THAT'S TOMORROW ON "LIVE IN
THE D" STARTING AT 10:00
A.M.
SO IT'S OUR FINAL DAY OF
MARCH MAKEOVER SEGMENTS
TODAY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
SOMETHING VERY PERSONAL TO
TATI.
IT IS A DECISION TO HELP
PEOPLE MAKE OVER THEIR LOOKS
AND ALSO THEIR SELF-ESTEEM,
RIGHT.
Tati: RIGHT.
SO THE GOAL FOR ME TO TALK
ABOUT THIS TO INSPIRE WOMEN
TO EMBRACE WHO THEY ARE IS
EXACTLY AS THEY ARE.
I DON'T CARE IF YOU'RE SHORT,
TALL, SKINNY, THICK, YOUNG,
OLD JUST LOVE YOURSELF.
SO THERE'S SO MANY
UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONS
PLACED ON WOMEN AND ONE WAY
THAT WOMEN OF COLOR ARE
WORKING ON EMBRACING
THEMSELVES IS BY WEARING
THEIR HAIR NATURALLY.
SO I'M TEACHING THEM HOW
TOME BRACE THEMSELVES I
TALKED TO A BUNCH OF AMAZING
WOMEN WHO ARE LEARNING TOME
BRACE THEMSELVES AND TAKE A
LOOK.
I NEVER KNEW WHAT MY HAIR
ACTUALLY LOOKED LIKE.
I'VE BEEN RELAXING MY HAIR
SINCE I WAS IN THE THIRD
GRADE.
WHEN I FIRST CUT MY HAIR
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS
DOING.
MY HAIR WAS JUST STRINGY,
DAMAGED.
I WAS VERY SELF-CONSCIOUS.
I ACTUALLY HAD TO WEAR A
WIG TO WORK OVER MY NATURAL
HAIR WHILE I WAS IN THE
AIRPORT.
IT CAME DOWN TO ME JUST
STANDING THERE LOOKING AT
THE BOX OF PERM AND DECIDING
THIS ISN'T FOR ME ANYMORE.
REGULATIONS CHANGED.
I WENT HOME AT LUNCH, TOOK
MY WIFE OFF AND CAME BACK
AND I WAS THE TALK OF THE
AIR FORCE BASE.
AND I CALLED MY FRIEND UP
AND TOLD HER, LET'S DO IT
CHOP OFF MY HAIR, I'M DONE.
THEN AFTERWARDS I FELT FREE.
♪ YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE A
NATURAL WOMAN ♪
HAVING NATURAL HAIR MAKES
ME FEEL CONFIDENT.
GORGEOUS.
POWERFUL.
HAPPY.
WHEN I ACTUALLY WENT
NATURAL FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN MY LIFE I ACTUALLY LIKED
MY HAIR AND IN TURN ENDED UP
LOVING MY BEAUTY.
I JUST EMBRACED IT.
NATURAL HAIR MAKES ME
FEEL MORE TRUE TO MYSELF.
BEAUTIFUL.
FEARLESS.
WONDERFUL.
I ALWAYS HAD THIS DESIRE
TO BE LIKE PERFECT, HAIR
COULDN'T BE OUT OF PLACE,
EVERYTHING HAD TO BE LIKE A
CERTAIN WAY AND WHEN I WENT
NATURAL IT'S LIKE YOU DON'T
HAVE THAT KIND OF CONTROLFUL
YOUR HAIR KIND OF DOES WHAT
IT WANTS TO DO YOU AND JUST
HAVE TO MAKE THE BEST OF IT
AND LOVE YOURSELF AS YOU
ARE.
♪ YOU MAKE ME FEEL ♪
IT.
WAS A NATURAL BEAUTY AS
OPPOSED TO A FABRICATED OR
INORGANIC BU.
I WITH YOUR HAIR NATURAL
IT'S YOUR TEXTURE AND IT'S
JUST MORE FREEING.
IT WASN'T SOMETHING I WAS
DOING TO MY HAIR TO MAKE ME
FEEL MORE BEAUTIFUL I WAS
JUST ACTUALLY NATURALLY MORE
BEAUTIFUL BECAUSE I WAS
WEARING MY HAIR AS GOD
CREATED IT.
