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B The Voice, For Students, By Students I November 16, 2011 | www.fsuvoice.com | send news tips to the editor; thevoice.fsu@gmail.com How I wear my crown by Jalynn Jones Voice Staff writer Being vintage, chic6, and everything in between seems to be the most popular style these days. If you take a look around cam pus, fashion from attire to hairstyles stretch es from retro to plain Jane. While hair ex tensions and weaves have become popular among women of all ethnicities, more Black women are letting the extensions, weaves and straight hair styles go. In the early I900’s, a lot of African-Amer icans felt the need to conform to society by changing their hair and their attire to be bet ter accepted in society. Black women wore their kinky hair pressed straight, and men got chemical relaxers to change the texture of their hair. As time and fashion evolved, many people rebelled from what was ac cepted and went back to wearing their hair in its natural state. As many know, the art of fashion is like a cycle. Either trends reach amazing heights and gradually fade out, or they come back. Natural hair can be referred to as a trend, but for many it is becoming a lifelong coimnitment. Many women feel pressured to wear their hair long, straight and light. However, natural hair is receiving intemational atten tion and is reaching unbelievable heights by crossing race lines and trends from culture to culture. More people are cutting their hair in short edgy looks or wearing it curly. More young black women are stripping their hair from perms and others are chopping all their hair off. It is said that a women’s hair is the crown of to her beauty but our generation is redefining the meaning to natiu^l beauty. Danielle Dow, a freshman, who has been natural for three years, has a very positive perspective about the state of natural hair today. “It ties me into [my] African American culture,” said Ms. Dow. “I think it’s gorgeous,” said Mariah Black, a freshman. She also coirmiented on how she thought some men view natural hair. After asking a few young men about women and natu ral beauty, many thought it was sexy. They agreed that women can wear their hair natu ral, relaxed or weaved as long as it’s styled. by Shii1«y Townsend Voice Staff writer Being natural is a great option for your hair, however it is not the only option. Many females do not want to go natural because they do not have the time or simply because they have been getting relaxers for so long, they do not want to start growing their hair all over again. If you wish to keep relaxing your hair that is fine, but you should make sure that you educate yourself about the correct way to do so and also the best products on the market for re laxed hair Choosing to grow your hair natural is a personal decision. Many females stated that they love their relaxers be cause it is efficient for their lifestyle, and they felt more comfortable wear ing hairstyles they are already accus tom to. All of the ladies agreed that grow ing fully natural hair is a process and that it requires a lot of attention. All of the ladies also agreed that they wore hair weaves, braids and wigs as protective styles on their relaxed and natural hair. “I have done so much damage to my hair in the past so I decided to go natural and just wear my hair weaves, which look great on me. Everyone has a different style and you never know what you look [like] until you try it,” said sophomore, Stormie Monk. Not only do the females have strong opinions about natural and re laxed hair, but so do the men. “1 personally don’t think that it is for every woman, but I like women with the natural hair Because 1 think it is sexy for a woman who takes pride in what she has and goes against the norm of society views on hair in America,” said sophomore, Tristin Rainey. The new drastic hairstyle changes have caught many of the men by sur prise. Even though ihany do not like the new “natural wave” that some of the ladies been sporting, there are also a good amount of men who think the new style is sexy. Then there are the few do not think it is a big enough deal to care. Even though many females have chosen to transition to natural hair, it does not mean that relaxers and other hair styles and techniques should be ignored or downplayed. Of course healthy hair is beautiful and the best way to maintain healthy hair is to make sure they educate themselves about the products they use, and also to try different things so they know what works for them.
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