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Home • Essence Now

Can You Still Be “Natural” If You Relax Your Edges?

By Siraad Dirshe · Updated December 6, 2020
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This week on ESSENCE Now‘s “Slayed or Shade” segment, panelists discussed a trend among Black women with natural hair: relaxing edges. Even Real Housweives of Atlanta star Porsha Williams admits to using a little perm on her edges but keeping the rest of her hair natural.

So we’re asking: Can you still be “natural” if you relax your edges?

Check it out in the video above and let us know what you think!