Solange often opts for curly wigs and braid extensions, but from time to time she gives a glimpse of her real curls. She was spotted rocking her fro while attending the Tibi show at New York Fashion Week with son Juelz (who has a cute head of curls himself!) Ladies, what do you think of the look?
I dont like her hair it looks like she didnt even do it her hair looks like mine in the morning minus it looking that dry it looks matted,dry,and broke off in the front and I wonder how she could even get a comb thru that junk if someone was to send her out looking like that she would have a fit but its her hair and everyone is entitiled to express theirself and of she likes it thats really all that counts
??? What? As far as I can tell, she has a fuzzy halo of hair/afro. How does that translate to being dry or matted or broken off? She just doesn’t have a perfectly rounded fro and I am okay with that. I can understand it not suiting your personal aesthetics but dry and matted it does not make.
Candi,
That’s a pretty passive-agressive reply. Your opinion, of course, but given her celebrity status, it’s safe to say she has people (hair and wardrobe stylists, management, etc) who, as you state, “sent her out looking like that” but she clearly didn’t have a fit, and look! She’s in the front row at NY Fashion Week with natural hair in its most organic state.
So your final point is valid-everyone, Solange Knowles included, is entitled to express themselves. I’m willing to bet that if she had a looser texture, you wouldn’t have made comments about her hair being matted, dry, broke-off, junk can’t get a comb through it.
But as I stated, your opinion :(
1. Who cares if someone can get a comb through her hair? Many naturals, including myself, can’t.
2. Nah, I’m not even going to waste my energy thinking of replies to this.
Is it weird that I have no emotion towards her hair? No comments or anything…lol, I don’t really care, like her top though!
Wow. When she went on that rant about how people seem to criticise her undefined hair, I thought she was reaching but looking at a lot of these comments, it seems that we are still a long way from texture acceptance.
Um that just looks like unmanipulated 4b hair. I’m 4b thats what my hair looks like. No shine and looks dry.Also her hair is a lighter shade of brown than most.That hair color always seems dry. Its suppose to in its natural state. I dont see an issue with it. Some naturals are very self concious about looking “unkept”.I think for many that was the deal breaker in becoming natural. Some of us rock it and could care less for others its just not their look. They prefer a controlled state of nappy. I think that is just a personality thing and her hair fits her personality. To each its own, but lets not call some ones raw hair dry and damaged because its not our ideal. Thats just how her ( and many of us) hair grows out of her head.
“controlled state of nappy” – what a statement,,u hit the nail on the head.
You can tell when someone puts some time and effort into caring for their hair and you can tell when they dont. Her hair does look dry and unkempt IMO. It looks like she barely made an effort to make it look halfway decent. I’ve seen some other pics of her natural hair and it’s the same way 9x’s out of 10.
We have the same hair color. I remember years ago when I was relaxed; I used to hate sitting in the hair salon clearly seeing the difference in my hair color from the other patrons, because I considered it dry and mousy. All through my teenage years I would dye my hair for SHINE (permanents, semi-permanents, jazzings and rinses) which remained elusive. Nothing ever worked! My hair always regressed to its natural color all to my dismay. One year, I allowed my stylist to do a permanent color 2 weeks after a relaxer and it all broke off. I soon came to realize that altering my hair and it’s color was a losing battle. Now I love my natural hair texture & color and I find that they work together beautifully. It’s so wonderful getting compliments on my hair from people, but I especially cherish the ones from other black women the most, even more so if they’re fellow naturalistas! :)
her sons face is hilarious!!!!
I know right!! That is the first thing I noticed. :D
Wow, its kinda weird seeing all the comments. My hair is exactly like hers, even when moisturised. It doesn’t mean its unkempt, just means thats what my hair is normally like. Just because someone keeps their hair differently from you, doesn’t mean they don’t look after it. Stop acting so self-righteous.
My sister’s hair is that color and curl pattern…a little thicker though, and that’s just how it photographs. It does feel like cotton candy when you touch it, but it looks dry no matter how “moisturized” it is. And my sister rocks the fro too. So sorry to those of you whose natural “standard” Solange doesn’t fit. I’m glad she (and my sister) have accepted what their hair does and have realized a long time ago that approval from the masses, natural or not, is just not going to happen.
She’s rocking that ‘fro. She’s gorgeous. Her hair is gorgeous. I am in the process of growing out my hair. It’s been a little challenging with dryness issues, but it’s worth it. Rock on, sista!
I’m just entertained by the look on her sons face. Not even focusing on her hair.