I recently made a video about the dangers of using relaxers because  most black women start getting them at such a young age without any knowledge of the harmful chemicals used in these products. If you asked me a year and a half ago why I got relaxers? I would’ve said because it makes my hair more manageable and wouldn’t have thought twice about what the relaxer actually does to the hair. Little did I know that relaxers actually damage the hair making it weak and prone to breakage.  But after a little research and running into a forum on self hate in the black community I began to question why I really wanted to keep my hair straight and I came to the conclusion that I had no idea how to take care of my natural hair and that I didn’t even remember what it looked like. What I had imagined was matted tangled hair that had no pattern that couldn’t even be combed through. Well I was completely wrong! You can’t appreciate something that you don’t understand.  I didn’t understand my natural hair and I didn’t know how to take care of it myself. I’m happy to say that now I do and I love and appreciate my hair more and more everyday.  My advice is to simply be the naturally fabulous you! Check it out!

~Kash

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