I perm my hair, but only because I feel I have to. My mother started perming my hair when I was two! It is that coarse!
I have wanted to go natrual for a while but I was worried about not having options. I am so used to going to the salon and asking for a ponytail, flip, twist set, parted in the middle or whatever. I am the type that goes to the salon every week. I always ended up spending too much time there (3-5 hours) or too much money. Now that I am a full time student I don't think I can do it anymore. I realized last semester that my hair was one of the largest sources of stress in my life. That is ridiculous! I spent $130 on a weave for this past mini-semester because I knew I would be busy.
As far as perms being a way for us to emulate european standards of beauty...I do think that was the reason for the creation, but it is so much apart of our current culture I wouldn't attribute perms to that.
Poplife-If you have any advice, or any info about how you went through the transformation please e-mail me.
Misskriss01-Thanks for the great topic!
[This message has been edited by spankee (edited January 23, 2001).]
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