How to Transition From the Salon to a Barbershop After Your Big Chop
There is nothing novel about short hair, especially in the black community. Outside of those in my neighborhood, I grew up watching famous women like Halle Berry, Grace Jones and Nia Long rock pixies and buzz cuts on the big screen. However, I?d be remiss to ignore the fact that I still subscribed to Eurocentric beauty standards as a teenager. In short: I believed that long, straight hair was beautiful and my coils and kinks were problematic.
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It didn?t matter how many times I watched Angela Bassett chop her hair off in ?Waiting to Exhale;? I still wanted Mom to style my big curls into a long silky ponytail everyday. Admittedly, it wasn?t until college that I began to see the beauty of black hair in all forms, and contemplated a big chop myself. Luckily, just as this personal transformation took place, so did the re-emergence of the natural hair community. By the early to mid ?2000s, black women were not only transitioning to their natural texture in droves; they also had the support of countless online forums, video tutorials and magazine articles to guide them along the way. And today, the beauty industry has evolved to support that community, with brands created exclusively for textured hair and sales in the billions of dollars. It’s been a godsend for women like me who got a late start in loving their hair.
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