As a young girl my mom always said, "never get a relaxer." I've always wanted my hair straight like my friends and only wear one ponytail. Well my mom passed when I was 8 years old, so I had different people doing my hair. At the tender age of nine, I discovered I could braid my dolls hair. So one day, nobody wanted to "deal" with my hair so I decided to braid my own hair. I was ten years old when I braided my ENTIRE HEAD all by myself, without the use of help or a mirror. I wanted to see how long my hair would be if I got a relaxer, So when I was fourteen I went to the salon and got a relaxer. Boy was it soo pretty. I noticed after getting them regularly, I couldn't take the burn from the relaxers. So I would only get it relaxed once or twice a year. I hated them but continued anyway. So I was inspired by my sister and others to go natural. So February 2009, I decided this will be my last relaxer and IT WAS!!!! I transitioned, getting trims throughout '09 and '10. I finally chopped the rest off in December... so HOORAY!!!! Going natural has helped me grow as a woman. I fell in love with myself and explored so many new things. It helped me see the true beauty in me, not saying relaxers can't help self-esteem, but being natural is like "being me" FREE!!! People might look at me and say "OMG what is wrong with her head or dang she needs a relaxer" And I look back like "BAM DON'T HATE, YOU WISHED YOU COULD ROCK IT LIKE ME WITHOUT HAVING TO PURCHASE A WIG!" I just laugh at their ignorance. So hello to my fellow natural ladies love yourself first and never worry about what "they" think!!
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