I swung my head back and forth, bouncing to my car just to feel my hair smacking my butt. I. Was. It....until I FaceTimed my mom.

"I felt really weird about the faux locs because I felt like didn't look quite as refined. I didn't look as chic and sophisticated — maybe I didn't look quite as professional. All the things started to run through my mind because I was getting looks."

"When you talk about Hollywood, when you talk about brand attachment — kinky, coily, curly, frizzy, none of those things were in the conversation when you speak on the epitome of beauty. That's why we frown upon each other and we are not as warm to our full-on heritage."