Interracial Curly Hair
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Topic: Interracial Curly Hair
Posted By: Blended Beauty
Subject: Interracial Curly Hair
Date Posted: Jun 3, 2005 at 11:20am
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Hi I'm half black and half white. My curly hair is not quite the same as most. Is anyone else here interracial?
Stacey
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Replies: 50
Posted By: Blended Beauty
Date Posted: Jun 3, 2005 at 11:20am
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Hi I'm half black and half white. My curly hair is not quite the same as most. Is anyone else here interracial?
Stacey
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Posted By: eKatherine
Date Posted: Jun 3, 2005 at 9:12pm
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Posted By: Sweetcandicurlz
Date Posted: Jun 3, 2005 at 9:14pm
Hi. I am also interracial. I am half hispanic and half black, and yes our hair is different from most people. And sometimes it's hard to chose just the right hair products too.Well, I just thought I would reply.
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Posted By: Layla
Date Posted: Jun 4, 2005 at 7:51am
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I'm half black and half??? My hair is the same as most though.
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Posted By: Blended Beauty
Date Posted: Jun 4, 2005 at 8:07am
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When I made it a sticky, it was a quite decision. I wanted interracials to see I guess.
I'm wondering how many on doing that new 'no poo' thing. Not using shampoo and either using a cleansing conditioner or clay mask.
Stace
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Posted By: eKatherine
Date Posted: Jun 4, 2005 at 2:04pm
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I do conditioner only, and I've been doing it for more than a year. |
Posted By: Blended Beauty
Date Posted: Jun 4, 2005 at 2:43pm
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Do you use anything to remove build up like a mud mask or a cleansing rinse/conditioner?
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Posted By: eatgreenjello
Date Posted: Jun 6, 2005 at 11:44am
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I wouldn't let that mud mask go near your pretty head of hair! Clay is a drying and absorbent substance that will chip away at your cuticle as it dries.
A good vinegar rinse or a gentle clarifying shampoo is your best bet to get rid of buildup. |
Posted By: Sweetcandicurlz
Date Posted: Jun 12, 2005 at 11:14pm
Well, I just use you know, regular moisturizing shampoo and conditioner. Don't know if I would like the feeling of not being able to wash my hair. But it sounds interesting about those cleansing conditioners.  ,- A cha`e`a % ,` /.(`p ! %- $(% !%%%$$bp $
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Posted By: Blended Beauty
Date Posted: Jun 13, 2005 at 8:01am
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The mud mask I use doesn't dry because it has glycerin and other things in it. It only half drys but stays soft. It leaves a soft velvety feal.
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Posted By: eKatherine
Date Posted: Jun 13, 2005 at 1:45pm
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The only product I use that can build up is Pantene, which contain silicones. I at least weekly do a rinse of 1/2 cup vinegar in a quart of water before washing to prevent buildup. |
Posted By: Pokahontas
Date Posted: Jun 29, 2005 at 8:29am
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I am not interracial, but you don't have to be in order to have curly hair. So what do you mean when you say your hair is not the same as most, if you dont mind me asking? I know some really good curl products that work for me but I'm not interracial so I don't know if you'd be interested, but if you are just let me know.
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Posted By: Blended Beauty
Date Posted: Jun 29, 2005 at 9:15am
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I didn't mean only interracials have curly hair. It's a certain type of curly hair. It's not the same as normal curly hair usually. You'd have to be mixed to know what I mean.
I was just wondering who's out there doing the no poo thing. Most people use vinigar and I'm wondering if anyone has tried witch hazel.
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Posted By: Pokahontas
Date Posted: Jun 29, 2005 at 9:33am
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Ok, well I guess I'm out. Sorry I couldn't help. Actually I am mixed, just not half and half. My hair is just curly, wouldn't know if it's normal or not.
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Posted By: Sweetcandicurlz
Date Posted: Jun 29, 2005 at 9:52am
Pokahontas said "I am mixed, just not half and half.", first u said u are not interacial, now u say u are mixed but not half and half. What do u mean i'm a littled confused. If u don't mind, let us know what u mean. thanks  Sweetcandicurlz38532.4125115741 ,- A cha`e`a % ,` /.(`p ! %- $(% !%%%$$bp $
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Posted By: Blended Beauty
Date Posted: Jun 29, 2005 at 10:16am
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Hair like mine is really dry and frizzy like afro hair but looser obviously and the curls are like cork screws. But I also can only comb it in the shower with conditioner in it and if I don't put a leave -in cream in it, it will be a giant puff afro. It's not sleak and silky like a lot of normal type curly hair. If you look at this page I am a CB.7 and I wish I was a CB.1 
http://www.blended-beauty.com/Biracial_Hair_Types.html
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Posted By: Pokahontas
Date Posted: Jun 29, 2005 at 10:41am
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Means I have other races in my family bloodline. I guess in my view everyone (speaking for black people) is mixed with something because none of our roots are fully african so I consider myself black but I do have Native American and Caucasian in my family also. As far as me saying I'm mixed, yes I am but I'm not interracial which to me means having two parents of totally different races, which I do not have. Sorry for confusion, hope that helped.
