African American
In reply to the discussion: ****AA Group**** Natural Kinky Curly Wavy Hair. [View all]JustAnotherGen
(31,817 posts)Now I need never really "needed" it and would do it occasionally - maybe with a new cut?
Two things happened - my natural hair color is a mix of about 60% auburn, 20% blonde, 20% warm brown.
1st - the brown started going gray in 2000. My hair was mid way down by back.
2nd - western NY, hot tub, January in an enclosed porch. A little wet on the ponytail. Two minutes two long drying off on a 23 degree night and getting through the French Doors and . . .
A good shoulder length cut and the necessity of hair dye demanded I go natural. That's also around the time I stopped wearing face make up like foundation, powder, primer - realized I didn't need it.
The person most thrilled? My mom. She had to "learn" how to do my hair and was glad I stopped putting the chemicals on.
That said I don't hold it against C4 and C3 hair owners. Mixed race hair more Caucasian (C2) I have to wash the front every day (oily hair) and condition the rest - then put my cocktail on and air dry.
If I couldn't do that I wouldn't wear it natural.
And now I don't jerk around with the complicated color processing - I just dye it very dark brown. When I'm 50 I'm stripping it and going snow white.