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Wearing your natural hair is all the buzz these days! Beautiful, curly natural hair is highly sought after by beauty advertisers; but what if your hair texture is cottony and kinky? When someone enters a room, school, workplace or even the grocery store with tightly coiled textured hair; there are immediate stares and whispers. Some of those stares and whispers are kind words of approval, but most are not.

Kinkier textured hair is sometimes frowned upon and viewed as unkempt. Some people have even gone as far as to ask kinky hair naturals why they didn’t do their hair! There are countless stories in which individuals have even been discriminated against simply because their hair doesn’t fit in with the “norm”.

Well frankly, I’m sick and tired of other cultures determining the standard of beauty for my culture. I’m also fed up with the fact that my culture has been brainwashed (insert history lesson on slavery and discrimination in America) to see ourselves as less than. Why is it that only straight and/or curly hair is deemed as acceptable or beautiful?  You definitely have to have thick skin to wear your kinky hair the way that it grows from your scalp and I’m going show you how to feel comfortable wearing your natural hair:

Redefine the Norm 

Wear your hair how you want, when you want, because you can.  Embrace the compliments you receive and ignore the negative commentary. Your hair belongs to you.  If you look in the mirror and like what you see, that is the ONLY opinion that matters.  Don’t feel pressured to fit into any stereotype. The more others are exposed to our natural hair, the more normal it becomes. 

There’s Power in Numbers

As the black culture continues to become more self-aware, health conscious, and proud; more of us are refusing to expose ourselves to unsafe chemicals or alter our appearance. In addition, when others see more and more women and men wearing their hair natural, they tend to feel more comfortable doing the same.  The natural movement is steadily growing, so find comfort in the fact that you are not alone on this journey. 

Stop Being Concerned with What Others Think

Why would allow someone to make you feel insecure about your hair? If someone says something negative or ignorant, calmly and politely “school” them.  Another option is to wear statement tees expressing your love for your natural hair.  This will allow you to speak without saying a word.  The more internal confidence you have in yourself, the less outward approval you require from others. 

“The more internal confidence you have in yourself, the less outward approval you require from others”

Embrace Your Roots

Read and learn about your history, culture and the greatness of your ancestors. Travel to other cities, states, and countries populated with individuals that share the same culture. Learn from them and educate the ones that don’t know. 

Walk in Confidence 

Akin to not being concerned with the thoughts of others; walking in confidence means that only you set standards for yourself.  Feel pride in who you are inside and out and know that we are all flawed yet perfectly made.  For many of us, this confidence comes with age and maturity, but it will come if you work towards it. 

“We are all flawed yet perfectly made”

Teach the Children

Since we know that maturity usually supersedes confidence; we have to teach our children at an early age about self-love.  It is important to teach our girls and boys about all aspects of blackness, including different hair textures.  We must teach our children that beauty comes in many forms, not just one.  Black is beautiful just the way it is; no alterations needed. 

“Black is beautiful just the way it is; no alterations needed”

Rock Your Natural with Style 

There’s a saying that “if you look good, you feel good”. The same applies to natural hair. Try out different hairstyles and go with the looks that best suits you.  Use accessories to glam or spice up your look. Check back with us for our future post on how to accessorize your natural hair. Here are some of the ways I rock my kinky textured hair:

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If you are not sure how to style and take care of your natural hair, please start here. In addition review social media and YouTube for helpful tips. If you’ve tried some natural hairstyles from YouTube that just didn’t quite workout on your hair, checkout the video below. This blog is dedicated to helping you feel confident about your natural hair, so explore and check back often for updates.

So, how do you feel comfortable wearing your natural hair? By being Unapologetically you! Period’t.

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