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use vinegar (apple cider or whatever type that's usable) in your salad.
stay away from salad cream.

That's because we don't have our own cartoons and animations and all that.

name one popular indigenous Nigerian cartoon/ animation. lol
the only one i've seen was created by unicef to create hiv/ aids awareness for africa.

sorry for getting mad at you then. I apologize

it requires being brave is all i can tell you. esp. if you don't have support from anyone.

@sisimose, it is easy to keep natural hair if all the women around you have natural hair. but if all of them including your friends etc have relaxed hair, then it will be difficult.
most of my friends are non-black so it was easier for me. and three of few black friends i have have natural hair. it was really easy for me 'cause it made me proud to have my hair. that God didn't make a mistake creating my hair.
the only difficult part was finding hair products made for natural hair. but i found nappturality.com so i got even a larger support system for my hair( like most women with natural hair). lol

it's also easier if you yourself like the idea of natural hair. I've loved to have my hair natural since i was little. i got a perm and my cousin didn't. at first i was happy but when my hair started to fall out and hers was still growing, healthy and full, i made up my mind from a young age that i'll never relax my hair again when i was old enough. but i did 'cause i wasn't brave enough until i turned almost 16. i used extension braids to transition though. i was growing my natural hair underneath and relaxed hair on top until the natural hair was long enough for me to cut off all the relaxed hair. i wore braids though out that period.

from what i heard though, the first year is the hardest. once you get past the first year of going natural, it's usually easier to keep the journey going.

sorry for the long post. lol (i feel like a natural hair representative now. j/k)

cool.
is it a 4 year or two year college?

i'm not mad because of that. that was pretty obvious that some of the styles on the first page were weaves. i even said on my first post that you could use weaves as long as the style is african 'cause it makes sense as a "natural hairstyle"

but at the same time,your comments were constructive. if only you had worded them constructively rather than pretentiously.

omogenaija:
so once u put hair cream in your hair is it considered natural ?

as long as this "hair cream" doesn't contain chemicals that permanently alters the texture of your hair.

spoilt:
all said and done, nappy hair is difficult to manage.
saying that doesnt mean you arent proud to be a black woman. it just means our hair is difficult to manage. simple.

there are only two reasons i can imagine that natural hair is difficult to manage:

1)we don't have companies dedicated to providing for the care of natural hair. ex when you go to the stores, there's pretty much nothing except for a tiny little section of an aisle (if it's there at all) dedicated to women who have natural hair. majority of what you'll see are relaxers and gels for black women etc
if only we had just a quarter of what whites hair care industry has.

2) we think that managing natural hair means trying to make it appear as straight as possible.
of course this will be difficult. our hair is far from being straight.

all these guys talking here have never had a full head of natural hair. only at most one inch. so how can they know what the heck it is like running a comb through an afro nappy and taming it for work?

nope. I have 6 inches of natural hair and growing (i've been natural for only a year and about 4 mnths) i'm keeping my hair natural for the rest of my life.
visit nappturality to see pics of full headed natural women.
i don't comb my hair often because my hair hates the comb. i wash it, twist it, leave it on for a day and take my twists out. or i braid it.

If we disrespect our hair, there's no way other people are going to respect it. If all black women decide to go natural in the US, who dares say that we'll need to "tame" it for work? or make it look as much as possible as white women's hair texture.

like i said visit this thread for some pics
https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-45142.0.html

there are so much more pics but i don't want to post people's pics w/o their permission so i might have to paint their faces out etc. i'll post pics once i do that.

can you point out the afro "weave" so i can tell whoever posted it to take it off?

this isn't a weave thread. sorry. created one for that if you want.

and thanks for putting up those weave pics it gives me some new hair styles to try

and this quote of yours is as pretentious as they come.

you are a hater!!!! seriously and stop trying to be pretentious about it.
seriously, micro braids is a new hairstyle for you to try?

no wonder your first comment was "i'm not a hater" as a disclaimer for what your following comments will be.


know what?
new rule created rule for this thread:
NO MORE WEAVES PICS unless they are cited by the poster as an african style

the only reason i included braids is 'cause it's an african style. you can create a weaves thread if you want, no one's stoping you but don't try to be ruining this natural thread with your hate.

@minute
what school is that?

who called you a hater?

i think the weaves pics are pretty easy to tell out (esp the micro braids on the first page). i counted only 3 of them but braids are natural "hairstyles" so it doesn't matter.

I-man has a short penis

you're sooo pretty @temmyabby.you should be on next top model.
i like the outfit too.

cool. i learn something new everyday.
all i used to know about sapele was from some literature book in Nigeria "mr ------ lives in sapele" "he goes to church on sundays" etc
i thought it was a fictional place. lol

hooded sweatshirt i've had since like 5 years ago and still love.
socks and shorts

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-45142.0.html
check out this topic for pics.

others can post their if they wish.

salsera:
@feyi_apata
did you read the last say, 6 pages

please read and educate yourself

I LOVE YOU
@feyi_apata, in addition to reading the last 6 pages, you can also check out this other thread:


https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-45142.0.html

yeah. usually developed cities (in nigerian terms anyways) get an influx of migrants from all over the country. lol

lol. well it's Lagos. Eko akete.
next stop ---> Abuja.

lmao.

