![]() The Harlem fifth-grader visits Veronica's every two weeks to get it washed and treated with a mild softener before drying and styling it into a neat ponytail of tight curls. "My hair is very thick," she explains, "and it's very hard to handle my hair if I don't give it a lot of combing and brushing." ![]() Kira has been a regular at Veronica's Beautyrama since she was 5. Kira Greene Age: 10 Neighborhood: Harlem Her Style: Softened and pulled into a pretty ponytail So it's getting them to a point to where at least theycan start to embrace a hair-care process that's nicer." "Your daughter is not gonna like her hair if it feels badgetting it done. "Welive in an ethnically diverse world, where you have white mothers withbiracial kids, and they have no idea how to wear their hair, or youhave black mothers that don't want to perm their daughters' hair, andthey now have to figure out a way and find products and an easy regimenof how to take care of this hair without putting chemicals in it," saysDickey. ![]() Herstylist, Anthony Dickey, is pushing for more women to let go of theweaves and relaxers and embrace the hair they've been blessed with. ![]() And the more people she sees with it curly - likethe Obamas, she LOVES the Obamas - the more she likes it." "But the past couple ofmonths, she hasn't wanted me to do anything new with it," she says."She wants it curly. ![]()
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