ThickRoot
Well-Known Member
Hi Ladies,
I've lurked on this board for awhile but this is my first post. Many of you are friends in my head you just don't know it
Sorry but this is gonna be long....
Anyway, I am on a HHJ that I started in February. I am transitioning or in a very long stretch depending on what day you ask me.
My last relaxer was 12/24/09.
Flashforward to today I go to an african hair braiding shop to get cornrows w/extensions cause I'm going to join a braid challenge we're having here. The braider starts to detangle my hair with a little *** comb. Uh uh. I was like I don't use itty bitty combs in my hair I pulled out my wide tooth comb from my handbag. Then she whipped out a blowdryer and wanted to blowdry it she said she can't braid it natural???? I usually have a relaxer no one has ever blowdried my hair to braid it. I don't know but natural ladies, do you have to have your hair blowdried before it's braided w/extensions? I let her do it lightly and I will say it didn't last 8 minutes if that long and the heat was low. I was afraid of her making it too straight. I don't have that much natural hair my new growth is 2 - 2.5 inches long, and my relaxed ends are about 8 inches.
So she goes on to say to me are you trying to wear your hair natural I said I think so, right now I think the plan is to transition but we'll see. She said to me you are like me you have very thick kinky hair, natural hair is not for black women it's not manageable. I was sitting there like WTF??? She said, The hair is too kinky and hard. (I think I'm a 3c/4a mix -- more 4a). She said when she was 13 as soon as she could save enough money she put a relaxer in her hair and she will never again wear it natural. She went on to tell me that she relaxed her daughter's hair at 3 years old cause it was too difficult to manage and her daughter cried the whole time whenever she would do her hair. Yeah, wow I couldn't believe what I was hearing. And she's saying all this while she was working on my hair. OMG. Here's the thing I don't care if the relaxer works for her fine but I couldn't believe that she thought black women should not even consider the possibility and she is a haircare professional omg.
So my question is do you have to have your hair blow dried before it's braided or did she just not want to deal with my hair?
I've lurked on this board for awhile but this is my first post. Many of you are friends in my head you just don't know it
Sorry but this is gonna be long....Anyway, I am on a HHJ that I started in February. I am transitioning or in a very long stretch depending on what day you ask me.
My last relaxer was 12/24/09. Flashforward to today I go to an african hair braiding shop to get cornrows w/extensions cause I'm going to join a braid challenge we're having here. The braider starts to detangle my hair with a little *** comb. Uh uh. I was like I don't use itty bitty combs in my hair I pulled out my wide tooth comb from my handbag. Then she whipped out a blowdryer and wanted to blowdry it she said she can't braid it natural???? I usually have a relaxer no one has ever blowdried my hair to braid it. I don't know but natural ladies, do you have to have your hair blowdried before it's braided w/extensions? I let her do it lightly and I will say it didn't last 8 minutes if that long and the heat was low. I was afraid of her making it too straight. I don't have that much natural hair my new growth is 2 - 2.5 inches long, and my relaxed ends are about 8 inches.
So she goes on to say to me are you trying to wear your hair natural I said I think so, right now I think the plan is to transition but we'll see. She said to me you are like me you have very thick kinky hair, natural hair is not for black women it's not manageable. I was sitting there like WTF??? She said, The hair is too kinky and hard. (I think I'm a 3c/4a mix -- more 4a). She said when she was 13 as soon as she could save enough money she put a relaxer in her hair and she will never again wear it natural. She went on to tell me that she relaxed her daughter's hair at 3 years old cause it was too difficult to manage and her daughter cried the whole time whenever she would do her hair. Yeah, wow I couldn't believe what I was hearing. And she's saying all this while she was working on my hair. OMG. Here's the thing I don't care if the relaxer works for her fine but I couldn't believe that she thought black women should not even consider the possibility and she is a haircare professional omg.
So my question is do you have to have your hair blow dried before it's braided or did she just not want to deal with my hair?
) and them and blow dry before hand.
