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“I cried, I cried… it was such an emotional experience and it wasn’t just about hair. It was what my perception of beauty was and had been for all of my life and then I look at myself in the mirror and I’m like, ‘That doesn’t look like what I thought was beautiful.” (The actress Teyonah Parris on her reaction to going natural). Everyone’s perception of beauty has been altered from when they were younger. You may not realize it but it is true. Growing up with many products around that admire and praise certain features is difficult. It subconsciously teaches you that your elements are not good enough. Growing up playing with dolls and realizing that all the dolls have long straight hair, or all the women in the magazine have long “nice” hair, …show more content…

Natural hair is hair that hasn’t been modified by any type of chemical straighteners, texturizers or relaxers. Natural hair has become an empowering and positive movement worldwide. This allows many people to come together and support each other. Once you become natural you are not only changing your state of hair, you are entering a community filled with sister/brotherhood that is filled with support and uplifting positivity. This community also helps each other emotionally fight all the stereotypes there are against natural hair. Once you become natural you also send a message to the world. You send the message that you are embracing your natural self and who you are. It took some time for it to become a trend but it is finally progressing at a fast rate. Black beauty companies have grown tremendously. According to Mintel.com black beauty products have increased 26.8 percent from 2013 to 2015, reaching $946 million. Considering there are not that many black hair care products that number is …show more content…

Annie Malone and Madame CJ Walker were the first to invent hot combs. Hot combs are metal combs that are heated to temporarily make hair straight. As time went on and straight hair started to become a thing Madame C.J. Walker created a hair-care line for African Americans as well as a formula. Her hair care line mostly consisted of perms. Many people didn’t appreciate the hair care line that Walker came up with because they believed she was encouraging the “white” characteristics. During the 1970’s Angela Davis became an icon for natural hair. As more celebrities started to embrace all types of natural hair it started to become popular to be natural. Before natural hair was a movement not that many people appreciated their appearance. As time went on people built barriers between their self-confidence/appreciation and society’s ideal beauty, which essentially has increased their

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