Throwback Photos Of Old School Hair Relaxer Boxes Showing Black Girls With Perms Go Viral
Remember the beautiful little Black girls who graced the cover of some of your favorite relaxer boxes from back in the day? Well, it looks like they’re all grown up now. And it turns out a few big celebrities used to be featured on some of those famous kiddie perm boxes.
On Tuesday, a Twitter user named @AshTheDonLeon sent Black Twitter into a nostalgic frenzy when she posted a collage of popular relaxer brands from the late 90s and early 2000s. The image included classic covers from relaxer brands such as Pretty N Silky, ORS, and Dark & Lovely.
“Where are these girls today? Show yourselves,” @AshTheDonLeon tweeted along with the throwback photo.
Within seconds, a few of the models flooded Ash Leon’s comment section with current-day images of themselves.
oh we outchea…taller, blonder but the sass is still the same pic.twitter.com/oPDpAoiHat
— stfu, nat. (@nataliegithu) October 3, 2022
@Nataliegithu, a model for Dark & Lovely, commented, “Oh we outchea…taller, blonder but the sass is still the same.”
Yung Baby Tate & Keyshia Cole were also featured on relaxer boxes
Rising Atlanta femcee Yung Baby Tate took fans by surprise when she popped into the comment section with a photo of her younger self on the cover of Africa’s Best. “Here I am today, a successful artist wearing 40″ bussdowns on national tv,” the “Poof Be Gone,” hitmaker wrote. Interestingly, the rapper revealed that she no longer wears perms.
Here I am today, a successful artist wearing 40” bussdowns on national tv, still with no actual perm in my head. #themboxesbelying https://t.co/QpnE6tfeer pic.twitter.com/mQOY1rXVCq
— mani pedi (@imbabytate) October 3, 2022
Fans exploded with commentary after the hip-hop star posted the surprising photo. “BABY TATE ?? omg,” wrote one fan. While another stan chimed in: “Baby tate being a relaxer box girl tickles me. I been cheesing ever since.”
A baby tate being a relaxer box girl tickles me. I been cheesing ever since. https://t.co/Ii58XEmNFC
— bitchcraft (@blackfatfemme) October 4, 2022
Jaelyn Evans, a model who appeared on the cover of ORS, also commented that she ” went natural,” after her brief stint as a relaxer cover star.
then vs now, yes I went natural https://t.co/qUgD52hfft pic.twitter.com/UWbxus7BzN
— Jaelyn Evans (@j0evans) October 3, 2022
A few Twitter users were also surprised when a fan of Keyshia Cole posted a nostalgic photo of the singer gracing the cover of the Smooth Touch relaxer box. The R&B star had a two-year endorsement deal with the iconic hair brand in the mid-2000s.
Yall remember when Keyshia Cole used to be on the Relaxer Box? I should’ve put some of that in to honor her during this #Verzuz pic.twitter.com/jM54k3T1MI
— really shiesty. (@GerberSnackz) January 22, 2021
This was such an iconic Black Twitter moment. Some of those images bring back fond memories of being in the salon chair as a kid. We can smell that tart perm just by looking at these photos. While the natural hair community is thriving, it seems like relaxers have made a comeback in recent years. Do you still wear a perm today? Tell us about your hair care experience, and check out some more reactions to the nostalgic perm photo below.
i remember wanting to be the face of a hair relaxer so bad pic.twitter.com/T0HxnO9EZ2
— 𝓢. (@prettiestluxury) October 2, 2022
So Meagan Good on the smooth touch perms now. .what happened to Keyshia Cole?? Lok pic.twitter.com/1D781kpI
— * .SHAYYYYY. * (@x_soloPretty_x) July 1, 2012
ALL the girls from the relaxer boxes of our childhood are natural now. WE WIN!!!!
— Gabrielle Perry, MPH (@GeauxGabrielle) October 4, 2022
I saw that we were doing a sort of where are they now for perm boxes but I have to pull out my old hair color box! I was 19 in this & they still be selling this in some stores… How?! pic.twitter.com/OSbVq9BV5S
— Kandi Burruss (@Kandi) October 4, 2022
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