“I am genuinely considering becoming a straight natural. I love my natural hair but I realized that I don’t have the time to ...

And when she and others with curly, coily, or wavy hair want to wear it straight, it’s even more work. Chemical hair relaxers have provided a quick fix for decades, but their ingredients could ...

@findingmelissa "Straight hair felt like the 'safe' option ... authentic self and began questioning why she was hiding her natural hair texture. "Embracing my hair became part of a larger journey ...

It was her own natural haircare journey that inspired ... For those who still want to straighten their hair, without the use of chemicals found in relaxers, Wright said there are alternatives.

My naturally thick, healthy and strong Afro hair had been transformed into bone-straight, wafer-thin tresses ... the thought of reverting back to my natural Afro hair terrified me.