Am I the only one not wearing updos?

**laydee** · 07-29-2011, 02:47 AM

Today I was out shopping (yay shopping) and this lady approached me and said, "Everytime I see you, your hair looks so lovely. But I wish you would style your hair in more updos?" I kindly told her that I prefer to wear my hair down and walked away...she creeped me out. I've never seen this woman a day in my life, but apparently she sees me quite a bit.

Moving right along...am I the only one that prefers to wear her locs down? I do a pony, bun, flat twist and other little cutesy styles every now and then - but I just feel that doing updos too much can cause damage later on. The pulling and tension on our locs is not a good thing. The one and only time I wore an updo, my head was hurting so bad, but the style was cute

So what do you think ladies/gentlemen?

**NappyNovelist** · 07-29-2011, 03:18 AM

That was a little weird. Why did she think you were taking requests from the peanut gallery?

**laydee** · 07-29-2011, 03:38 AM

Originally Posted by NappyNovelist

That was a little weird. Why did she think you were taking requests from the peanut gallery?

LOL...I must've had a sign on my back or something. I think she just wanted to hear herself talk and I was the target at the time.

**philly1206** · 07-29-2011, 04:38 AM

i don't wear updos, either

but honestly, i would like to, i'm just lazy and horrible at doing hair

**netta1** · 07-29-2011, 05:35 AM

I wear my hair up or half way up most of the time like Monday-Friday.

I never pull it tight I wear my hair tie or pin it up on one side...easy.

I usually wear my hair down when I first get it done for a day or two...thats about it.

Plus my hair is at an awkward length imo....

**laydee** · 07-29-2011, 05:44 AM

Originally Posted by netta1

I wear my hair up or half way up most of the time like Monday-Friday.

I never pull it tight I wear my hair tie or pin it up on one side...easy.

I usually wear my hair down when I first get it done for a day or two...thats about it.

Plus my hair is at an awkward length imo....

After I read your post, especially the last line, I started thinking maybe I will start wearing it up more once it gets alot longer. I think right now my hair is at a length where wearing it down is comfortable for me. Also I like how you pointed out that you don't wear it tight. I think that's my biggest concern.. having it pulled too tightly in an updo. Thanks for your response.

**netta1** · 07-29-2011, 06:37 AM

^^No problem Sis....

this is an example of a hair tie

Creates a loose hold like this....

and takes about two seconds to do...nice, quick, easy, loose and requires ZERO styling skill...I love it, lol.

**laydee** · 07-29-2011, 08:27 AM

I was going to order one of them from Tomoka's Twist..I only ordered the twisty thing - which I absolutely love. I also like how you have your hair pinned up with it..too cute. See styles like that I can see myself doing every now and then. I am talking about those styles that require alot of twisting and pulling of the locs..and the majority of the time you need hair pins to hold it all in place.

**Denny** · 07-29-2011, 10:23 AM

No you are not the only one, I hardly style my locs. I'm a Loc minimalist, as far as I am concerned my hair is already styled...its loced

**Zenith1920** · 07-29-2011, 12:20 PM

Funny...because I was just talking to a co-worker about this yesterday. I don't really care for updo's on me...I've never had any...nor would that be the style of choice for me.
I like to mainly wear my hair down...or in a low ponytail tied with my own locs.

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