My natural hair journey
For years I told myself I was going to go natural. My mom permed my hair when I was 10-years-old after she said it became unmanageable, so straight hair was all I had ever known.
Natural Hair
Natural Reflections: Latonae Smith
Twenty-seven-year-old Latonae Smith aka Thundee, who is also a popular radio personality. When not on the radio, she is a Front Desk Agent at the Hamilton Princess. Ms Smith lives in St. David’s but her family hails from Bailey’s Bay.…
Natural reflections: Zita Pitt
“Embrace yourself and your hair. We are all beautiful and unique in our own way,” advises Zita Pitt who is today’s (Natural) Island Treat. Thirty-five-year-old Zita is a nursing assistant at Lefroy House and says she plans to become the…
The Big Chop: Bermudian women and their natural hair
Many Black women have permed their hair over the years to suit popular beauty standards and to be accepted in today’s society although they are born with naturally kinky or curly hair.
Picky
Picky. When the screenshot popped up, I shook my head in disbelief, then leaned forward dumbfounded, my face inches from the screen to reread it and make sure I wasn’t mistaken.