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Posted By: Pokahontas
Date Posted: Jun 29, 2005 at 10:53am
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Ok, that's interesting. I've never seen a hair type chart like that. I hope this dosen't sound dumb but I really don't know, is that chart only for biracial people? http://naturallycurly2.com/curl411/types.php <----This is where I got mine from. I didn't know they had a different one.
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Posted By: Blended Beauty
Date Posted: Jun 29, 2005 at 11:00am
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That one is too general and skips so many types that people have to say I'm inbetween this and that. The one I posted is for anyone who has the type of hair that is in that range. It's an add on to the old one. I don't know how that old typing system can jump from 2B to 2C like that. They are missing a huge number of people. I think its an ignorant chart.
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Posted By: Blended Beauty
Date Posted: Jun 29, 2005 at 11:01am
Posted By: Blended Beauty
Date Posted: Jun 29, 2005 at 11:13am
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I never said that other mixed people can't have other types of hair. I only spoke about my type and tried to explain it. I don't have to get over anything. I specifically said that the chart is for ANYONE who has that type of hair,not just biracials. I know all about hair and I know that mixed hair comes in all different textures. I was asked about mine. Not others. I showed the chart so that I could show what my hair was. That is all. I don't know why you attack.
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Posted By: Pokahontas
Date Posted: Jun 29, 2005 at 11:46am
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I wouldn't say ignorant but they are making big jumps. Not everyone knows about the other chart. Well, I didn't. Now I know.
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Posted By: Blended Beauty
Date Posted: Jun 29, 2005 at 11:49am
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Yeah it's new. It's an add on to the old one. It just completes it I guess.
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Posted By: Blended Beauty
Date Posted: Jun 29, 2005 at 5:43pm
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I wasn't jumping. Why did you tell me to get over it. That was the jump.
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Posted By: Bryan
Date Posted: Jun 29, 2005 at 7:10pm
im not going to tell you what my race is, because it doesnt matter. but
what i do know is that i have been following ekatherines conditioner
only routine, and it tamed my curly hair (thanks gurl). my hair is
naturally a 3b1 according to blended beauty's chart. my hair used to
get puffy and frizzy (much like you described stacie) but thanks to
this co routine, my curls are soft and beautiful, and they organize
into nice ringlets without products. what i do daily in the shower:
1.) cleanse with suave daily clarifying conditioner
2.) moisturize with biolage conditioning balm (left on for 3 minutes)
3.) moisturize with pantene's deep treatment for colored hair (left on for one minute)
as a leave in after the shower i use avon naturals moisturizing
conditioner (exact name: poppy flower and almond milk moisturizing
conditioner for dry or color treated hair) which i have "spiked" with 2
tbls of evoo
once a week i use a clarifying rinse similar to what ekatherine prescribed earlier.
hth stacie
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Posted By: eKatherine
Date Posted: Jun 29, 2005 at 7:14pm
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I'm so glad it's worked for you. I discovered Suave Daily Clarifying Conditioner on my own, but it's become very popular as the cleansing conditioner to use. |
Posted By: Blended Beauty
Date Posted: Jun 29, 2005 at 7:50pm
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Hi, what does hth mean? (sorry)
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Posted By: Bryan
Date Posted: Jun 29, 2005 at 7:51pm
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hope that helped. sorry, i forget sometimes that not everyone is fluent in instant messenger speak
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Posted By: Blended Beauty
Date Posted: Jun 29, 2005 at 7:54pm
Posted By: afrolatina
Date Posted: Jul 7, 2005 at 4:56pm
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Blended - Have you tried the Curls line (available thru naturallycurly.com and curls.biz). This is a line of products that was created specifically with bi/multi racial hair in mind. The owner, founder is bi-racial.
Your hair sounds like it would be gorgeous with the right products. I think I understand what you mean by the type of hair that you describe and have friends who are bi-racial (quite common where I live). My niece is not bi-racial but has hair that sounds similar to yours (sort of). When wet it is to her waist, but when dry shrinks to mid back, more frizzy / waves than curly. If she bounces around (very active kid) it becomes Diana Ross like. Her roots are completely straight. At the very front, she gets this fuzzy halo :)
With anyone
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Posted By: Pokahontas
Date Posted: Jul 8, 2005 at 9:45am
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[QUOTE=afrolatina]
Blended - Have you tried the Curls line (available thru naturallycurly.com and curls.biz). This is a line of products that was created specifically with bi/multi racial hair in mind. The owner, founder is bi-racial.
