Our favorite child star and entertainment mogul, Raven-Symoné was spotted over the weekend at Young Storytellers Foundation’s Annual “The Biggest Show 2011″ rockin’ her natural curly TWA (teeny weeny afro). Although Ms.Raven loves to rock her ponytails and weaves just like the rest of us! But did you know that underneath those extensions that Raven is a member of #TeamNatural?
In a interview with natural hair lover and blogger Curly Nikki, Raven explains how she became apart of #TeamNatural and her daily natural hair regimen….
Curly Nikki: Tell us your Hair Story! My hair story… wow… it’s long and complicated. I’ll do my best to make it interesting! Back in the day, it would take my mother an hour and thirty minutes just to brush it out. Ridiculous! I’ll never forget my first relaxer…the entire process took 4 hours. It was April 11th, and I was around 11 or 12. I had been telling my mom that the tears would stop; the long styling sessions would cease, if she’d just let me get a perm. She finally caved. And so on April 11th, I went to the shop and let the stylist detangle my hair. Nearly two hours later, she began to apply the relaxer. She didn’t use a super duper relaxer- – it was just enough so that it would only take me 30 minutes to brush it out. I don’t think she left it on for even two minutes.
The relaxer days were short lived; my mother stopped them as soon as they started. Growing up, my parents didn’t really let me do too much to my hair. The first major thing different I was allowed to do, was get braids. We found someone with healing hands, and she would do silky twists and the like. But when I went to school with my natural hair, I would always do those buns where you’d put a sock at the root, and cover your hair over it…yeah, old school. I used to do that everyday.
CN: Well, it’s beautiful. I’ve seen some of the pictures. It looks so shiny, healthy and soft! Thank you. It is quite soft, I must say so myself! [Laughter] the only problem is when I go to sleep. Even the satin pillows don’t help me. The back always seems to flatten out and I’m left with curls only up front. I hate putting water on it every morning, so I really try my best to either not go to sleep at all, or sleep sitting up like a grandma!
CN: How long is your hair today? I recently cut my hair off again. I had another bad weave for a show. I cut it off, but it’s super cute… it’s old school JT length again. And I don’t have a problem with it. I’m understanding. I have the Organic Root Stimulator Hair Mayonnaise, and a super fantastic Olive Oil Conditioner and some other things. I also like Doo Gro. I have totally become my grandma and oil my scalp. My boyfriend is like, ‘I can’t even touch your hair because it’s so greasy!’ I say, ‘well it’s growing, so don’t touch it! Let it do what it do!’
CN: You’ve mentioned some of your favorite hair oils and treatments, what are your other must have products? Mane and Tail shampoo and conditioner. A must, must, must have- and I can’t find it anymore, so it’s a super must now- a product called Afrodisiac. It was co-created with Sade. That stuff smells so good! They have an entire line, but that’s only for special occasions because I don’t have that much left. And then I have the Organic Root Stimulator Hair Mayonaise, the reconstructive kind. I wear that one like it’s a leave-in conditioner. I also have my Doo Gro and extra virgin oils. Those are for when I’m feeling real super salonish in my house.
CN: So from start to finish, on a curly day, what’s your process? Process for curly hair would be to get up, assess for the ability to salvage it…I check the shape, see if it’s dry, see if it’s grown [Laughter]. If I need to re-wet it, I go for my conditioner, grabbing whichever one is under my sink at that time. If I feel like going hardcore, I’ll use a product to hold the curl. I look at the day and see if I have to be in front of people that know I have curly hair, ‘cause if I do, then I go for the Paul Mitchell Foaming Pomade and add some water. But if I’m not really in front of anybody, I just leave some conditioner in it, and put a headband on, or not put a headband on. Sometimes I’ll just wear a cute little clip that is so for little four year old girls, but I wear it anyway.
CN: Do you ever wear twist or braid-outs? I do my own cornrows if I just want to chill out. I may do some flat twists up front, if the front is being mean to me. But I don’t really have time for all of that. I just want to get in and get out. Which is why I like my short hair even though I’m trying to grow it out. I love my short hair because you can just get up and go. It’s crazy how fast it’s growing though. I swear I got like 6 inches in 3 months…[Laughter] no, for real, it was like almost 2 inches in 3 months, but still, this no heat thing is working!
CN: What’s the best thing about being curly? Your bathroom doesn’t smell like burnt hair. You can wear it down whenever you want to without worrying about the humidity. You can put it up in a frohawk! You can whip your hair back and forth!
You can enjoy the entire interview over at Curly Nikki’s!
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I finished the article at Curly Nikki’s. I’m so glad they did an interview with Miss Raven. I grew up watching her on The Cosby Show and I absolutely loved her then…I absolutely love her now. So much so, that even at 23, I was watching That’s so Raven because she is truly a role model for young ladies everywhere. Growing up, my entire family used to call me Olivia…saying I looked just like her. I never saw it, however, my 3 year old looks more and more like “Olivia” every time I look at her. LOL Maybe its their complexion. Anywho…”GO TEAM NATURAL” Her hair is beautiful!!!
Love , love, love this post! I’ve been natural all my life but not officially #teamnatural until May 2011. I can totally relate to Raven as a stylist because I’m so in love with my coils AND my flawless extensions! Great read!
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