Weaves VS Natural Hair (videos part 1-5)

So I'm watching this right now, I'm all backwards because I started with Part 3 (with the men) and now I'm on Part 2. Part 2 so far is definitely interesting, love the look the natural girl has on her face. lol! Anyway I thought you all might want to check it out:

Part 1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ3SkVB_gUk

Part 2: (this is what I'm currently watching, there's a natural woman and relaxed woman)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxZFvoSO2LE

Part 3: (male perspective)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M_xdgyk-F4

Part 4:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tf6pOHK6Cnk

Part 5:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Llcf68JuRY

Why is she saying in part 2 when you put shea butter in your hair that's not natural? Umm....okay.

Oh so to her as soon as you put in product you're not natural. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

ok I have to watch this when I get home tonight! Thanks!

I'm on part 1 now, lol. The woman with the weave seems defensive for no reason. Like in the beginning of the video when the natural started talking she kind of did the whole huff and puff. I think it's obvious that she is actually not comfortable in her own skin, whether she says she is or not. I don't think anyone was saying it's bad to wear weaves but she just had her guard up.

Off to part 4....(I'm all over the place)

lol the first woman w/ the weave (Love i think her name was) was kinda off.. she kept switching her definition of natural and used the age old "well you use conditioner's.. how is that natural?" argument.. she's a ridiculous person
and what was w/ that 'natural' hairdresser at the beginning of part4? chemically treated hair is more versitile?!?! another ridiculous person

at least the second weaved woman was somewhat coherent.. but c'mon.. personality pieces?
~that just makes me think of "fifteen pieces of flair" from Office Space..

and i'm so sick of non-naturals (and a few YT naturals) sayin "you color your hair.. how is that natural?" like they've just said something sooo clever! (more ridiculous people)
natural and all-natural are two different things! (*sigh)

I'm with you SighSidhe; it's like the difference between being a vegetarian and being a vegan are two different things so natural and all-natural are two completely different things.

The weave-lady acted as though being natural causes you to not put any care or natural products into your hair! She sound so dumb when she kept refering to the Cantu shea butter like that's real shea butter, she had no idea that real unrefined shea butter is from the Earth!

To me, people can do what they want with their hair, I don't argue because we were all relaxed at one point but when she's running around talking about her hair is missing in the front, back, sides, and crown she'll think twice about not giving her hair a break from those weaves...them weaves can either break your wallet or your hair (which ever comes first).

It almost seems like a spoof - the weave girl is smiling too hard.

Personally, I think the director of this talk show (or whatever it was) would have done better with getting a natural vs. weaves perspective if they interviewed the two natural ladies together and then weave/relaxed ladies in a different segment. I don't understand why the segment was divided like that other than to show, dare I say, a 'light vs. dark' skin perspective. Even the two men interviewed were kinda set up that way. Did anyone else notice the difference in the aura the two different segments the two groups of ladies presented. The first group of ladies kinda battled in a way. The second group of ladies were laid back and non-defensive of each other. I agree with tiashauntee, it doesn't seem totally genuine to me, just thrown together.

I haven't watched the videos yet... but from the conversation being had I'm not even sure if I want to. Lol. I've been on both sides. Right before I was natural I got sucked into the world of weave. But now that I have been "enlightened" I can't believe I went down that path. And honestly after seeing how weaves are made in Good Hair it grosses me out. Like I knew it was human hair, but I never thought about the fact that it actually grew out of a scalp. Lol. And like Tashafawn said, it will break your hair or your bank. Especially if you get that good Indi Remi, it's $80 a bag. And you need two bags. And then, that's not including the cost of instillation. When I think about how much I used to spend on that, my PJism doesn't even seem bad. Lol.

Well dang tia I hope I wasn't fooled! LOL

Ummm I noticed something that made me upset. IMO the natural girl was the one who kept making faces and rolling her eyes, which was unecessary! It reminded me of when I was in undergrad (I attended a HBCU) and I was permie, the other natural girls treated me as though I was lost on "blackness". [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] I am sorry just because you have an afro and an Africa shirt on it doesn't mean you own your blackness, and some one with a perm or a press doesn't. My skin color doesn't rub off and to quote WEB Dubois "When and where I enter the WHOLE race enters with me." We have to be careful not to exude a behavior that reeks of superiority because we are all in it together. My hair is an EXTENSION of me but not the WHOLE me. "You can have NATURAL hair but a PROCCESED mind" E. Badu.
Calming down now to watch the rest of the clips.

Part 1: That chick with the afro and her Africa shirt made me think of that video Cherry posted "So Called Naturals" about the stereotypical natural [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] She seemed a little pretentious.

Ain't nothing wrong with a little weave, but her hair should be down to her feet with all that protective styling


Part 2: WHATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT?! Why wouldn't you put products in your hair?! Lmfao. Apparently, she's pretentious too. What a snooty person. She also must not know how to take of any type of hair because unless you wanna have your hair lookin dry and constantly rockin a TWA cause your hair won't grow if you just let it be so you can be "natural" [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]


Part 3: NOT EVERYONE THAT HAS NATURAL HAIR HAS AN AFRO AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! That annoys me so much. Darrick is on point with arguement; if it looks good, do you.

