Personal Stories about Going Natural
Every head has a story. As women of the world we have the prerogative to at least one hairstyle-gone-terribly-bad.
Most of the time we don’t even have the slightest idea what we do to our dear follicles that we adore let alone be aware that we abuse them.
So since the beginning of this community we asked members to share their story. Sharing is caring.
Some of us went natural because our hair was coming out, some just wanted a change of style and others just had enough of the whole process of relaxing.
Our reasons for going-natural may sound the same in general but every transitioning is personal and different.
To read the about the different experiences is encouraging and inspiring, so be our guest and read the stories.
All she wanted was straight hair. Where others dream of becoming a model, Isabella was discovered by a photographer in Geleen, a small town in Holland where she grew up. A close friend invited the traffic stopping beauty to Chicago to pursue the American dream because he believed she had what it takes to become […]
Nina Every model dreams of seeing themselves on the cover of their favorite magazine, walking the runway, or even wearing the clothes of their favorite designer for various print ads. For me, the dream does not stop there. It would be good to land on a gig, better to actually be successful at the job […]
Foto by Nwamaka 7am Monday morning and my alarm goes off yet again, the fourth time since I pressed the snooze button thirty minutes ago. Finally I drag myself out of bed and dash into the shower. I have just under an hour to get dressed, made up, run out the door and get to […]
Tamara of Houston, Texas went natural in October 2006. She describes her decision to go natural as a liberating one since it allowed her to create her own personal definition of beauty. Since then she became confident enough to take control of her body image.
I stopped relaxing on October 22, 2008. I just woke up one day and thought, “Man, this stuff is seriously damaging. It even says on the box, ‘Can cause blindness!’” So, I decided to transition. I got Dominican blowouts from time to time and then switched to weaves, braids, and twists. In April 2009, […]
The most difficult part of the natural journey is acceptance and resisting the relaxer. I had no idea how my God-given texture would feel or how it would look. Once it began to coil from my scalp, it was a pleasant surprise. The process of accepting my natural beauty began. Name: Kenyada Jones Location: […]
I decided to go natural since May 2010. I transitioned for 6 months. After doing protective style after protective style I settled on Senegalese twists for the last 3 months of my transition. On 27 Nov 10 I did my BC. It has been one of the best decisions I’ve made thus far.I went natural […]
I was using perm products for as long as I can remember. My hair would come out and grow back. I remember as a child wearing my short bush and loving the freedom I had then. As I got older and life took its toll, my daughter heard me say so many times I should […]
To be honest, it’s been so long that I have been natural (more than 10 years) that I can’t really remember what prompted me to go natural in the first place, but I do remember that I never really liked how my hair looked when it was permed. It was pretty much lifeless and it […]
As an African-American female the decision to wear my hair natural was a challenge, especially in Ohio because it is considered a conservative state wherein conforming to how a person should look is more accepting, for example, wearing relaxed hair or weave to land that corporate job.
I actually love natural styles and find them to be beautiful at all lengths, so for me the journey has yet to present a hard situation. I recall a lot of hard situations I dealt with when I had relaxed hair.
The day my idol (hair extensions) was toppled My hair story . . . . where do I start? Sadly, I have to confess that beginning of 2008 was the first time I wore my own hair as an adult woman. And when I say my own hair I mean relaxed but sans extensions. For […]
Orberzen Starkey I am a Nappy Howard University Alumni. I went Natural before I came to Howard University. The reason behind this decision? My scalp was just sick and tired of the burn and I couldn’t imagine going to Howard being a slave to the crack cream. I also had horrible visions of dating […]
I went natural about 12 years ago. I went natural because I was tired of the chemicals. I hated being committed to getting my hair relaxed every couple of months only to have to do it all over again.
I hadn’t gone to the salon to get my hair done for about 5-6 months. It was intention to go back and get my usual relaxer and style every two weeks. However, because I was on a limited budget (due to my decision to leave my full-time and work for myself), I didn’t have […]
The assumptions about my character. Comments like “You must like… because of your hair.” And the best part? *The freedom, and self confidence I have gained. Going natural was an action I took out of necessity, but it turned out to changed my life. After going natural I felt like if I could wear […]