This should be a straightforward definition in my books, but it seems many people differ on the specifics.
While I define natural hair as being the hair type/texture that God gave you i.e the one you were born with, without any chemical alteration ; it seems some people also consider colouring as unnatural.
To complicate matters even more some people have different phases of going natural.
This was brought to my attention when I posted a photo on Facebook hashtaged as "All Natural" with my bangs half hovering to the sides as they had started doing, after a morning wash all curly with my previous highlights every so shiny against the rest of my black hair.
A Facebook friend coincidentally ( I choose to believe because otherwise it would be very petty gesture) posted a link to another blog about how people who have decided to go natural but have not actually chopped off all their relaxed hair are not in essence actually natural! Rather they are simply transitioning and should instead say that they are transitioning.
Pffftt!!! So it seems that even among women learning to accept themselves for who they are, there is discrimination! There are stages and different names and the whole issue is simply too political for my liking.
And does it really matter how much relaxed/permed hair is still attached to the newly grown natural hair?
And is colouring really considered as altering your natural hair?
What about women who wear weaves/wigs? can they claim to be natural if their hair underneath is in fact natural but hiding from view but artificial or hair that is not their own?
What does natural hair mean for you?
While I define natural hair as being the hair type/texture that God gave you i.e the one you were born with, without any chemical alteration ; it seems some people also consider colouring as unnatural.
To complicate matters even more some people have different phases of going natural.
This was brought to my attention when I posted a photo on Facebook hashtaged as "All Natural" with my bangs half hovering to the sides as they had started doing, after a morning wash all curly with my previous highlights every so shiny against the rest of my black hair.
A Facebook friend coincidentally ( I choose to believe because otherwise it would be very petty gesture) posted a link to another blog about how people who have decided to go natural but have not actually chopped off all their relaxed hair are not in essence actually natural! Rather they are simply transitioning and should instead say that they are transitioning.
Pffftt!!! So it seems that even among women learning to accept themselves for who they are, there is discrimination! There are stages and different names and the whole issue is simply too political for my liking.
And does it really matter how much relaxed/permed hair is still attached to the newly grown natural hair?
And is colouring really considered as altering your natural hair?
What about women who wear weaves/wigs? can they claim to be natural if their hair underneath is in fact natural but hiding from view but artificial or hair that is not their own?
What does natural hair mean for you?
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