Natural Beauty
Watch this video and get inspired to embrace that part of your physical self you were always told was “wrong” or “too much” or “not enough.” These gorgeous women just take my breath away.
h/t to Rubiatonta at Rubi Sez for the link.
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Thanks for sharing this lovely video, Pseu. You and your readers may also want to seek out Chris Rock’s 2009 documentary, “Good Hair.” Here’s the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m-4qxz08So
Nice video. Thank you for sharing.
I think it’s just so nice that, finally, us girls are allowed to embrace the naturalness of ourselves. I was born with fuller hips than I liked, and all my life I’ve been trying to be thin thin thin. I suddenly realized that we’re just “born this way” and there is not one thing we can do except live and enjoy life.
xx’s
Wow–what a wonderful film. She is SO much more beautiful (to my eye) with her natural hair. I think she sees that. NOW, for the rest of us to apply this idea to our own lives.
What an inspiring video. Thank you for sharing it Susan.
I can say it, no fear of goin g wrong: this filmmaker is one of the most wonderful women I have ever seen!! She is gorgeous!! And the others are wonderful, too!
Loved this video. Thank you for posting!
She’s beautiful with her natural hair. I’m a white woman who recently decided to give up hair color and embrace my silver strands. There is a difference in being natural and just not caring. Why should we conform to someone else’s idea of beauty?
after straightening my thin, fine hair for years only to pull it back severely or watch it frizz up and curl the moment it came into contact with even the slightest amount of humidity, i finally decided to let it go the way it wanted (with cheers from my stylist!). i was rewarded with healthy, beautiful botticelli curls and ringlets! natural hair is not always no or low maintenance but i don’t have to fear the weather anymore and i’ve fallen in love with my curls!
So inspirational. Thanks for posting.
Embracing who we are, balancing it with who we think we’re expected to be… it’s always a challenge.
Wonderful post.
Thanks so much, pseu and rubi, loved it.
Zina Saro-Wiwa is the daughter of the human rights activist and author Ken Saro-Wiwa, who was executed by his own government (Nigeria) in 1995. She seems to have inherited her father’s courage, and I am eager to see what she does next.
Read an interview with one of those “matchmakers for millionaires” who said the first advice she gave prospective girlfriends was to blow any and all curl out of their hair. (I was disgusted.)
“The images help us affirm and celebrate our aesthetic.”
I’m very thankful for the diversity of images available in the media today. Well, the magazines obviously don’t “get it”; but fortunately, in recent years, I’ve seen plenty of images on blogs, in documentaries, and in art photography online, which have helped me feel more o.k. about myself than ever before. I only wish these images had been available when I was growing up in the 70s and 80s.
Thanks to affirming images, I’ve changed my weight loss goals (now looking to lose 15 instead of 40 pounds) and generally stopped obsessing over figure/facial “flaws”.
I don’t believe that one has to be “all natural” to be well-adjusted and healthy. I’ve also perused media images to learn about makeup, hairstyles, and other cosmetic “tweaks”. But the difference is that now I have many options to choose from, rather than one uniform “look” to aspire to.
I loved the video, thanks for sharing it; she is, indeed, beautiful, as are all the other women who are going natural.
I am experimenting with my own transition. After decades of dying my hair, I am letting all those chemicals grow out. I spent so many years trying to be blonde, and I discovered that I AM blonde! It’s dark ash blonde, and after having a color analysis done last winter, I realized why the golden blonde I tried to achieve for so long was so wrong for me.
Now I am letting the grey come in, and from a distance, it actually appears blonde. People are asking me if I have changed my hair, but when they get closer they are really surprised. I like the way the cool silver blends in with the cool ash blonde, at least now while I have less than 10% grey. I still get my hair cut every 8 weeks, and I hope I maintain the courage to see this grey thing through because it feels liberating.
I agree with Karina that natural does not necessarily correlate with letting ourselves go. I love the silky texture my hair is taking on now that it isn’t damaged. I also have much less frizz on humid days now that there’s less breakage. Just a few more inches and a few more haircuts, and my hair will be 100 virgin!
I agree, she looks g o o d in her natural hair.
But, to each her/ his own way.
This was so inspiring and convicting. I am very gray and natural curly and continue to cover both. I am not sure at what point I will be ready to be “natural.” It takes so much courage and I respect these women highly…they are stunning! I will even be curious to see what it takes in my own life for me to stop the dying and straightening.