IT'S FUNNY WITHOUT A
RELAXER I FEEL MORE RELAXED.
CONFIDENT.
I FEEL LIKE, LIKE
SUPERWOMAN.
YOU MAKE ME FEEL.
WOW.
THIS IS INTERESTING.
YEAH, SO HAIR IS SUCH AN
IMPORTANT PART OF ANY
WOMAN'S LIFE NO MATTER WHO
YOU ARE.
SO WE WANT TO REMOVE THE
MYSTERY SURROUNDING NATURAL
HAIR SO HERE WITH US THIS
MORNING SOME LOCAL WOMEN
BRINGING AWARENESS TO THE
MOVEMENT RIGHT.
Tati: JOINING ME NOW ARE
JENNY FOUNDER OF EMBRACE THE
NATURAL YOU, AND NATURAL
HAIR CAROLINE AND MIXTRESS
AND OLIVIA JAY JOHNSON
FOUNDER OF AN ON-LINE BLOG.
GOOD MORNING LADIES GOOD ON
HAVE YOU.
SO WE SAW IN THE VIDEO
HOW GOING NATURAL HAS
IMPACTED WOMEN.
BUT JENNY WHY DON'T YOU
DEFINE FOR EVERYONE EXACTLY
WHAT BEING NATURAL MEANS.
I THINK THAT BEING
NATURAL JUST MEANS LIKE
ACCEPTING LIKE WHO YOU ARE
AND LIKE REALLY ACCEPTING
LIKE WORKING WITH YOUR
TEXTURE, AND GAINING
CONFIDENCE OVER TIME,
LEARNING HOW TO STYLE YOUR
HAIR, AND YOU KNOW.
BY NOT CHEMICALLY
STRAIGHTENING.
BY NOT CHEMICALLY
PROCESSING IT.
HAVE YOU BEEN ONTO THIS
FOR WHILE.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT HAD AND I'M
LEARNING A LOT.
YOU CAN'T SEE THE VELCRO
IT'S A LONG TIME AGO.
BUT TATI, IT SEEMS
APPARENTLY EASY FOR YOU.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE
CASE BECAUSE YOUR STYLE WILL
GO BACK AND FORTH.
IT WILL GO BACK AND
FORTH.
BUT I TELL CHUCK IT'S HUMID
OUTSIDE I'M FRIZING TODAY SO
POOR CHUCK IS DRAGGED INTO
IT.
SO LIBBY WHY DON'T YOU
EXPLAIN EVERYONE TO LIKE WHY
IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO HELP
WOMEN WHO ARE TRANSITIONING
OR THINKING ABOUT GOING
NATURAL.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WHEN WHEN
WE'RE YOUNGER AND WE'RE
WEARING OUR NATURAL HAIR WE
GET OLDER WE WANT TO CHANGE
IT AND UP STRAIGHTEN OUR
HAIR WE'RE NOT REALLY TAUGHT
HOW TO DO OUR NATURAL HAIR.
SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
FOR A COMMUNITY LIKE NATURAL
HAIR COMPANY TO COME
TOGETHER AND JUST LEARN HOW
TO DO THEIR HAIR.
YOU GET TIPS FROM MY BLOG,
YOU CAN GET TUTORALS AND I
THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
THAT WE SHARE THE TIPS THAT
WE LEARN.
BECAUSE LIKE I SAY WE'RE NOT
TAUGHT SOMETIMES HOW TO DO
OUR OWN NATURAL HAIR.
WE STRAIGHTEN OUR HAIR AND
EVERYTHING BUT WE'RE NOT
REALLY STATE HOW TO DO OUR
OWN.
Chuck: SO WE'RE BLESSED
UPSTAIRS IN THE "LIVE IN THE
D" WELL, WE HAVE TAKEN OVER
THE WHOLE SECOND FLOOR.
BUT UP THERE THE PERSON WHO
RUNS IT IS THE HARDEST
WORKING INTERN IN ENTIRE
BUSINESS.
IS GABBY OUR INTERN.
Tati: GABBY WENT NATURAL.
SHE JUST DID THE BIG CHOP.
