In the documentary “Good Hair,” Chris Rock discusses the enormous amount of money being spent in the black hair care industry. Women described a weave as being addictive; I will admit that there is something about hair flowing down your back that can make you feel like Sasha Fierce. The film even called a relaxer the “creamy crack,” which means that we have a mental and physical addiction to the image of us with long straight hair engraved in our minds. As black women we can feel trapped by our hair issues so instead of seeing our hair as the chains that bind us, let’s see it as our best accessory.
If you feel that you “need” a relaxer, get over it. If you can not go a month without getting your weave tightened, let it go. If you have locks and you spend hours constantly twisting your hair day in and day out, you too have a problem. Hair should be like a belt or a shoe not the reason that keeps you up nights, obsessing and constantly asking yourself, “what am I going to do with my hair?” And like any other accessory, if it does not work with the outfit then you change it–no worries.
We should be able to look at ourselves in the mirror and feel beautiful no matter what ‘accessory’ we wear; beauty is truly only skin deep. We are lucky that we can change our hair and vibe depending on the look of any given day. So let us all repeat after India Arie “I am not my hair….I am the soul that lives within.”
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