Most times people criticize you, neglect you, call you unruly or untidy. You are often asked to straighten up or to hide because you can\u2019t be shown the way you truly are.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve often wanted you to be different and this took a lot of energy, products, time and money.<\/p>\n
As soon as you showed your true nature, I would do everything I could to stop you because I didn\u2019t feel as pretty anymore. I was sure that we didn\u2019t belong together. I used to hate seeing you in my mirror. People around me used to remind you weren\u2019t welcome.<\/p>\n
So how to accept you, get to know you if I couldn\u2019t even stand you\u00a0?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Then one day I was told I didn\u2019t need to hide you anymore and thousands of women around the world had decided to get to know their curls. It was a revelation to me\u2026 I started to scour the web and found tons of information concerning you and women who have been through the same experiences and who now fully assume you.<\/p>\n
Next thing I knew I was chopping off all of my chemically relaxed hair and decided to get to know you better. 13 years later I have no regrets. Even if it isn\u2019t always easy, I know that you are an extension of me and accepting you as you truly are has helped me to accept myself.<\/p>\n
I feel free to do whatever I want to, free to learn to love myself and to discover my own style.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Thank you for giving this inner transformation: Learning to love myself just as nature intended and to discover what makes me unique.<\/p>\n
Rosine \u00a0(curly hair specialist and founder of COHEA)<\/em><\/p>\n
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