How many AA women you know are MBL or WL

[kupenda]

I don't know any, but most black women I know don't even know what a moisturizer is. They can show me the best hair glue though, nothing more. Black women do not practice proper hair care, that is probably (or mainly) why we don't see too many MBL -WSL hair sistas.

Exactly what I was gonna say

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[snillohsss]

I know quite a few biracial women that are MBL, but I don't know any full AA women that are MBL. I don't know anyone that is waist length. Oh wait... my aunt is waist length. (but she is biracial...)

 

[MaraWithLove]

Know? None haha. Unless you count my great-grandmother who passed many moons ago. I've seen at least three around campus though-I see so much natural hair porn on a regular basis, my school is pretty much overflowing with it! My belly dance instructor has beautiful wavy-curly hair about to her knees (time for her 6-inch cut she says) but she's not AA.

 

[FoxxyLocs]

Just myself. I went to middle school with a girl who was WL, but she wears her hair much shorter now. Also someone I know from HS was MBL, but she has also cut.

 

[runwaydream]

even though my hair appears shorter bc its now loc'd. im technically MBL. other than me though, idk any other black women irl w. hair that long.

 

[Americka]

I know three women who are mbl or wl. All three of them have 3a/b/c hair types.

 

[AfrikanRose]

One relaxed MBL, and she is a 4a. No natural AA women that are MBL or longer.

 

[Dove56]

On my mom's side of the family most all of my cousins, aunts (and great-aunts and uncles) either have or have had waist-length hair. My mom's was waist-length for years and so was my sisters. I was for many years now I am BSL (growing BACK to WL). Most of my mom's family are 2's though. My mom is a 4a/3c but her sis was a 2A. My sis and I are 3b/c. Wavy hair is the most common hair type in her family.

Besides my family and some of DH's family I don't know to many...

 

[MissDarcei]

Well I dont know any "African Americans" because I'm Canadian and the majority of black people in Canada are from the Caribbean but nonetheless, I only know one girl with WL hair. She's my best friend and I did a post about her a few months ago. Most of the black girls I know wear weaves and wigs and when they show their real hair is short and broken. Ive seen some with hair in good shape but it's mostly the type 3s who have healthy hair and its not MBL or WL thats for sure.

 

[Evolving78]

both of my SILs, 5 of my friends, and a 2 of my mother's friend, a few others, here and there. all of these women are MBL. i hope to be part of the LONGHAIRDON'TCARE Team this year and beyond!

 

[Kurlee]

2 . . . ..

 

[greenbees]

Presently, I don't know any AA women personally who have MBL+ hair.

In high school, I knew this AA girl who was natural with MBL length hair. She later relaxed it and cut it to APL. Last time I saw her, she was still relaxed and she cut her hair up to her chin.

I also have a biracial cousin who had MBL hair when we back in middle school. Her hair is relaxed and APL now.

That's it.

 

[cheryl26]

I don't have any AA friends in real life but have two acquaintances on Facebook. One has very thick, healthy looking should length hair and the others is very short, maybe neck length and choppy

 

[LisaMar]

I know at least 5 women. They are all tex-laxed. They relax 2-4 times a year only, don't abuse heat and protective style a lot even though they don't know anything about the hair forums. They were raised and grew up using healthy hair practices for the most part.

 

[SoopremeBeing]

My coworker, Briana, she's grazing WL. I really haven't questioned her about her hair, we are cool but we aren't BFFs yet. Everytime we work together, I am GAWKING at her hair. It's thick and healthy, it doesn't look like she relaxes either. Next time I work with her, I'll try to work in a hair topic so I can find out.

 

[sylver2]

i know i posted in this thread but didn't feel like searchin for what i said..but most of the black women i know irl with past mbl hair all have type 3 or type 3 mixed with 4 hair. about 3-5 of them.

 

[sylver2]

the ones i know all have type 3 hair.

haha..yeh i said the same thing. 3 years later and my answer is still the same. im not counting any of the ladies i know from the hair boards.

 

[lovebug10]

A few APL, maybe 1 or 2 BSL but no MBL and longer...

 

[GIJane]

I know of 2. My god-grandmother and god-aunt. I consider them AA but their hair texture would be more like 2b or 3a.

 

[cocosweet]

Right now, just me. About 10 years ago a favorite cousin had MBL relaxed hair but she ran into breakage issues and cut back to APL and has been keeping it there ever since. Back in high school, a classmate had full WL I recall drooling over.

