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what kind of natural are you?

Avatar • Sep 4, 2008

So, I was actually inspired to write this by my last entry, which featured a natural with a โ€œpunkโ€ look. 

I talked earlier about how all natural women are presumed to be neo-soul sistas, although there are actually lots of different categories.

There are, of course, the NEO-SOUL natural sistas. A lot of dreadlocks and sisterlocks here. A lot of African inspired jewelry, head bands, etc.
There are the FLY GIRL naturals (a lot of soror sisters and corporate women in this category ๐Ÿ™‚ Hair is always really fly, real impeccable, and goes perfectly with outfit and jewelry.
Thereโ€™s the PUNK natural. Rockinโ€™ the fro-hawks and the crazy colors.
Thereโ€™s the CLASSIC, CONSERVATIVE natural. Cornrows and twists are always really neat. No fuzz to be seen.
Thereโ€™s the ROOTZY natural (thanks for the word Marissa!) Not afraid to rock the Iโ€™ve-never-taken-a-comb-to-my-head look.
Thereโ€™s the GODDESS natural. She just has a whole lot of hairโ€ฆ like epic amounts of beautiful kinky/curly hair.
Thereโ€™s the INTERNATIONAL natural. Natural haired women from Europe, Canada, Africa, the Caribbeanโ€ฆ

These are just rough categories based on my untrained observations. My question is what kind of natural are you?

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jenteel
jenteel
12 years ago

wow this is a great question!!!
iโ€™m a bit of all
but i donโ€™t go 2 hard on any front!

but if i had to pick 3(lol):
fly girl/caribbean/goddess

iโ€™m only neo-soul w/some of the music and def thinking
but not w/ the clothing
and i do headwraps on occasion

i like the hair big
but not 2 funky
& iโ€™m definitely not conservative anything!lol!

Black girl with long hair
Black girl with long hair
12 years ago

Yeh, you are definitely in โ€˜natural goddess territoryโ€™. i am a punk, wannabe goddess. iโ€™d like to think of myself as a โ€˜natural goddess in training.โ€™ i have the โ€˜tude downโ€ฆ now i just need the hair to go with it ๐Ÿ™‚

Wildfiyah
Wildfiyah
12 years ago

To be honest, Leila, I just did the big chop yesterday (!!!), but Iโ€™d like to think of myself as an International Neo-Soul Fly Girlโ€ฆor as Iโ€™d put itโ€ฆa rootzy afro-jamerican glamazon ๐Ÿ™‚

Anonymous
Anonymous
12 years ago

hey girl โ€” this is an interesting post. I consider myself probably a classic/goddess natural, with a little bit of neo-soul in spurts.. 

I def agree with Sandra that there are few natural blogs and even less showcasing all types of natural hair styles and textures.. SO please dont let your voice fade ๐Ÿ™‚ 

Much love,

Lina40

onemoore
onemoore
12 years ago

Peace and Blessings

I just came across this post and as a Gemini โ€šthis is a really tough question.
I think that on any given day I can be all of them depending on how much hair I have on my head.โ€ฆlol

Great post ๐Ÿ™‚

KurlyQue
KurlyQue
12 years ago

Iโ€™m def a Neo-Soul natural, blooming into a Goddess and topped with a lil Punk

Anonymous
Anonymous
12 years ago

I find this quite funny because Iโ€™m African but have lived in UK for a while. I donโ€™t really understand what an โ€˜internationalโ€™ category is because it has no definition except where Iโ€™m from (nothing about . I think that categorising myself in any form means that I am trying to fit a stereotype. Anyway, I could go on forever but Iโ€™ll stop here

cacey
cacey
7 years ago

erm i donโ€™t think any of these fit me. the closest one would probly be the fly girl one but i dress down a lotโ€ฆso that one probly doesnโ€™t. hm. interesting. if i had to invent a categoryโ€ฆiโ€™d say iโ€™m a Relaxed natural lol I just do whatever the minimum is to make sure my hairโ€™s presentable in the hopes that it doesnโ€™t take more than likeโ€ฆ5 to 10 minutes or so of my time. And then i keep it moving, not worrying about frizz, and if it comes my way to an annoying degree, well, thereโ€™s nothing an elastic… Read more »

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