About Us
Hey Naturalistas,
I'm Adewumi Abioye, friends call me 'Wumi (pronounced "woo-me?")
I'm a Princess from Paternal Grandma side of my family hence the prefix "Ade" which means royal crown.
FYI : I'm from the famous Old Oyo Empire, now present day Oyo, from Southwest region of Nigeria.
Having this blog means one of my passionate desires is fulfilled. Yay!
Now to business. 😉
Ready? Here goes;
I grew up foolishly believing that curly, coily, kinky hair (whichever type you are endowed with) is inferior to other hair types. Can you believe that!
The stereotype from where i come from is believing that Caucasian/Asian hair type is superior to ours.
Another blunder of mine is, believing curly/coily/kinky hair do not grow past certain length. What a load of crap!
Although despite all these misconceptions, I left my Type 4b/c hair in its natural state throughout my University days, occasionally making do with protective hair styles, apart from childhood use of straightening comb for Christmas celebrations.
After graduation from Uni, and shortly before proceeding on mandatory 1year National Youth Service, i finally ate the forbidden apple. I got my hair permed! I felt this will shake the feeling of been unglamorous. Nonsense.
I carried relaxed/permed hair for about ten years before I transitioned back to natural hair.
Oh! lala!
What a liberating experience, though it wasn't smooth sailing all through.
On the contrary, there were those initial times I still felt inadequate wearing my natural hair.
Hence, i wore wigs to cover up while going for job interviews, even after securing a job as an academic staff of a tertiary institution, did the same going for conferences and delivering academic papers.
Thankfully, after several months, i outgrew the feeling.
Today, I can safely and happily appear both at formal and informal outings , with my lovely natural coily hair. 👧 See pix below.(Simple bun style).
I will love to hear from you, , naturalista or not. Pls, post your comment below.
Love ya!.
Just me,
@Naturalwumi.
I'm Adewumi Abioye, friends call me 'Wumi (pronounced "woo-me?")
I'm a Princess from Paternal Grandma side of my family hence the prefix "Ade" which means royal crown.
FYI : I'm from the famous Old Oyo Empire, now present day Oyo, from Southwest region of Nigeria.
Having this blog means one of my passionate desires is fulfilled. Yay!
Now to business. 😉
Ready? Here goes;
I grew up foolishly believing that curly, coily, kinky hair (whichever type you are endowed with) is inferior to other hair types. Can you believe that!
The stereotype from where i come from is believing that Caucasian/Asian hair type is superior to ours.
Another blunder of mine is, believing curly/coily/kinky hair do not grow past certain length. What a load of crap!
Although despite all these misconceptions, I left my Type 4b/c hair in its natural state throughout my University days, occasionally making do with protective hair styles, apart from childhood use of straightening comb for Christmas celebrations.
After graduation from Uni, and shortly before proceeding on mandatory 1year National Youth Service, i finally ate the forbidden apple. I got my hair permed! I felt this will shake the feeling of been unglamorous. Nonsense.
I carried relaxed/permed hair for about ten years before I transitioned back to natural hair.
Oh! lala!
What a liberating experience, though it wasn't smooth sailing all through.
On the contrary, there were those initial times I still felt inadequate wearing my natural hair.
Hence, i wore wigs to cover up while going for job interviews, even after securing a job as an academic staff of a tertiary institution, did the same going for conferences and delivering academic papers.
Thankfully, after several months, i outgrew the feeling.
Today, I can safely and happily appear both at formal and informal outings , with my lovely natural coily hair. 👧 See pix below.(Simple bun style).
I will love to hear from you, , naturalista or not. Pls, post your comment below.
Love ya!.
Just me,
@Naturalwumi.
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