THIS IS HER BEFORE AND JENNY
GAVE HER A MAKEOVER AND AS
PART OF OUR MARCH MAKEOVER
MADNESS AND HERE SHE IS NOW.
LOOK AT THIS NEW LOOK,
EVERYONE.
ASSESS NOT LIKE A CRAZY
DRASTIC DIFFERENCE BUT JENNY
TELL ME REALLY QUICKLY WHAT
YOU DID.
IT'S REALLY KIND OF WHAT
YOU WOULD CALL IT'S LIKE THE
MOST POPULAR HAIR STYLE WE
PRETTY MUCH JUST WORK WITH
HER NATURAL TEXTURE.
WE ACTUALLY USED ALL OF OUR
PRODUCTS FROM HEAD TO TOE WE
USED THE CLEANSER AND GAVE
HER A DEEP TREATMENT AND
ALSO USED THE WHIPPED CREAM
ICING.
YOU ALSO TRIMMED HER
HAIR.
WE DID A CORRECTIVE CUT.
IT LOOKS GREAT GABBY HOW
DO YOU FEEL?
I FEEL AMAZING.
I DID THE BIG CHOP IN
OCTOBER AND I'VE NEVER DONE
ANYTHING TO MY HAIR SINCE
THEN.
I HAVE JUST BEEN LETTING IT
GROW.
SO SEEING THIS NEW STYLE IS
AWESOME.
Chuck: YOUR MAKEUP IS
SUBTLEY DIFFERENT.
VERY NICE.
I'M JUST DIGGING THE NAMES
OF ALL THE PRODUCTS BECAUSE
IT SOUNDS LIKE A TRIP TO
DAIRY QUEEN.
THAT IS WHAT I THOUGHT OF
LIKE HEAVEN.
THEY SMELL THAT GOOD, TOO.
SO YOU CAN EAT IT BUT YOU
CAN'T.
SO I JUST WANT TO ASK YOU
BOTH OF YOU LADIES
INDIVIDUALLY SO WHAT DO YOU
THINK IS THE CORE GOAL
BECAUSE I DO WANT TO KNOW
WE'RE NOT TRYING TO BASH
WOMEN WHO CHOOSE TO WEAR
THEIR HAIR IN A DIFFERENT
STYLE.
WE'RE JUST SAYING THERE'S
ALSO ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE.
WHOSE THE CORE GOAL.
I JUST FEEL LIKE IT JUST
OPENS UP SO MANY DOORS ABOUT
WHAT YOU'RE PUTTING ON YOUR
HAIR, YOUR SKIN, YOUR BODY.
WHAT YOU'RE EATING.
LIKE YOU HAVE NO EXCUSE NOT
TO WORK OUT BECAUSE YOUR
HAIR IS NOT GOING TO SWEAT
OUT.
IT JUST OPENS SO MANY DOORS.
THEN JUST THE CONFIDENCE
JUST KIND OF COMES THROUGH.
LIKE YOU WILL SEE A LOT OF
WOMEN STOPPING YOU LIKE LIKE
WHAT IS SHE DOING.
THAT'S LIKE PROBABLY LIKE
ONE THAT YOU GOT.
LIKE I AGREE WITH THE
CONFIDENCE.
I'VE HAD CONFIDENCE BEFORE I
WENT NATURAL BUT WHEN I WENT
NATURAL IT JUST ANOTHER
LEVEL.
LIKE IT WENT FROM HERE TO
LIKE HERE.
AND IT'S LIKE PEOPLE COME UP
TO ME AND SAY I INSPIRED
THEM TO LOVE ALL OF THEM SO
I REALLY LIKE IT'S REALLY
REWARDING WHEN PEOPLE COME
UP TO YOU AND SAY YOU HAVE
INSPIRED ME TO LOVE WHO I
AM, TO LOVE MY HAIR.
YOU'RE MY INSPIRATION IT'S
LIKE WOW I ONLY MADE THIS
DECISION FOR ME AND IN
MAKING THAT DECISION OTHER
WOMEN -- I INSPIRE OTHER
WOMEN.
CAN WE HAVE GABBY ONE
MORE TIME DO SOME VANNA
WHITE FOR US.
THERE YOU GO.
LOOKING GOOD GABBY.