![]() ![]() It is easier to manage natural hair now due to a plethora of natural hair products. My husband actually prefers my hair natural. With the opposite sex also, I have never had a negative reaction. I work in a very relaxed environment, so I literally wear my hair however I want, my colleagues always get excited to see how I style my natural hair. I have always had a positive reaction to my natural hair. I think gradually it is changing as people of colour and of influence themselves are starting to appreciate their natural hair and have been trying to represent more on screens, but we definitely have a long way to go.Īre you perceived differently with natural hair in terms of work, the opposite sex? DEEPER THAN HAIR PRODUCTS SKINI personally would not want the popularity of natural hair to be referred to as a trend, it’s as natural to us as our skin colour and being Black is no trend.ĭo you think the standard of beauty (hair) in the media has changed or do you think we still have a long way to go? ![]() DEEPER THAN HAIR PRODUCTS HOW TOI think it’s become popular because we are starting to appreciate our natural hair more and that’s largely due to social media and the increase in natural hair bloggers showing us how to handle our hair….that in turn I think has pushed more hair brands to produce products tailored to kinky coily textures. Book your hair appointment w/the 1 NaturalHairCareSalon in Philadelphia. Why do you think natural hair has become so popular over the years? Do you think this is a trend? Salons were so clueless as to what to do with my hair when I was transitioning, I was always asked why I don’t just relax my hair. Back then the media never portrayed beautiful Black women as one’s with natural hair, it was always a woman with straight hair. At school most of the girls had relaxed hair only a few had natural hair. Growing up did you encounter any challenges with your hair in terms of a lack of representation in the media, school etc? Since then I was scared to relax my hair and I started transitioning. I technically stopped relaxing my hair in 2003… I went to get my hair relaxed and all the back and sides fell out because my aunt left the relaxer in my hair for too long. But if I had to say I guess I would say my hair was 4b/c sort of in between. To be honest I don’t really follow a typing system for my hair as my hair has about 3 different textures. I technically stopped relaxing my hair in 2003….I went to get my hair relaxed and all the back and sides fell out because my aunt left the relaxer in my hair for too long. How long have you been natural for? If you did transition, what was the reason behind it? ![]()
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