Thank you free for sharing your story..I understand ,I go through it everyday in the summer but im glad to be able to.every other season is fine.Keep doing you the way you want the way you want. Im everything you said in my background except the west indian.the great great grandma was irish instead with african american ,cherokee indian.Can women rock their hair anyway they choose? of course,weaves ,natural whatever,but im happy to see more women speaking about what they naturally have and having an aray of options to do different things with.we are all mix with other things.not a problem to speak on it. :)

i wish more black women would go natural instead of following behind white women with the long stringy look follow your own culture let them follow you!!!

thank you for keeping it NATURAL…

WHO CARES, WE ARE GOING TO STILL WEAVE IT.BESIDES THAT WHAT TYPE OF PERSON U ARE.LOL THATZ WHAT I THOUGHT

I still fail to see how having straight managable hair means you’re trying to be european or follow behind white women…missed me there bro.

Natural…just the way I LOVE it…. a H-O-T-T-I-E like her can shave it off and can STILL turn me on-BOINNNNGGGGG!

gotta love the natural…

Women who straighten their hair believe looking white means looking right,but thats not the truth,you don’t see white and asian women wearing afro’s,fact is you rarely see black women wearing black hair..lets keep it treal sisers, be who you are,you don’t have to try and look white to look right free is an example of a beautiful black woman,so is all natural women like Erika Badu, and others…

look at it this way, would you date a brother that wears a blonde toupe trying to look like Brad Pit? well thats how silly black women look wearing blonde wigs..
GB

Dude you need to STFU 4real. Think B4 you speak or type, and don’t compare all black women to a pic of Beyonce with blonde hair. That’s just a personal issue you have, I’ve never had curly hair but I don’t see anything wroung with it. I had it when I was born but my NATURAL hair is str8. Even the times that I have worn weave, whether str8, or clurly, or a different color, it was laways thought of as my own without me even saying a word. Further more, I’m never ashamed because if I bought it, it’s mine no matter what. But I always let people know, this is weave, but by me doin my own hair, I know how to make it look natural. That’s the point of adding it, to give more length volume or a desired color, all in a short period of time. Half if not most, of these celebrities wear extensions, fake ponytails, weave( glued or sow-in ). If you do your research then you would find out the same facts. Man I get tired of schoolin foolish black people, some you all are just really embarassing, with the stupid remarks.

I cant speak for no1 else but I have a Natural and love love love it… :)

“i wish more black women would go natural instead”

hmmm I hope that the men who feel that way are not the same men who have kits in their heads too….hypocrites

Thanks to you men that commented. I wear my hair natural, and i get sick of the stares. I have curly frizzy hair, and I see women get this type of hair weaved into their own. I have heard celebs talk about women with the natural hair. I had alot of respect for Mr. Steve Harvey, but after hearing him laugh about natural hair, I was alittle taken aback. I don’t listen to him anymore.
What does an African Queen have to do to get her King “look White?”

nice hair….she got a thick azz too…

I love that hairstyle on a black woman… keep it natural ladies, you look much better.

SHE’S BEAUTIFUL…NATURAL HAIR TAKES MORE TIME & MAINTANENCE BUT IT’S STILL WORTH IT…IT’S STRONG & BEAUTIFUL.

I have that interesting hair too. It shrinks of course, but it’s just what I was born with. My hair hasn’t been this long in a while and I’m lovin’ it. And the growth is phenomenal! And when I do tiny twists it’s so cute. So I’m keeping it this way until it’s down my back.

Loving it fully!!!

I always loved Free! There’s nothing wrong with relaxed or chemically processed hair but I love my natural hair too. She looks amazing

Free is beautiful and would look good even bald. But I don’t see all these brothers running after and promoting our sistas who don’t have such eurocentric noses and tawny complexions as she does. So, where’s the “natural look betters” chants then? (hmmm-I hear crickets..lol)

Hairstyle is a personal choice. And a Black woman is no less a “real” black woman b/c she chooses to straighten her hair. Fashion encompasses alot of different styles and hair is no different. Damn-stop finding trivial s**t to give Black women a hard time for!
It’s just hair people-it’s not that serious! lol

Yea I remember Free from those 106 and park days…

But it was her nice bootie that got my attention more than her hair..

