Going Natural?

I've come to realize that natural hair can bring about quite a debate for many.  Everyone has their own reason to go natural. Wearing your hair natural is definitely not for the "faint at heart" it takes work.

I once heard someone say "natural hair isn't for everybody." For some reason this really annoyed me and thinking further on this statement it is PARTIALLY true.  I don't exactly know what that person meant by this but this is how i see it.... How can something "natural" not be for everybody? Is this not how we were born?  What's so wrong with wearing your hair exactly how it was given to you? Whether, nappy, kinky, curly, or whatever the term you want to use to describe it.

On the other hand maybe it "isn't for everybody" ONLY because it can take some work and some people just don't want to put in the effort towards their hair. If you never had a relaxer or had your hair straightened as a child you would be used to it. Had it not been for our parents relaxing our hair (probably for conveinence or to make it more "manageable") wearing our hair natural would be the norm.  Granted some of us have really "nappy" hair (lol) and as kids we hated getting it combed; had our mothers taking a different approach maybe we would have been able to deal with it better.

It's rare that someone says "relaxers aren't for everybody" or "she shouldn't have gotten a perm" that is the standard these days it's what we have become used to. When you wear your hair natural their are ALWAYS going to be mixed reviews, some love it, some hate it and others are not quite sure how they feel about it. (lol)

So why go natural? Who am I to tell you why?  Going natural should be your decision, you may want to just try something different or maybe your having issues from relaxing your hair. Whatever the case it should be FOR YOU.....NOT BECAUSE YOU WANT TO FIT IN WITH WHAT HAS BECOME SOCIETY'S STANDARD.

-MsQuietStorm