Meetup Montage: What type of meetup goer are you?

Tonight I attended the Natural Beauties Monthly Meet and Greet at my all-time favorite place (Panera!) It was put on by The (DMV) Natural Beauties Group. I met a lot of great ladies and was glad it was informal. Not the typical - let's go around the room and share our hair journey. I've began to notice that certain personalities/characters arise at each meetup. 

• One, of course, is the leader, the person who organized the event. 
• Two is the stylist. There may be more than one but they're always there to give helpful tips. 
• Three is the newbie natural who has tons of questions and keeps the conversation going. 
• Four is the seasoned professional who has tried it ALL and rarely buys products (she might even make them). 
• Five is the product junkie. Gotta love em! They usually come with tons for products they don't want anymore and for free (really gotta love em)! 
• And last but least, there are "the others". 

Which meetup goer are you?

Rhetorical Natural Hair Questions

Have you ever wondered the answers to these questions? Either I find they are so controversial that there is no one answer or it's impossible to find a solution. If you have any answers, please reply w/the solution and your hair type.

1. How can I achieve the perfect wash n' go?
2. Is shrinkage a good thing?
3. Is natural hair for everybody?
4. What's the best shampoo for my hair?
5. How can I make a dry patch grow back? (no seriously, it's been about 2 years without growth)
6. Is the hair typing system that big a deal? They're just numbers, right?
7. How can I part my hair perfectly?
8. Should I go see a dermatologist?
9. Should I take vitamins specifically for my hair's health purposes?
10. What are the quickest and flyest protective styles?
11. Which is better - a satin pillowcase, scarf or bonnet?

Natural Hair by the Numbers

1 sorority - Pi Nappa Kappa;

Quite a controversial subject, are these girls natural hair fanatics? Is it too much? This sorority is based out of Houston and the girls must make the pledge. Read more here.

4 (or more) types -

I don't particularly mind the hair typing system. It makes it easy to describe your hair to others and they'll know what you're talking about. If you're wondering, I consider myself mostly 4B with some 4A in the back.

5 is the ideal pH level -
Hair thrives when it's pH level is a 4.5-5.5 on the pH scale. Thus, healthy hair is all about a protein-moisture balance to maintain this pH level. Good luck though, it's harder than it sounds.

16,200,000 blogs - This the number that Google returns when I search for "natural hair blogs". Some of my favorites are Hair Gets Kinky, For the Fabulous and Frugal, and The Good Hair Blog. Keep it up ladies! You can never have too much information!

Forbidden Thoughts

Let me start off by saying, I'm sure other ladies have these thoughts as well but may be too afraid to voice them over the internet.

SO recently I've started grad school and got a teaching job and I want to easily style my hair in the morning. Currently I have kinky twists in but those will only last a month. Once October starts, I know I'm going to wake up wishing -

I wish I had type 3 hair

Now I know that statement is quite controversial. But honestly 1 reason I started going natural was to have my hair like Janet Jackson's on the Velvet Rope album. I wish someone had told me that everyone has different hair textures in the beginning. I think it'd be much easier to comb through my hair and wouldn't have to go through the trouble of styling it 1ce every few days.

In my mind I keep saying, well if my hair gets longer I can just pull it into a bun..but it has to get a LOT longer for me to do what I want with it and I'm just not that patient.

Times like this I consider getting perms.

p.s. for anyone not extremely angered by this post, is there a way (other than a texturizer or perm) to get type 4b hair to type 3b??