That girl has some nice azz…..LOL

The most bautiful black women are in Africa (Nigeria, Ethiopia, Sudan) African women make American and European women look like bag ladies..

I just wish more black people would visit Africa more instead of wasting their time in this Godforsaken country called Amerikka..

Filed under who cares

H-O-T-T-I-E form her NATURAl head to her cutie toes and her more VALUABLE parts-BOINNNNNG!!!!

I love and miss Free!!!

I wear my hair naturally just like Eraku and J. Sott because chemically processed got it fallen. Now I am in afro, I feel so free yet beautiful . I can define my heredity and everything of who I am . smile- Never will I have weave, perm, or anything addition bad. I love being natural, my role is Jill Scott.

Free has worn her hair in an afro & straight,she looks good with both styles. I wish I can look good with an afro but I don’t(it just shrinks & looks shorter than what it is),I straighten out my hair often because it’s much easier to manage than if it wasn’t straight. It’s just easy to deal with,especially for me. I have really thick hair so just letting it go will not do for me. I don’t do all these things to my hair to follow anybody,it’s just how I make it easier to deal with.
Every woman has a different style whether it’s in a weave,its curly,straight,natural,braids or whatever.We are all beautiful no matter what style we choose to wear our hair in

if this person
24OhSoButtaBaby2009 was able to read, they would have read where i said women who wear the blond wigs & weaves, not all women…I guess next we need to have a topic on reading comprehension..
God Bless you free and all women who don’t feel they need to wear fake hair to be beautiful,take them nasty weaves out and be free.. get it? be free? HAA HAA

GB..

I’m now going natural myself and it is sometimes a pain in the ass. But I will chose this over that over processed stuff anyday. My hair is stronger and growing longer. When I want to straighten it, I will either hot comb it or blow dry it. It all works for me either way it goes. I love it!

Love You Free!!!

im sorry but free is BLACK. And she’s cute also

I wonder is Free really Free and is she available……..

I’ve been natural for 2 1/2 almost 3 years now and i must say that I love my natural hair but it can be a real pain in the BLEEP! sometimes when it doesn’t do what you want it to do …you contemplate cutting the ish off and that ain’t no joke!

Good luck in your endeavors free, wish you and aj were still in the lime light….

This is a verse from one of Gil Scott-Heron’s poem called Brother:

calling this man an Uncle Tom and telling this woman to get an afro but you won’t speak to her if she looks like hell, now will you brother some of us been checking your act out kinda close
and by now its looking kinda shaky the way you been rushin’ people with your super black bag

I will say this not trying to slam anyone but the way one chooses to wear their hair is a preference, it has nothing to do with a eurocentric or “white-washed” way of thinking if a woman chooses a weave (as long as it isn’t blonde or one of those other outrageous colors). Simply put, it’s what that particular woman deems looks best on HER. Speaking from the point of a woman who has gone natural and weaved it doesn’t take away from the fact that I am proud to be black,I’ve embraced the skin I’m in. My 11 year old daughter is being raised as a proud little queen.(No chemicals, LOL.)

Free recently did a post on her hair and shared the trials and tribulations we all go through on a daily basis…………What? All blacks don’t have the same kind of hair :| When “outsiders” say things like this I just shrug it off but black people thinking like this makes me sad.

WOULD LIKE A FREE MOMENT WITH FREE!!

Man if you gone do a damn post about people turnin heads and s**t, SHOW SOME DAMN PHOTOS….. only reason I’m turning is to SEE what her hair looks like? Cuz if this pic yall got up here is suppose to be turnin heads… man GTFOutta hea wit that BULLSHAT…. she been havin that same ass fro since 2004 aint s**t knew…. now if her ass got smaller or even more huge… THATS A TOPIC FOR REAL… cuz free got major ass lol (no homo)

I would LOVE to see her WHOLE BODY-AU NATURAL, and If I ever see that PHAT BOOTY, I will walk like Fred sanford for an HOUR-BOINNNNG!

why is it a issue with black women hair, black women wear your hair like u want, because them same dudes hollering , I WISH MORE SISTAS WILL WERE NATURAL, will fuk a white women in a min or maybe they envy the fact that black women can wear there hair in differnt ways an colors..skip them its your head..an trust an belive you will all catch a black man.

