“I really wanted to embrace my natural beauty and really be able to represent Black women in corporate America without changing the way we look to assimilate to other cultures.”
“I became natural because I wanted to utilize the hair God gave me, which is the beautiful, natural, and essence of the African American woman.”
“You can do a whole bunch of different styles, and even [with] my locs the benefits of having them is that you don’t really have to mess with them.”
“I decided to go natural to have healthy hair and cut out the bad processed products that were doing more damage than good for my hair.”
Why did you decide to go natural? I wanted to have healthy hair. I’ve had a long, strenuous journey with the “creamy crack” [relaxer] and
“I am natural because I think that’s what I intended to do, it’s the thing that really works for me. It’s what looks the best, feels the best.”
Why did you decide to go natural? I decided to go natural because [no one in my family] ever knew what to do with my
“I am natural because I am God because I am African because how I was made is how I’m supposed to be so I don’t need to chemically alter it or make it better than because it was best the way it came out.”
“I decided to go natural to strengthen my hair. After over 20 years of having relaxed hair, my hair has suffered from breakage along with other issues; so going natural was the only way of saving my hair.”
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