 

[thecurlycamshow]

I know of 4 and they all say it's too much hair lol. Two keep their hair in protective styles, mainly twists, and the other two wear their hair out all the time.

 

[SmileyNY]

Right now, 2, besides myself. A friend, who's always had gorgeous long 3a hair w/o trying & a friend of a friend, who has a strict reggie and decided to grow her hair out as an adult.

My little sister used to have HL hair growing up, but she started getting perms as a teen & it broke off to neck length. However, I'm happy to say she's decided to go natural & has been transitioning for 3 months now!! I can't wait to see her gorgeous natural hair again

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[NJoy]

I grew up with a friend who cut her hair short about 4 yrs ago. I don't know if she did it to go natural and now has grown it back or if she just wanted a change. My cousin also grew hers to MBL but cut it short too.

So as far as I know, right now, I don't know anybody else.

 

[janeemat]

I can think of 4 people that I grew up with. 2 of them are my cousins and they are sisters. All of these ladies had thick wavy hair wearing a thick plait down the back. It is what we called "good hair"....and it was. I guess looking back it was 3 c type. I have not seen any of these ladies in awhile, so I am not sure what their adult hair looks like. I do know my cousins mom hair is still long silky black hair and she is around 70 years old. Looks like indian hair. Oh and as far as seeing grown women now with that length of hair is few and far in my neck of the woods. I can think of only one at the moment.

 

[BlueNile]

i have seen one a bit past MBL walking through my neighborhood target. i secretly stalked her through the aisles for about 20 minutes to catch every angle of it. it wasn't shiny or stunningly beautiful or anything, but the length had me mesmerized.



i never thought about it this way. this disqualifies many women i've seen in my life time.

This is hilarious. I have a vision of you skulking behind stuff and peeking through shelves and around corners, lol

 

[lilyofthenile]

I know this is geared towards AA's but the same can be said for the UK. I have a friend and she is the only black person I have ever seen with WL hair.

 

[Britt]

I know and have seen several AA w/ bra strap and mbl hair. I don't see soo much waist length. Growing up I've seen plenty black women with at least bra strap and longer hair that is thick and healthy. I also use to see it a lot in the Dominican salons. I feel like when I was younger I use to see a lot more black women with long and healthy hair. I see a lot more weaves and lacefronts now. A friend of mine is 47 years old w/ thick relaxed mbl hair. She has the hair of the young person, as you age I see a lot of women's hair begins to thin out some... not hers

Maybe with the surge in black women going natural, stretching relaxers, and using better quality products we'll begin to see a lot more healthy heads of hair.

 

[Ms. Martina]

Most women in my family have long thick hair. It's always been that way. We all looked like Ashley Banks growing up lol. And there are thousands of us since I have a hugeeee family. There's lots of hair "idols" at the reunions too lol. So, long hair is normal or even expected in my family. But pretty much outside of that I rarely see real MBL-WL hair in my city. There are a lot more people going natural these days, so I see a lot of short afros. You know how crazy shrinkage is, so some of them could be MBL but just have some shrinkage...idk. Other that that, no. Long weave is what I see around here. I also don't think most people want WL hair. For most, that would be too much to handle. Especially if you have thick strands and lots of hair like me. I've been thinking about going to WL, but I might just stop at MBL and trim to maintain that length.

 

[Spiffy]

I know of two, one who could be Chime/Haircrush's hair twin. Both girls have family members who are hairstylists that care for their hair.

 

[koolkittychick]

I'm 100% Haitian and most Haitian women I know are only APL, BSL. I don't know any AA or Haitian with MBL OR WL. Right now I'm between SL and APL due to bad hair practices. Before joining I would relax from root to tip how could I be so stupid?

ETA: what does being Brazilian, Haitian or Ethiopian have to do with anything? Pardon my ignorance

The assumption is that women from those regions have more of a racial mix in their background, and therefore can grow longer than average hair. That being said, I am Haitian-American, and none of the women in my family have/had hair past APL (despite having a Dominican and French grandpaent from both sides of my family), which is probably why I struggle to get there in the back and go beyond it in the front.

In answer to the question, I knew several in grade school (only one was not obviously racially mixed, and she was Haitian) and only one now; she is Jamaican, and her hair started growing like a weed when she became pregnant with her daughter (it was shoulder length before that).