What is "good hair?"

      If you were to ask someone today what "good hair" is, 9/10 they'd tell you about the mixed girl down the street with the loose curls. While there's definitely nothing wrong with having the loose curls (work it honey), there is something wrong when that's the only thing that can be considered a nice head of hair. Everyone wasn't born with those loose locks and that's more than okay. I asked a couple of my peers what they would consider good hair and the majority said that good hair, to them, is hair that is easy to comb or "white people hair." One person said healthy, manageable hair and the rest were indifferent.
   
     Personally, I believe that all hair is good. Now don't worry, I won't go all Natural Nazi on you. However, I will say that hair that is properly taken care of (washed, conditioned, etc.) is good hair. . It's not so much about what type of hair you have, as people tend to get caught up in the hype of being a 3c or 4b. It's more so about what you do to maintain those coily curls.

   Part of the blame is the media. People with a coarser texture than others are told that their hair is too nappy, usually ending up with a perm.
   I remember watching the documentary by Chris Rock on the topic of good hair. Specifically, when he walked around yelling that he had nappy hair for sale. I'm not asking you to walk around with bags of coarse hair, but subliminally, it just goes to show that we as a people will wear everyone one else's hair instead of embracing our own.
 
    In a way, hair is like a business. You have the good, the bad, and the just downright ugly. Natural hair is more dry, more time consuming, and definitely more work! But once you get into the swing of things, it's a breeze and quite fun too!

Sincerely,
 A Natural