Comments on: Little Girls, BIG Hair

By: Debby

Debby — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:32:54 +0000

Hi first of all I’m so mixed up my mom’s from jamaica and her dad was from india my grandma was mixed with some kind of dark skinned indian and my dad has cherokee on both sides so my hair is more like mixed hair curly wavy long down my back I have 6 kids 3 of each but one girl age 11 has really thick hair it’s nice and curly but super thick and frizzy I usually use curl activator and that works fine for the rest of us but hers is comb breaking thick even with activator she does her own hair now and complains why hers is not like mine or her sisters any suggestions? Thanks!

By: stevesha

stevesha — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 01:11:23 +0000

i wish mine could grow quicker!

By: stevesha

stevesha — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 01:10:24 +0000

dangggg that is very very cute i wish mine was like that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Masha

Masha — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 22:08:59 +0000

This is a great post. I have a niece and my sister simply takes her time to shop around for products to do her hair. Sadly, I wish that I cold do my nieces hair as well as my sister.

I also want to point out something. My sis and I have partially fine hair, however, my nieces hair is not as easy to maintain. So kudos to the women out there who are black and their daughters have a different grade of hair as they do. I think many people assume that we all know what to do b/c we are black

When I was a girl my mom used water and grease and sent me off

By: bella

bella — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:38:19 +0000

Thank you both for mentioning Happy Girl Hair, I should have linked to them in this article and will make a point to write a post about online resources for this kind of thing. They’re amazing!

By: bella

bella — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:37:19 +0000

Mom, I’m not at all mad at the decisions you made in dealing with my hair! If I didn’t go through all of that and have those emotions, I wouldn’t be Afrobella today. Right? I love you!

By: alicia

alicia — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 02:25:30 +0000

Your nieces are cute as buttons. Thanks for sharing. I don’t have any children yet either but I would not but a perm in their hair until they were in junior high school but would still discourage it.

On a side note, I think it is most impressive that your mom comments on your blog…very sweet.

By: Nina

Nina — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 13:31:04 +0000

Taken from Rx for Brown Skin:

“Characteristics unique to brown skin include:

– More melanin, or brown skin pigment, resulting in a warmer skin shade
– Greater natural protection from the sun and lower risk of skin cancer
– Potential problems with pigmentation, or uneven darkening or lightening of skin color
– Greater risk of keloid (raised, often large scars) development”

In a nutshell, melanin provides more than pigment.

“Because of the reactive and unpredictable nature of melanin, women with brown skin are more likely to suffer from problems such as dark marks, blemishes and other skin discolorations such as post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation, melasma and vitiligo.

Brown skin also reacts differently and at times more severely to common conditions such as acne, eczema and psoriasis. Finally, women with brown skin often take medication for conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes and heart disease, and these medications can also lead to skin discolorations.”

In my home, that translated to the constant use of aloe (straight from my mother’s plants) and cocoa butter. We were tomboys that constantly skinned knees and elbows and my mother did her best to restore and keep our skin even using those two things.

By: Purple

Purple — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 03:21:37 +0000

Hi Kathy. Go to http://happygirlhair.com

By: Smilez2569

Smilez2569 — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 18:35:44 +0000

Try the Beads, Braids and Beyond blog spot or Happy Girl Hair. I would say try Happy Girl Hair first. The mother is Caucasian with adorable twin African American girls, who both have very different hair textures.

As far as regime it just really boils down to what her hair responds to. I would say leave the blue grease out of it and try something else. Thats just my opinion. Also try tying her hair in a satin scarf at night before bed. My little one just started doing it and it has helped with moisture. if she won’t keep it one then the next best thing is a satin pillow case. Hope this helps