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From Fro to Puffs to twists....

Why is it we're never satisfied with the hair we're born with. Nappy head girls want that "good hair"... Curly head girls wish they had straight hair. Straight head girls would die for a head full of pretty curls. Well I got a good little mixture going on with my head. I've been rocking my "natural state" for about 3 years now. I was a crack-perm addict. Thought there was no other way to be. One day got up and decided I didn't want a perm, just wanted to wash and go.....soooo I whacked it off. And been sporting it that way every since. I allowed my hair to do what it do. I didn't fight it like some people say. When it was boyish short, I shampoo'd every morning and it would get the cutest soft curl so I would moisturize and go. Then as it got a little longer I would still shampoo every morning but by midday I had a TWA (teeny weeny afro) ...so I worked it...started wearing little headbands and the short fro. It grew a little more, and I would have wavey mornings but puffy afternoons....so I started wearing the two-strand twist and would unravel it and BAM instant waves for the entire day.  And that's where I'm at now.... good length. If picked out - my hair makes the perfect afro puff, let it air dry and it makes the perfect curly fro. The hair at the roots has such a nice wave pattern that I can push it back in the scarves or headbands and just let it be. I love being natural. I hear almost daily from someone that they wish they could but scared or not sure what they'll do with their hair... I say "Let It Do What It Do".

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