Your hair sounds like it would be gorgeous with the right products. I think I understand what you mean by the type of hair that you describe and have friends who are bi-racial (quite common where I live). My niece is not bi-racial but has hair that sounds similar to yours (sort of). When wet it is to her waist, but when dry shrinks to mid back, more frizzy / waves than curly. If she bounces around (very active kid) it becomes Diana Ross like. Her roots are completely straight. At the very front, she gets this fuzzy halo :)
With anyone
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Posted By: Blended Beauty
Date Posted: Jul 8, 2005 at 11:41am
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I appreciate everything you are saying. I was just wondering the certain questions I asked. I actually have my own line of hair products for the range of interracial hair. It is not quite similar to curls. I have formulated them differently. I know a lot about hair, genetics and chemistry. I have two science degrees. Really I just wanted to know what people are doing to achieve the effects they want. Where I'm from people are very open and talking about race. I didn't think it would be a big deal.
Thanks for the help
Stacey
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Posted By: afrolatina
Date Posted: Jul 8, 2005 at 1:44pm
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Several people in this thread have offered very good advice.
However, Stacey, I think that the whole bi/multi racial spin in your posts specifically overshadows any of the curly hair advice offered, which is sad because this is a curly hair forum.
You say that where you are from people are comfortable discussing race. Again, this is the wrong forum for that. And in any case, you have rejected other
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Posted By: Pokahontas
Date Posted: Jul 8, 2005 at 1:49pm
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[QUOTE=afrolatina]
Several people in this thread have offered very good advice.
However, Stacey, I think that the whole bi/multi racial spin in your posts specifically overshadows any of the curly hair advice offered, which is sad because this is a curly hair forum.
You say that where you are from people are comfortable discussing race. Again, this is the wrong forum for that. And in any case, you have rejected other
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Posted By: Blended Beauty
Date Posted: Jul 8, 2005 at 2:00pm
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Actually I didn't promote anything. I only tried to have a normal conversation and I didn't reject anything. You should reread my posts. It was everyone else who kept trying to shut me up about race. Why does everyone want to deny that not all races, in general, have the same hair. It's like saying green is blue. Curls products are specifically for multiracial hair. It says it on the site. It's not just for curly hair because she also knows that multiracial hair is different than other curly hair. Everyone here seems to want to just argue and prove some sort of point. I wasn't discussing race in general. I was only explaining the type of hair that I have. There's nothing wrong with that. People should have to tippy toe around talking about why they look a certain way. This is not a very friendly place, simply because you've proven my point that curly haired people who are not multiracial don't understand multiracial hair and are determined to say it isn't any different. But really you wouldn't know.
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Posted By: Blended Beauty
Date Posted: Jul 8, 2005 at 2:01pm
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I meant people 'should not' have to tippy toe
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Posted By: Jennyjen
Date Posted: Jul 8, 2005 at 3:26pm
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I almost posted a reply to Stacy regarding my hair type...BUT I NOT DARE  ...everyone here totally jumped on her question, why, because she is bi-racial?? Bi-racial people usually DO have a different texture of hair, but not all of them. Sometimes knowing the ethnicity of people helps. I've had several hair stylist ask my mix...and it helped them determine what to put in and do with my hair!!
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Posted By: afrolatina
Date Posted: Jul 8, 2005 at 5:00pm
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Stacey -
I think there maybe a cultural barrier here. Also, your intentions were not really clearly defined in your earlier posts. My initial post to you was me offering suggestions about products and quite sincere. I am as interracial as they come, I just don
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Posted By: Blended Beauty
Date Posted: Jul 8, 2005 at 5:28pm
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It's not fair to say I tried to promote anything. The link I gave was way before stating I had a line and it was only the page with pictures of types of hair. There's only one link on that page that goes to the home page and it's a text link that can be easily missed. I was only trying to show what my hair looks like. If I was trying to promote it, there's a lot more I could say. But I do know that they will sell themselves. I do say my products are made for multiracial hair, because it is the truth. There are so many lines for blacks and whites, why not have one for interracials? Why would people be against that? It doesn't hurt anyone. No one is forced to use them. I could have mentioned it much earlier but never had any intensions of saying anything. I already stated why I started the thread. Most multiracial people are very glad to hear about my line and I've helped many that curls could not help. I was not looking for trouble here. I only asked what people were doing to care for their curls. That's is all. Specifically I wanted to know if people use witch hazel.
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Posted By: Blended Beauty
Date Posted: Jul 8, 2005 at 5:52pm
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And the only reason I never said much about the advice was because I never asked for advice or insinuated that I needed it. I was pretty clear about what I was asking. I never meant to be rude about it.
