by Kanisha Parks of BlackNaps.org To be honest with you, I had no idea what “natural hair” was. It was foreign, but eye-opening, the idea of not getting relaxers anymore- something I had been doing since I was eight years old. To my understanding, a relaxer was just something every young black girl did. The best thing about getting a…
via Global Couture, LLC Tell me a little about yourself and your hair journey. My name is Brittany Myers. I am 22 years old. I was born in Jamaica, but I currently live in the US. How long have you been natural? Have you always embraced your curls? I became natural on August 4, 2014. No, I did not embrace…
by Amanda “My face is too fat” and “My head is too big” are all things we hear from women who are hesitant to big chop or get a haircut. CurlyNikki is all about equipping women with educational tools that allow them to make educated choices and exercise their options, so when I saw Pure Estrogen’s DIY big chop crochet…
by NaturallyChelsea Cutting off all your hair can be the stuff nightmares are made of for most women. Despite that fact, more and more women are big chopping to join team natural. As they should be! Going natural can be the most exhilarating, and according to many women, the best decision one can make. A little preparation will help to…
glam TWA, Katia by Dori Phelps So, first of all I want to state some givens. I’ve been black all my life. I don’t know what it is like to be anything else. My life experience consists of the fact that I have never been skinny: never very large but svelte is not a category I would fit in. Nor…
Were you a transitioner or a Big Chopper? What was your journey like? I tried to be a transitioner. I really wanted to transition because my hair was long, but I was far too impatient. I wanted to see my curls far too badly. So I big chopped twice! Had you always embraced your texture? I hadn’t always embraced it….
via Global Couture, LLC Tell me a little about yourself and your hair journey. My name is Celeste Young. I am 22 years old and I am from Jackson, MS. How long have you been natural? I have been fully natural for 7 1/2 months. What motivated you to go back to natural? I decided to go natural when…
Via Global Couture, LLC My name is LeKyndra and I’m from Missouri. I am a recent college grad, Mass Communications major. I work in a studio at a TV Station and at a Radio Station. How long have you been natural? I’ve been natural since March 2013, I would get perms every month (once I think about it that was…
Describe your hair (fine or coarse, thin or thick, highly porous, low, etc.) Honestly, I don’t know. I tried doing all kinds of research prior to the chop and got overwhelmed with all this scientific information. I mean, I’m pretty sure Angela Davis & Diana Ross didn’t have to know any of this to grow big fros. I know my…
Via Global Couture, LLC Tell me a little about yourself and your hair journey. My name is Rhonda Ray and I was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. I have a B.A. in Radio, TV and film. I’m a frotographer and I created one of the first Afrocentric web series that starred 4 Natural Hair Actresses called “Afro City”…
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