Afropolitan chicks have quite the challenge in dealing with highly textured or African kinky hair. In the world where the beauty ideal is certainly European, and women who are chocolate of varying hues are encouraged by a million different messages that how they look is just not beautiful or attractive....It's easy to spend tons of money to look like someone you are not....it's refreshing to hear Nik Scott's message about just accepting yourself and working with the hair that everyone loves to hate.
Check out her vid and YouTube Channel. It's time to rebuild your self-confidence in accepting who you are...appreciating other people is fine but knowing that you don't have to be someone you are not to be beautiful is liberating both spiritually and psychologically. And you certainly don't have to waste your time or your money on it either.
My cousin's 8-year old daughter had a traumatic experience she never should have had. Her mom took down her braids. And decided her daughters hair needed a break. She did a cute natural do for her daughter but lo and behold her daughter came home crying, because kids made fun of her hair. That's just ridiculous. That who you are is just an offense.
The media is mean and vicious towards black women period. It takes a huge step of faith and spiritual rebirth to step out with what you got, learn to work with your hair and not spend your money trying to be someone you are not.
After you listen to Nik Scott's encouraging message....rock out to Inna Modja's cool single Kinks In My Hair. It's cute!
And if you have the guts - check out this vid put out by Lion of Judah society about the health crisis that is black women's hair. Your hair was not meant to destroy you...or be a source of low self-esteem and self-hatred. As a friend of mine reminded me recently, just like Ghandi said - we need to be the change we want to see.