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Posted By: Sweetcandicurlz
Date Posted: Jul 8, 2005 at 11:39pm
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I totally agree with Blended Beauty!!! I do know exactly what she is talking about and where she is coming from. Someimes it is hard for me to pick out hair products, b/c usually "white" products don't work so good, and "black" products don't work so good either, but I am forced to buy one of them since my hair needs some kind conditioning, and when I found out about Blended Beauty's hair products, I was very excited about it and even though I havn't tried her products yet, I am eager to start! I just wanted her to know, I guess ,- A cha`e`a % ,` /.(`p ! %- $(% !%%%$$bp $
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Posted By: Blended Beauty
Date Posted: Jul 9, 2005 at 9:07am
Thanks a mill Sweetcandicurlz!
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Posted By: Pokahontas
Date Posted: Jul 9, 2005 at 12:33pm
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Your statement is true for african americans also (speaking for myself). Not all white products work for me and not all black products work either so you don't have a valid point. If you talk to african americans in other forums they use white and black products and neither one always work. Hair is hair, no matter what race...everyone's is different...not just biracial. I'm not trying to argue, just simply stating my opinion.
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Posted By: Pokahontas
Date Posted: Jul 9, 2005 at 12:58pm
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When I tried to talk to you, you blew me off and said I needed to be multiracial to understand. Why??? That was very rude. You weren't interested in anything I had to say after that and I don't understand. Also what is your definition of Multiracial? Multiracial and biracial are two totally different things and you are using them like they are the same. Most african americans are multiracial...meaning none of us are pure African.
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Posted By: Blended Beauty
Date Posted: Jul 9, 2005 at 2:01pm
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"Hair is hair, no matter what race...everyone's is different"
That's contradictory. Either hair is hair, and it's all the same, or everyone's different. I agree that AAs have the same problem. Their hair is not like white hair just as mine is not like white hair. I don't know what the problem is with me saying my hair is not like every other curly hair out there. That's what you all were saying before but now you are saying that everyone's different. So than it's okay for me to say that my hair is different from most curly hair without you all jumping on me. And I didn't blow you off. I was talking to someone else but I didn't quote. I don't know why you don't understand. You should. You are obviously not black, but black identified. You don't have typical black hair so you should understand when I say my hair is not like blacks or whites and I can better relate to mixed race people who in general will be more likely to have a hair type like mine.
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Posted By: Callalily
Date Posted: Jul 9, 2005 at 2:30pm
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What does being mutilracial have to do with the texture of your hair? Your problem/description sounds universal to me. You're trying HARD to make it seem unique to one group of people, though. Hey, whatever floats your boat!
It's a multiracial thang....ya'll wouldn't understand....
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Posted By: Blended Beauty
Date Posted: Jul 9, 2005 at 2:39pm
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If it's accepted that black people and white people generally have different hair textures, why do people deny that interracials do too? That just makes no sense unless you have something against interracials.
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Posted By: Bryan
Date Posted: Jul 9, 2005 at 10:38pm
i personally believe that everyone's hair texture is just
slightly different that the next person you see walking down the
street. no one blanket product is going to work for everyone. finding a
hair product that works for you is just all about experementing with
different categories of products. if blended beauty's products work for
her, well then thats great. she has finally ended her long and
difficult search. and if they happen to work for other people, good for
them too. i think all of this controversy over race is stupid. as i
stated earlier, it doesnt matter what race you are, it just matters
what type of hair is on your head, and what your hair responds to. so,
i vote we put all of this race controversy aside, and try to answer
blended beauty's origional question.
stacie,
i finally got a chance to try my acv rinse with witch hazel instead of
the acv. i personally didnt like the results. it felt like the witch
hazel stripped my hair. i would probably never try it again. but you go
ahead and see if it works for your hair, as your hair will react
differently than mine did. i have heard that witch hazel can be used as
a light weight setting lotion. idk how this would work, but it cant
hurt to try. good luck with the experementing.
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Posted By: Callalily
Date Posted: Jul 9, 2005 at 10:50pm
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There is NO standard hair texture for any racial ethnic group. I've seen black people with naturally straight smooth hair and I've seen white people with VERY natrually kinky hair that use relaxers to relax the kink out of there hair like some black women do! I've seen biracials with kinky hair, curly hair and straight hair.
Hair is hair. No one group has a 'patent' on any one type of hair.
Heck, my sister has naturally curly hair. She's not bi-or multracial. She's black. I have kinky hair. I have cousins with naturally straight hair. We're all black.
There's no such thing as 'white' hair, 'black' hair, 'biracial' hair or 'mutilracial' hair.
Do you get it now?
Relax. No one's on an 'I hate multiracials' campaign. People are just trying to tell you something because you sound very uninformed.
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Date Posted: Jul 10, 2005 at 5:54am
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Posted By: Blended Beauty
Date Posted: Jul 10, 2005 at 9:06am
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Thanks for letting me know. Did you use it straight or did you mix it with anything?
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