When momma use to do our hai

Does anyone notice that when we were younger and our mothers did our hair it use to be so long and healthy. I guess that is what i decided to do is go back to doing my hair the way my mom use to do it with care and concern and not just do anything or trust anyone with our hair.  The more hairdressers I 've been to the more I wish I could go back to the days when someone I really trusted and had my best interest at heart did my hair. Does anyone feel me???

i always had cornrows and she rarely washed my hair and all i used was grease. and my naturalhair was long and thick. well not as thick and normal but it was long. LOL

Umm well lets see...well my mom washed my hair once every 2 weeks (thats what she told me)  My family had to hold me down on the counter just to get my hair washed. I hated getting my hair washed and I hated water. It seemed to take a whoooooolllllleeeeee day to get my hair washed, dried and then braided. Every few sundays (especially holidays) my mom would press my hair...wake up about 6 am on sunday to get all pressed and head to Sunday School. We experiemented with glovers mane and I hated that stuff since. It stank!!! No matter how many washes on wash day that stuff still smelled like an over used bar-b-que grill.  But my hair always turned out cute!

When mommy used 2 do my hair it would look so good! My natural hair is extremely thick, like Rudy Huxtable from the Cosbys. I sort of regret getting a relaxer (which mom told me NOT to), but she gave in and let me get one and I no longer have the beautiful afro texture that I once had. When I was younger my hair was too tough to handle, so mom would press it using grease only. I never used a lot of products - just my Blue Magic Grease and mom would only wash it once a month. Now it's a totally different story, but I guess sometimes change is good. You learn from your mistakes and learn to accept your hair's texture - whether it's relaxed, natural, locked, it's all up to u, whatever makes u comfortable!

I remember my mom washing my hair 2 weeks as well.  Greasing my hair with Hawaian Silky "Sure Gro,"Blue Magic, Posner, and TCB. I also remember my mother using eggs and mayo in my hair as a conditioner.  My mom also did my relaxers.  My hair was bra strap length and thick.

My hair was definitely thicker when I was younger, and longer too -- but remember that most of us were shorter, so "longer" on a kid would not look the same on an adult.

My hair used to be much thinner, until I got away from that durned hairdresser who insisted that I come in every six weeks.  Now it's a lot thicker, and since I trim my own ends and use less heat, it looks much better than I'm used to for two months post-relaxer.

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