)

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soun said:

IMHO, Naturallady, Misscocoface, Queeny20, MissJ are 4b

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Yes ma'am I am def a 4b. Thanks for including me cocoberry10. Q

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GREAT THREAD COCOBERRY

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queeny20 said:

Yes ma'am I am def a 4b. Thanks for including me cocoberry10. Q

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No problem. Thanks for allowing me to post pics More pics are coming! I am still updating! And please don't feel excluded. There was no way I could PM every member. If you have beautiful, natural hair, please post your pics and I'll put them in the original posts!

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THANK YOU so much....u just dont know how much i look around for more motivation to continue transitioning even though i havent had any 2nd thoughts about not continuing on ...

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soun said:

IMHO, Naturallady, Misscocoface, Queeny20, MissJ are 4b

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The only one I'd consider a true 4b would be Misscocoface. But of course all of these types are debatable. I only ask because I've seen plenty of threads about naturals and then people are like well their hair doesn't look like mines. They have a looser texture. Or they have soft hair so it's easier to maintain, etc. And other things along those lines. We don't see as many 4bs with super long hair as we do people in the type 3 or even 4a range. I hadn't seen any until somebody posted that long list with all the fotki links in it from here and NP a while back. All the long haired naturals I had seen had looser textures which made me feel a little discouraged when I felt like my hair wasn't growing or I was never gonna get there. But I'm glad cocoberry said she's deliberately making an effort representing everybody equally.

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bmoreflyygirl said:

The only one I'd consider a true 4b would be Misscocoface. But I'm glad cocoberry said she's representing everybody equally.

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Really cuz I am def not a 4a. That pic is a braid out. Check out my fotki and you will see I am def a 4b. But I guess it just depends. Oh well. Q