Who told black women that nappy hair makes them look like hell? who said nappy hair isn’t attractive? who said you have to have straight hair to be beautiful?..its sad that in 2010 black women still have that slave mentality,black men woke up..they used to sport gerri curls and conks,trying to look white also,the only people who look good with white looking hair are white people,white women are beautiful witht heir own unique look, as with Asians and Black women..again ladies…you don’t have to look white to look right..now its true women can wear what they want,but every time you slip on that weave,or blonde wig, you’re actually saying, i need to look white to look beautiful..I need to hide my real hair so people will think I’m beautiful,I’m not as beautifu as Asian and white women…unless i look like them…

the truth is, you’re beautiful naturally…
GB

Oh by the way…whats wrong with being like Uncle Tom?
readng is fudamental…

To my sistas: I feel you on the idea of wearing your hair any way you want to. I used to be in the salon EVERY week, gettin’ my “hurr did.” For the last 13 yrs, though, i’ve been totally natural. I’ve got ‘locs that USED TO be down to my knees…until I cut them (so now they’re only just below my butt). My decision to go natural was a spiritual one, not one made b/c of the latest fad. I believe that our hair carries our energy, and the way it grows is not just a genetic -but also a spiritual- thing.

Caucasian women always walk up to me with the “Your hair is so beautiful! Is all of it REAL?!” I understand that they are shocked to see a black woman w/ long hair, but when my sistas ask that same question as if they don’t realize we can grow our hair just as long as anybody else…*shrug* it’s a little frustrating.

Sistas, don’t buy in to the belief that we don’t have the ability to grow long, luxuriant, healthy hair, too; just take in to consideration that all caucasian women can’t grow long hair, just like some of us can’t…and realize that, whether our hair is short, medium-length, long, straight, natural or otherwise, WE ARE STILL BEAUTIFUL (…and our “real” brothas will love and accept us however we carry it, if we love and accept ourselves)!

Im thinking about goin back natural…I want to grow locks.

SOMEONE SAID>>>Caucasian women always walk up to me with the “Your hair is so beautiful! Is all of it REAL?!”

they’re laughing at you Duh…smh

Didn’t She Have Jay Z Baby?? Rumors Just Go Away without Knowing if They were True or Not!?

Really BP?

she used to wear her hair like this before i dont think its new but it fits her face very well. Someone said somethin about women going natural and slavery. Its a personal choice i know a afro wont do nothing for me. I wear weave to get the styles/colors I want without damaging my hair. Having natural hair can be tough because there are always negative comments coming from somewhere whether its a job (especially in corporate America)or coming from men (mostly black). So its a personal choice that I feel should not be a big deal. Ppl should be judged based on there character not their hair whether they grew it or not. It has nothing to do wit slavery.

W
@
Mizhighclass

Weave does speak to ones character, if it is not there for medical reasons or an occasional flare of artistic expression what it says to the world is that parts of you are fabricated and phony. It also says that you are intimidated by who you are and are desperately seeking attention and racial acceptance by individuals other than your own racial gene pool. It demonstrates that you are unwilling to take the necessary care and time to groom the assets given to you by your parents and our Creator. In fact it ultimately indicts GOD as an inappropriate judge of what is beautiful.

I hope that some day you will remove the world’s trappings of false beauty, groom the natural curl that our creator has invested in you to represent, raise your fist high and proclaim to the Universe. BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL.

As a physics major at the University of GEORGIA, I heard FROM many African students in the African Student Body that after growing up in Africa on Black exploitation movies they thought that they could proudly come to America and display their Nubian Heritage. But where deeply disappointed to learn that this was not the case. The African American female has set the bar of Racial Pride to low. She will not engender original and personal pride in her children and will not keep the faith of fidelity with her natural mate. In return the Black man is loosing his patients with her and for this and other reasons has turned to the gates of other nations to posses their crowns.

The gig is up for the time has arrived for the Black man to realize that his freedom is discovered and found in the embrace of another.

