Naptural

Naptural/Napptural is a combination of the word nappy and natural.

It can be used to describe a lifestyle of a person of African descent and/or their hair in it's unaltered state by not putting chemicals (relaxers, perms, texturizers, dye) or heat applications (hot combs, flat irons, curling irons) in or on their hair to change the texture and/or color of their hair.

People of African descent describe their hair as kinky, coily and curly.

There is much debate about whether the word naptural means 100% unaltered hair or not.

Many napturals color their hair with commercial dyes and still consider themselves naptural, which is accepted within the naptural community.

Many napturals also use henna, which is a flowering plant used as a natural, permanent dye to color hair.

When niggas get captured in the rapture of the 2K20 release. A time period where people get ignored for a video game.

A word originating from parts of Sunderland in the UK.

It means to steal something, usually used when jokingly taking something from a friend.

A term used to describe the beauty of a Black African descent person who has made a decision to not artificially change the texture and or color of their hair. Whether it be by chemical processes such as perming or other processes such as hot combing.

Nappy, curly, kinky hair that appears predominantly in women and men of African descent.

A combination of the words nappy or nap and natural. Nap-tural Glory.

There was an actual website that was named naptural glory, but for some reason the site can not be found currently. It was this site where I believe the term was first coined.

Apparently naptural can be spelled two ways.

Napptural or Naptural. Either way appears to be accepted by many.