Re: Nappy..Curly.. WHATEVER!

So, yesterday I told my 2.5 cents about the obsession with having Kelis-like, curly hair when your hair simply don't. Yeah. I like that: It just don't! And as I stated, I'm all for twist-outs and creating cute styles, but when you get obsessed with trying to have something that you don't, then the problem arises.

My beautiful friend- I'ma ask her if I can post a pic- had this reply:

I read your blog about us naturals at church. I totally agree that we as naturals should be comfortable with our own hair texture the way it is. When I first went natural, I got the feeling that people felt that only curly natural hair was beautiful, but I never got sucked into that ideal. I totally and absolutely love my hair exactly how it is, if I didn't I would never rock my fro :) However, at times I like manipulating it with different products to produce a different look. Twist outs with cantu give me a nice wave, twist outs with cantu and coconut oil give me a very moisturized wave, perm rods with cantu give me curly fro, and the curl activator gel that I recently bought gives me a very moisturized curl. Right now I am just doing a lot of experimenting to see how different hairstyles look on me. My absolute favorite: twist outs.

So, I am one of those people that you are talking about, heck no! I love my hair and I wouldn't trade it for the world. The fro that I have now ain't got nothing on the fro that I will be rocking a year from now :)

Yesterday my sis and I were looking at this picture of my aunt from the 70's and she had a huge afro. I asked my sis if she thought that I was going through a natural hair phase. She was like "I don't know." Anyways, I don't think it is. Relaxers broke my hair off and thinned my edges out. Why would I subject myself to that again? I want healthy hair and being natural is the best way for me to achieve that. In addition, for the past 27 years of my life I was taught that straight hair is beautiful. Therefore, I want to be a poster child for natural hair. I want black girls and black women to look at my hair and realize that natural hair can be beautiful too.

OMG...this e-mail is sooo long. LOL. Anyways, enjoy the rest of your work day and I'll see you tomorrow birthday girl. Welcome to the late 20's...LOL


Isn't that awesome? =) Big smiles! Oh yeah, tomorrow is my b-day. Wish me lots of birthday happiness!!!