Naturalista within me speaks

Probably you are wondering what is a naturalista......... 
As defined by urban dictionary, a naturalista is a Black female who takes pride in her Black hair (hair that is not permed or been chemically changed in anyway).

A naturalista is someone who wears their hair the way that it naturally grows out of their scalp. 
This could mean they have curly, wavy or "kinky" hair. 

Whichever "hair type" they may identify with, they love and accept themselves because they know and understand that they are beautiful in their anatomy. 

Yes, yes, yes, I am a naturalista. My hair has never been processed but I have pressed it before. It was heat damaged a few weeks back but i have vowed not to use heat in my hair again. As the title  of my blog, Kinky Tough African Natural Hair, so is my hair. Most of the time I don't treat my hair as I ought to and it reacts to this. It becomes a literal monster. Rar! I become scared of it in these times when it appears impossible to  detangle but I always seem to get out of the situation. 

I really like to see healthy, well taken care of natural hair. I am usually not biased by genes. Some of us really did not get any of 'the good genes' in hair. When it has no curly pattern or is not straight, when it doesn't grow fast, when what I call optimal length is not where we want, when everyone around us isn't crazy over your hair. Sometimes we have to like our own hair. We have to look pass the European notation that we are not good enough, that we are not pretty. This is what was placed on my head and this is what I will have to work with, love and appreciate. I love my curls. I stand for them and nobody can make me say otherwise .