I was adopted by a white family (my birth father is black and my birthmother is white). My adopted mom never knew how to care for my hair so she just got it
relaxed (which i still do till this day). I recently met my birth sister who hasnt had her hair relaxed and when she wets her hair she gets tight spiral curls
and it will stay in tight curls as it drys. when i get my hair wet and let it dry i just get frizz and lots of it. my birth father says its because they oiled
her hair when she was a baby. I never had my hair oiled as a baby, can i start now and eventually get tight curls like her even though my hair is relaxed?
bi-racial hair
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Posts: 1980 (10/19/09 09:20:11) |
Hi MixedHairCare,
I've been thinking about your post. That's why I hadn't posted my reply. I don't know anything about bi-racial hair, but I'm sure if you do a search online a bunch of info will pop up. Anyway, does your sister relax or perm her hair? Does she have a curly-perm? Does she have to use any chemicals at all? I have relaxed hair and I oil my hair everyday if that's what it needs, but I don't use much. Sometimes I oil it every other day. I also oil my scalp or use oil in a prepoo when on wash/conditioning days. Yes, you can oil your hair, but I can't tell you if it'll give you tight curls. I don't have tight curls. In order for me to have any kinda curls, I have to use a curling iron. If I can think of anything else, I'll post it. HTH. Peace. |
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Posts: 1 (11/06/09 13:19:40) |
Hi Mixedhaircare!
I'm new here but I do know a little about hair care. The thing is, the chemical straightening process is permanent. Sadly since the chemical relaxer alters the protein bonds of the hair, it's going to make the relaxed hair straight permanently resulting in a change of the texture of the hair. Since your sister's hair has not been chemically altered, the texture of her hair has not changed and this is why her hair turns curly when wet. Oiling her hair as a child has nothing to do with it, although oiling the hair is very beneficial to the hair and scalp. Just because your hair has been chemically altered doesn't mean that you, too, can't have gorgeous curls and you can achieve them without the use of heat. You can do braid outs, twist outs, bantu knot outs, pin curls, roller set, use perm rods, and all sorts of other things! They have a ton of tutorials on it on youtube. I hope this helps. |
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Posts: 1 (11/07/09 22:06:17) |
Go natural stop the relaxers and then you will see your natual hair texture.It has nothing to do with oil.
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