We need not fire bullets to attain our equality, but with each load divinely packed in our manhood we can witness with our own eyes, hands and lips this world go from white to khaki, to brown, then back to a BlackPlanet, with or without you.

1 LOVE

FOREVER THY GUIDE, DEIFIC MIRROR
KEEPER OF THE FLAME, AND ETERNAL BONDSMAN

Prince Nova

“I’m speaking from personal experience when I say of any black man who conks today, or any white-wigged black women, that if they gave the brains in their heads just half as much attention as they do their hair, they would be a thousand times better off.” -Malcolm X

This video speaks for itself- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CPgRhXnjfc

The style is cute. Is it her hair? Just wondering because I am so sick of seeing weave on black women. I mean every where you go there’s black women with weave and most of the time it’s weave that’s not even close to their own texture, which makes them look like bigger fools.

Free looks gorgeous with her natural hair.

The choice is yours sisters. But brothers in general fully respect a woman of any race who is her natural self, not hidden behind make-up, wigs, perms or weaves. Sisters, you have more power than you think and we love when show it naturally.

Sophinal40, a wise brother once said “how can you blame Black men for chasing white women, when Black women are trying to look like them?”

Think about it…

Isaiah 3:16 to 4:3

More over the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty and walk with stretched forth necks (Chickenheads)
and wanton eyes…the LORD shall smite with a scab the crown of the head…instead of sweet smell there shall be a stink… instead of well set hair, baldness…

We as GOOD Black men are all tired of the fake reality forced upon us by society and more importantly our natural reflection, the BLACK WOMAN.

Shame on you Eve

SHAME SHAME SHAME

BLACK MEN NEED TO REALLY GROW A PAIR AND STOP FOLLOWING AFTER SILLY WOMEN

THANK YOU FREE!

BLACK POWER

Free hair very hot!

i just started growing my hair out natural this year an i know what she is talking abt lol i dont get straight hair for a night i have 3 hrs tops lol.. almost time for my big chop(gettin rid of all relaxed hair)!! pray for me!

Agrees with Nova..peace brother..

and to add to this post, these verses speak of Gods judgment upon the unsaved,notice they are judged because of their pride in their looks,and how they dressed..sound familiar?

The sins that provoked God to deal thus with them were, 1. Their defiance of God (v. 8). 2. Their impudence (v. 9). 3. The abuse of power to oppression and tyranny (v. 12-15). 4. The pride of the daughters of Zion (v. 16).

Isaiah 3:1… God, in this chapter, goes on to foretel the desolations that were coming upon Judah and Jerusalem for their sins, both that by the Babylonians and that which completed their ruin by the Romans, with some of the grounds of God’s controversy with them. God threatens, I. To deprive them of all the supports both of their life and of their government (v. 1-3). II. To leave them to fall into confusion and disorder (v. 4, 5, 12). III. To deny them the blessing of magistracy (v. 6-8). IV. To strip the daughters of Zion of their ornaments (v. 17-24). V. To lay all waste by the sword of war (v. 25, 26).

In the midst of the chapter the prophet is directed how to address particular persons. (1.) To assure good people that it should be well with them, notwithstanding those general calamities (v. 10). (2.) To assure wicked people that, however God might, in judgment, remember mercy, yet it should go ill with them (v. 11). O that the nations of the earth, at this day, would hearken to rebukes and warnings which this chapter gives!

and ultimately this speaks to the churches of today…

good for free! I like it! and for the record, ALL women of all colors wair fake hair. I’d never date ANY women with fake ANYTHING! paris wears wigs just like beyonce. why hide who you are?! makes not one bit of sense to me. also, i saw good hair . why would any would any women put anything in their hair that can melt a pop can in a matter of hours?! and then wonder why your hairs falls out later in life. funny s**t right there!

