NC: What reaction did you get when you first decided to go natural?
ND: Some people did not understand why I cut off my bra strap-length hair and others liked my new, shorter hair. The natural movement in South Africa is very slow and pretty much underground, so people don’t really know what I mean when I say that I am going natural. I always have to explain my journey.
NC: Did you big chop or transition? For how long?
ND: I transitioned for a while but I did not find relevant (South African”> information and products that applied to me and I didn’t know anyone that was going natural, so I didn’t have a lot of support. I also discovered that there is more information for curly girls transitioning from relaxers than for those embracing their curls after years of heat styling. But three weeks after discovering NaturallyCurly and a week after my 22nd birthday, I big chopped.