I have the right to stop people like you from wrongly accusing others, who are speaking the truth, with your long, twisted, going around the circle, and beating around the bush, posts.


just like the other thread. some one quoted Jesus in her post in response to your anti-islam comments. the quote was "any one among you who is not a sinner cast the first stone"
and you replied that Jesus was the first to kick traders and business people out of the temple.

but. . . was Jesus a sinner?

my point: your arguments don't make any sense 50% of the time.
and on religious threads about christianity and islam, they make sense 0% of the time.

davidylan:
Thank you ma'am, allow me to continue reading it so as long as you fail to show me WHY i read the bible closemindedly besides making personal insults rather than discussing issues.

You made a statement, i refuted it. Rather than explain your point more clearly you choose to go the way of personal insults. It is not difficult to see those who really have nothing to contribute.

you didn't refute my statement. you refuted a made up statement YOU made.
you twisted my words and refuted the twisted words you made up. when did i claim to be 5 years old in my post?
you got caught again.

al raheem's words

Did Muslims(frid) and Christians(sat&Sun) not Held Prayers in the Same Building During Muhammads Time.

davidylan's words

Dont stand there telling me the jews and arabs pray at the same spot in Jerusalem

Typical of Davidylan to try to twist people's words. why argue against a position that was never stated in the first place?
lol you got caught!!

i'll sue

actually, i should become a civil rights lawyer and fight discrimination at work places. that sound like a good idea. sike

yadi yadi yada. mumble ramble. @david

you should have said kindergarten. 5 years old stay in kindergarten.
i guess the teachers also didn't have a clue what "serious issue as religion" meant.
Mr. "i know more than Jesus"

the bible is clear on what a model christian should be

yes. the bible also says that the sun stood still so that night wouldn't fall (joshua ). how is this possible if the earth rotates around the sun?

my point: it is left for christians to interpret the bible accordingly. some people read the bible close-mindedly. like you.

i find them office suitable.
if they don't like my hair, that's their cup of tea.
I'll sue if anything crazy happens.

That's what the hadith purports, there is no proof to support this. No genuine christian will be holding prayers in a mosque! Why arent we still holding prayers in the same building today and why does the quran refer to us as apes, pigs and kaffirs if truly we shld be worshipping in the same building?

at the nigerian school i went to, we worshipped and held prayers together on the same grounds, building after school.

you're not the one to define who a genuine Christian is. but there certainly are many kinds of Christians, including close-minded and open-minded ones.

if Lagos is Yorubaland then non-Yorubas who make up atleat 50% of the population

you're joking right?
at least 50% of lagos state is non-yoruba?

interesting. never knew that

Donzman:
@WesleyAna

From your post, it seems like you do not know lots of things.

. . .And by the way, I'm nottalking about discrimination, just the way people get all defensive and protective when Igbos move into their communities. I mean look at the "Igbo Kwenu Thread on Nairaland", many people have complained time and time, why should Igbos have their own thread?. . .What sort of stupid question is that?

Now we have some individual by the name of Laudate asking someone why he bought property in Lagos of all places?. . .Lagos WAS Yorubaland, not anymore. In some areas of Lagos, you'll find way more Igbos than Yorubas (visit FESTAC for example).

i think the reason laudate asked that question was 'cause of the comment that "someone" said earlier about hating yorubas.
it's just like a US southerner moving to vermont even though he "hates" northerners. OF course he can live anywhere he likes as long as he's american but it doesn't make rational sense for him to buy land in the north if he hates northerners. it would make more sense if he bought his land in kentucky or mississippi or something where he is surrounded by southerners like him. lol

lagos was a yoruba state last time i checked though. fact that many igbos live there don't change that fact (at least not yet)
just as abuja was an hausa state last time i checked. the fact that many igbos live there don't change this fact either.


yeah Lagos belongs to Nigeria. any nigerian has a right to live in it. just as any nigerian has a right to move to anambra or abia state if they wish. hausas included. but just because something can happen doesn't mean that it makes rational sense for it to happen. lol
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I have no qualms with the igbo thread. it makes perfect sense to have a culture/ language thread on Nairaland.
the only reason i had a problem with it is when some people will say stuff along the lines of "come join us in our igbo thread/ community and leave the haters alone" that carried a "us vs them" message that i dislike.
other than that. i have nothing against the igbo thread. i've posted in it a couple of times before.

some cute styles i found through nappturality. lol

oops ikamefa beat me to it.

whiteroses:
weslyan A should be a therapist look at the way you convinced me with your last post, i guess natural hair is ok i wish i could give mine a try but too late, you know natural hair will make someone differently cool among people lol

lol @therapist comment.
nothing wrong with relaxed hair either.
white people dye and use perms too.

but it's just that the proportion of black people using relaxers compared to those who aren't is just toooo high. It makes it seem as if natural hair is just unwearable. lol

salsera:
remedies anyone for when your hair breaks off at the hairline?


what can one use to fastrack the growth?

yes my hair is natural

try to * reduce or eliminate any stress in your hairline area.
learn to tell the hairdresser that you don't want your hairstyles too tight.

change your hairstyles. using the same hairstyle all the time continuously can cause the stressed parts to fall off. if you braid your hair straight back before, braid it to the side the next time etc if you wear your hair in a bun, leave the front out and part it to the sides as a style. etc

also, stay away from extensions, weaves that put too much weight on your hair (except once in a while if you have to). using 8 packs of hair on your head will put too much stress on it.


FOR FAST RESULT: take a break for 3-6 months. don't use any extensions and don't pull your hair into any hairstyle that puts stress on your hairline.[/b]

trust me, your hair line will grow back in no time.

you can use growth products (w/o grease of course) to aid the growth