Agrees with younghaze…

All women of color do not wear fake hair. There are those that choose to be natural and not even having a relaxer, there are those who go faded or completely bald. A vast majority does want to wear weave but who cares as long as they feel good about themselves. No man needs to tell a woman of I dont want u cuz ur hair isnt grown from your scalp. Puhleeze u can keep it moving if thats the case.Some men need to stop acting like they just want a natural woman. We they see her with her head nappy, nothing done to her nails, flat chested, bare face wether she’s appealing or not, they still turn to the woman with the long hair real or not, nice complexion, make up made or natural, nails done and all. Shouldnt matter wether a woman is naturally beautiful or need man made things to enhance her beauty. As long as she thinks she’s beautiful. Cuz all we need is more black women out here thinkin they arent beautiful and can never look better than the next. Stop making women feel like if they natural they arent beautiful or if they were human hair, acryllic nails and make they are fake and not beautiful. Changing who u r on the inside is being fake.

ok, Highly_Flavored06. so youre saying it’s ok that SOME black women make themsleves feel better about themsleves by getting fake hair and fake whatever else?! yeah i will keep it movin then. if you keep finding men that dont like you for who you are, then whos fault is that?! these men are superficial and so are a lot of people. that’s life. I dont need them and neither do you. my mom or my sister don’t wear any of that and my moms hair is short…really short. like dreaded up! and this isn’t about makeup but since you want to make it about that too then we can go there as well. you don’t have to cake makeup on. simple is better. i see so many women walking around with fake this fake that. all that stuff will be gone when youre old and grey so why be with a women based off of what she puts on herslf now? so you’re right, i don’t base it off looks cause if i did, i wouldn’t give a damn about who’s hair they had in their head!

Isaiah 3:16 to 4:3 In its context I agree,but this verse has a much deeper meaning..I should have said that before.. Gb

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcHcTBJUOm0

Keepin it real as always Miss Free!

I have always liked her style and her shoe games was always on point! They really should give her a show, minus AJ!

got big strong long curly hair and still wear wigs, weaves and soIve metimes straighten my curls, whats up with these black azz men like ticks cussing out black women about every simple damn thing. I do what I please so f off if you dont like it. the hypocrisy, my friend is all natural and can hardly find a date. oh and why isnt erika badu not married yet? she has been natural all her life! why hasnt a brother proposed??????? and dont come with shiiit like natural is hard to find, they are there but the same men who tells them to be natural are the same men who ignores them when they are out and about.

bloody control freaks

men posting on here need to SAT DOWN.. Stop tryna judge women who wear weaves.. that’s their demon and they should not be judged because they haven’t embraced a natural hairdo.. we’ve been conditioned so much to wear weaves and perms that it’s part of who we are.. men get hair cuts so what do you have to worry about.. NOTHING!! Let us do us.. your the first one’s talking bout fake this and fake that but you love it.. your infatuated w/it.. quick to put sistah’s down while uplifting others.. GET A GRIP!! If men thought we were so beautiful w/our natural hair then why are majority of the men walking around w/women that have permed hair, fake hair, fake boobs, fake asses, contacts, and non-black women.. yeah, my thoughts exactly..

my hair is natural but i wear weaves 2.. i like the versatility..

@PrinceNova1 None of that applies to me I feel that I would look good either way its a preference. Im gonna keep doing what I been doing.

whats wrong with weaves? its lovely and gorgeous and saves you lots of time. Plus the egyptians use to weave their hair in cornrows.

oh puh leeze….all you men out there say you dont want anything fake. Do you know whats fake and what isnt? Probably not!…I personally had lipo and a breast life. I intend to have a tummy tuck and a bit of botox or collegen to fill in a few years. Ahhhhh my plastic surgeon and I are great friends and $15,000 later I love me. I loved me before but I love the improved near 40 year old me AND most of his clients are Black men. ..butt and p***s implants…calf implants, etc….Daughter of zion mumble jumble for you grass roots want no make up on mother earth sista lovas. Eat shyt cause I personally know you all are full of it (cause you approach me…lol..and give me kudos and accolades about my youthful appearance…lol) The same appearance I bought for a few thousand dollars and a couple round trip revolving door appointments with a great British surgeon…Mark Preston BTW. I like Frees hair. It becomes her but it doesnt become me. I like my hair weave in or out…braids down my back today or a bald headed fade tomorrow. SHHHHHHH somebody might hear the real reason you want a so-called natural sister cause (cause ugly comes in pairs.)

