Speaking of kinky vs. curly. A customer on my job (Caucasian) came up to me while working and says, "I love your curly hair." and this older black woman that works with me say's, "What do you mean curly? Her hair isn't curly. Do you mean kinky-curly?" I was so floored that I didn't know what to say immediately. I just stood there with my mouth open looking confused along with customer who complimented me as she grabs my hand while she says," I just want you to know that your hair is beautiful."
I waited til later to go tell her (the old skool hater that is) that it has been hard enough for black women to be complimented on their natural beauty. The next time she hears a black woman receiving a compliment, just smile and nod.
I later hear telling another co-worker that she should not have cut her hair because it doesn't curl up like that other girls does.
I swear if I saw her in the street I would hesitate on hitting my brakes.

Can you not read the sarcasm in my post?

I assumed my hair was plain ole curly, but when I submitted pics to a hair care company for typing was told it was wavy with curls on the bottom. Talk about confused. I figure if it bends, it's curly and I call it a day.

Now how did I know little Miss Turtles would come in here with something like that.. ROFL!

I gotta laugh...cause that is just how extreme it can get with certain mixed people. Clearly, not all of us though. But I've seen some mixed people act like their curly hair is some special type of hair that people that aren't mixed just can't understand. And I'm like.. "Dude(or Dudette) it's just hair..you ain't special"... ROFL!

This is off topic but your hair awesome! I wanted to achieve the same hair color but I figured it would be dry all the time, your hair looks very moisturized though. Did you go to the salon to go so light?

lol I was just thinking the same thing! bliss your hair is gorgeous. I just know that the last time I tried to dye my hair it wouldn't take so i ended up bleaching it with hydrogen peroxide and then it was a nightmare. My hair became a dry frizz orange mess thankfully that mistake has grown out but I was wondering how you went about getting your amazing color and still retaining healthy looking locks?

lol I was just thinking the same thing! bliss your hair is gorgeous. I just know that the last time I tried to dye my hair it wouldn't take so i ended up bleaching it with hydrogen peroxide and then it was a nightmare. My hair became a dry frizz orange mess thankfully that mistake has grown out but I was wondering how you went about getting your amazing color and still retaining healthy looking locks?

Somebody done told you wrong sweetheart!

I'M mixed and am SURE that my hair is NOT the same as yours. It DOES NOT matter what race, what you're mixed with...everyone's hair is mostly different.

I've seen women who are 100% black who's hair is not as kinky as mine but more of a 2c-3a.

- don't let everybody elses long straight weave bum you out. don't let other people's big/long natural hair bum you out either. embrace what you have and rock it with confidence, because that's the only way you'll be happy. and whether you realize it or not you are somebody's influence. show them what it truly means to be confident.

You found somebody 100% black? You must be one hell of a researcher or some sh*t.

CALI, you know what she meant...lol. I like to tell people I'm "all Black" heehee...just to annoy them.

- don't let everybody elses long straight weave bum you out. don't let other people's big/long natural hair bum you out either. embrace what you have and rock it with confidence, because that's the only way you'll be happy. and whether you realize it or not you are somebody's influence. show them what it truly means to be confident.

So I wanted to ask here what people of color think about that..that actually have 4a-4c hair type. I'm asking in this section because it's obvious in the hair sections this is where most of the people in the 3c-4c range congregate the most.

Here's my take: It's Bull. First of all I don't see how on earth 4 category hair isn't curly. It sometimes coils, some have round curls, some have spirals, some have what look like loops. But all of that is still technically a curl..it may not be a defined curl in every case..but a curl no less. The only reason I call it "kinky" because the curls aren't as defined and not because I don't believe it's actually curly hair.

And there IS NO SUCH THING as "mixed race" or "biracial" hair. Hair is just hair mainly made up of the same stuff..keratin. The care of the hair has to do with knowing porosity, texture, and overall density..because hair typing really says nothing about how to care for the hair. It just gives a description on how the hair looks. And it doesn't matter if the curly hair falls into the "curly" description or "kinky" description.

This is off topic but your hair awesome! I wanted to achieve the same hair color but I figured it would be dry all the time, your hair looks very moisturized though. Did you go to the salon to go so light?

lol I was just thinking the same thing! bliss your hair is gorgeous. I just know that the last time I tried to dye my hair it wouldn't take so i ended up bleaching it with hydrogen peroxide and then it was a nightmare. My hair became a dry frizz orange mess thankfully that mistake has grown out but I was wondering how you went about getting your amazing color and still retaining healthy looking locks?

I disagree that there isn't a difference with bi-racial hair types. Even though some bi-racials will appear to have the same 4a afroish type coily hair, but on closer inspection, especially when styling aids are added, you'll see the texture is more "silkier".

At least this is what I believe.

I call my hair coily and curly, because it is to ME.

I honestly never dwelled that hard on it before. I do know that styling products created for biracial hair texture does NOT work for MY afro cottony non-mixed 4a hair. Styling products for "regular" non mixed curlies seem to work quite well for me.