Part 4: Chemical hair most versatile? Huh? That doesn't even make any sense. I'm getting heated over here lmao

No one really discussed relaxers *shrugs*

natural newbie wrote:Ummm I noticed something that made me upset. IMO
the natural girl was the one who kept making faces and rolling
her eyes, which was unecessary! It reminded me of when I was in
undergrad (I attended a HBCU) and I was permie, the other natural girls
treated me as though I was lost on "blackness". [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] I am sorry
just because you have an afro and an Africa shirt on it doesn't mean you
own your blackness, and some one with a perm or a press doesn't. My
skin color doesn't rub off and to quote WEB Dubois "When and where I
enter the WHOLE race enters with me." We have to be careful not to exude
a behavior that reeks of superiority because we are all in it together.
My hair is an EXTENSION of me but not the WHOLE me. "You can have
NATURAL hair but a PROCCESED mind" E. Badu.
Calming down now to
watch the rest of the clips.

This is why I'm afraid of going to an HBCU. I CANNOT tolerate pretentious people. Yeah, I'm natural & I'm a vegetarian, but don't come around addressing to me as "my sista" and looking down upon other people just cause of their hair style. And I don't want girls with relaxed hair thinking I think I'm better than them cause I wear twists/twist outs/etc or even them thinking they're better than me cause... [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]


In short, I don't really care how anyone else wears their hair.

Weaves/Wigs/Extensions: can be a great PS, as long as you take care of your hair. My opinion of weaves has gotten a lot more lax since browsing hair boards cause I used to be like "ew". Now, I'm just utterly confused when I see chicks with afro wigs and weaves. Why not just grow it from your scalp? Lmao

Relaxers: ...er...well that's cool if you like to wear you're hair straight the majority of the time or you like some super slicked down buns hahaha

Natural: it's cool too and imo the most versatile. 9 times out of 10, our hair can hold a curl for longer than a day [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] and then you can go ahead and straighten it the next day and the next day, you could pick it out and rock a [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

That's interesting because I sensed the attitude from the one with the weave. Did anyone catch the huff & puff in the very beginning as soon as they got started?

I think the natural had the look on her face because of the other womans comments. The whole if you put products in your hair you're not natural. I would have had the same look on my face. Often times we're not aware that our thoughts come through our facial expressions. I know this has happened to me a few times. lol

I don't like the whole "versus" idea but I would definitely enjoy watching a variety of people talk about hair without getting too defensive. It really surprises me what people think about various hair topics. I have heard some interesting things...

lol Part 3. Did you see dudes big pause after she asked him the question? Well, yes or no? [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

oookkkkk, did I hear that right?? The young lady in the first vid with the weave said she would never go natural because she would literally have to take a Tylenol or something extra strength to come through her own hair?!?!?! I'm sorry, but that is hilarious!! [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

@Karen I also hate pretentious people as well but you will find that attiude everywhere. I stated that I went to an HBCU to follow up with the message that hair doesn't define your blackness and only you can define yourself. I had a wonderful time at my school and wouldn't trade it for anything in the world. I encourage you to research all the schools you are considering with a vist to the campus. That way you can speak to the students directly and get a feel for the school.

@NIKG20 I saw the relaxed girl sigh and she said somethings that was out there but the natural girl kinda gave a look when the host introduced the girl and said she had a lovely weave. But they both were throwing shade at each other which was uncalled for. I like how the last two girls were able to have a mature converstation about it. I love my lil natural curly fro and wouldn't perm again but no judgement to whoever does use the "creamy crack" lol. I love your daughters hair btw. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

^^I'll definitely watch all of this when I have some more time..

LOL.I have laugh @ this. I did not watch all of this, but from parts one & 2 , this is not a good example for people to see. I even hate the thought of there being this natural vs. relaxed thing. People can do what ever they want with their hair.

The young lady with the weave in her hair, she just sounded so ignorant, and she was contradicting her self wasn't really making any sense. And she was so defensive whereas the natural girl was so passive.

When you put out Natural VS Relaxed, its an automatic negative connotation. Like there is a underlying battle between natural and relaxed ladies and its such a BIG ISSUE.

It should have been something more open, or general or something like hair talk for women... lol...

The only thing I enjoyed was the two brothers talking about their thoughts on the matter. The ladies in part 1 were alittle scary. She taking being natural to the extreme, Right?

QuietButterfly wrote:oookkkkk, did I hear that right?? The young lady in the first vid with the weave said she would never go natural because she would literally have to take a Tylenol or something extra strength to come through her own hair?!?!?! I'm sorry, but that is hilarious!! [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

I am still laughing at that comment.......I mean really a Tylenol.

yeah, so i watched all of the videos...can someone help love and the other girl with the ridiculous weave about natural means???