@Sacia1 nuff said sista…..I dare somebody to try and snatch my perm kit out of my hand. Its my choice so Imma stick with my relaxed hair.

i wear weave sometimes, but sometimes i dont, i braid it up, perm it up fro it up ………point is all women change things and so do men we change our hair (men cut,braid, shape up), we change our clothes and so on, geez people hair and clothes and shoes does not define a person, i am beautiful outside and the same inside no matter how my hair is MEN be REAListic

@islandgirlie72 i completely agree. Half of them cant even tell whether its a weave or not anyway and its so much mixing now a days how would they really know if you straighten or wave up your hair with products. I think its stupid to hold this against women. I can see if you lookin like Nicki Minaj everyday that may be too much for SOME guys but its all about the personality. If she looks good she looks good. Yea it sound good but do you really live by wat u say? probably not.

damn , how old is free, like 267…and she still look good. Testiomy to black women and how well y’all age, well “some” of y’all

FIRST OF ALL SHE IS ALOST 40 AND DONT HATE BECAUSE SHE LOOKS 20 YRS YPUNGER TJAN MOST OF YOU HATING TRICKS.LOLOLO WOW GET A LIFE AND STOP HATING.

FIRST OF ALL SHE IS ALOST 40 AND DONT HATE BECAUSE SHE LOOKS 20 YEARS YOUNGER THAN MOST OF YOU HATING TRICKS.LOLOLO WOW GET A LIFE AND STOP HATING.

im not speaking for any other guy on here. i live by what i say. i have asked women ive dated in the past what was the need for extra hair? i dunno. i guess if society tells you dont look good enough times, then just cave in and do what everybody else does, right?! sad…so sad. women like free and lauren hill should be embraced, you spat upon and told they need straighter and longer hair. NO women needs that. date a real man who likes you for you when you get up in the morning with “bad hair”

Fab!

younghazelj….you spoke for me tho, cause i feel the same way you do. But you cant tell hardheaded women this tho. They’ll think you lyin or just ignore you all together

aiight FREE !!! ;)

always good to see there’s still some sisters who took the “RED PILL”

Love the hair. Her ethnic mix is close to mine (still African American though, and very proud)

Took the red pill…LOL ANYWAY FREE IS MARVELOUS…

vreagan, ^5 Keep going natural,you don’t have to be fake to look good,you’re beautiful the way God made you..God Bless you sister..and i mean sister,because a true sister wouldn’t feel like she had to look white to look right. white women areeautiful witht heir own look as with Asians,and black women are beautiful the way they look, don’t belive the hype..
you look GREAT!!!

A Weave speakS to ones character, if it is not there for medical reasons or an occasional flare of artistic expression what it says to the world is that parts of you are fabricated and phony. It also says that you are intimidated by who you are and are desperately seeking attention and racial acceptance by individuals other than your own racial gene pool. It demonstrates that you are unwilling to take the necessary care and time to groom the assets given to you by your parents and our Creator. In fact it ultimately indicts GOD as an inappropriate judge of what is beautiful.

I hope that some day you will remove the world’s trappings of false beauty, groom the natural curl that our creator has invested in you to represent, raise your fist high and proclaim to the Universe. BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL.

As a physics major at the University of GEORGIA, I heard FROM many African students in the African Student Body that after growing up in Africa on Black exploitation movies they thought that they could proudly come to America and display their Nubian Heritage. But where deeply disappointed to learn that this was not the case. The African American female has set the bar of Racial Pride to low. She will not engender original and personal pride in her children and will not keep the faith of fidelity with her natural mate. In return the Black man is loosing his patients with her and for this and other reasons has turned to the gates of other nations to posses their crowns.

The gig is up for the time has arrived for the Black man to realize that his freedom is discovered and found in the embrace of another.

We need not fire bullets to attain our equality, but with each load divinely packed in our manhood we can witness with our own eyes, hands and lips this world go from white to khaki, to brown, then back to a BlackPlanet, with or without you.

1 LOVE

FOREVER THY GUIDE, DEIFIC MIRROR
KEEPER OF THE FLAME, AND ETERNAL BONDSMAN

Prince Nova

@ PIRATE – X
AMEN