TAKE YOU THERE. YOU ARE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE. >> YOU GO NOW TO OUR WEEKLY SEGMENT TICK TOP, -- BLACK HISTORY MONTH IS UPON US AND WE ARE TAKING A LOOK AT THE IMPORTANCE OF HAIR AND HOW IT PLAYS AN INTEGRAL ROLE IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY. GOING TO A STUDY AT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, WOMEN WHO USE RELAXES OR HAIR STRAIGHTENING CHEMICALS WERE MORE THAN TWICE AS LIKELY TO DEVELOP UTERINE COUNSELOR COMPARED TO THOSE WHO DID NOT USE THE PRODUCT. CURLIER INFLUENCER DESTINIES RAISE ENCOURAGING 3.6 MILLION FOLLOWERS TO EMBRACE THEIR TEXTURES AND CURL PATTERNS. DESTINY JOINS US NOW. THANKS AND WELCOME TO THE SHOW. >> THANKS SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME. >> I LOVE YOUR HAIR, BY THE WAY. OF COURSE, DESTINY, YOU ARE KNOWN FOR YOUR BEAUTIFUL, CURLY HAIR. TALK TO US ABOUT YOUR OWN NATURAL HAIR CARE JOURNAL JOURNEY. >> SO I THINK IT WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL WHEN I STARTED MY NATURAL HAIR JOURNEY. WE HAVE ABOUT 15 YEARS OF ME STRAIGHTENING MY HAIR AND MAKING BEGGING MY MOM TO DO RELAX OR TREATMENTS TO HAVE PERMANENTLY STRAIGHT HERE. AND ONCE I DECIDED THAT I WANTED TO GO NATURAL, I COMPLETELY CUT MY HAIR ALL OFF, STARTED FROM THE BEGINNING, AND THEN, FROM THERE, I JUST STARTED SHARING MY JOURNEY. >> YOUR TIKTOK BIO READS, I WILL MAKE YOU START LOVING YOUR HAIR. YOUR VIDEOS, YOU TEACH PEOPLE THE BASICS OF CURLY HAIR. WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO USE YOUR PLATFORM AS AN EDUCATIONAL TOO? >> I DECIDED TO USE MY PLATFORM AS AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL BECAUSE I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT REPRESENTATION IS. BECAUSE I KNOW HOW IT FELT TO NOT BE REPRESENTED. >> DO YOU OFTEN HAVE PEOPLE COMING UP TO YOU AND SAYING, CAN I TOUCH YOUR HAIR? DOES THAT HAPPEN? >> OH, ALL THE TIME. >> AND WHAT DO YOU SAY? >> SOMETIMES I WILL BE LIKE, SURE. BUT OTHER TIMES I FEEL LIKE THEY CAN TELL MY MY BODY LANGUAGE THAT I'M KIND OF NOT WANTING THEM TO. BUT YEAH, IT DEFINITELY HAPPENS A LOT. >> YOU ALSO HAVE A SERIES CALLED STRAIGHT HAIRSTYLES ON CURLS. WHAT WAS THE INSPIRATION BEHIND THOSE VIDEOS? >> SO I FOUND, FOR MYSELF, WHEN I FOUND THAT I WAS GOING TO GO NATURAL THE HARDEST PART FOR ME WAS FIGURING OUT STYLES THAT I FELT WERE POPULAR. AND A LOT OF THE HAIR STYLES THAT ARE POPULAR OUR HAIR CELLS THAT ARE COMMONLY SEEN ON STREET HAIR. SO, I MADE THAT SERIES SO PEOPLE WITH CURLY HAIR COULD SEE THEMSELVES IN THOSE STYLES. >> HISTORICALLY, WE HAVE SEEN MANY BLACK WOMEN BE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST FOR THEIR NATURAL HAIR IN THE WORKPLACE. AND THE PRESSURES OF SOCIETY ALSO TO REALLY EMULATE YOUR CENTER CARE HAS CONTRIBUTED OFF INTO THAT FACTOR. WHAT DO YOU THINK WE CAN DO AS A SOCIETY TO REALLY TRY TO MOVE PAST THIS THINKING? >> I FEEL LIKE WE REALLY HAVE TO PRAISE WOMEN WHEN THEY START TO WEAR THEIR NATURAL HAIR, INSTEAD OF QUESTIONING THEM FOR IT. >> SHARE WITH US THREE QUICK AND EASY TIPS ON HOW TO MAINTAIN CURLY HAIR. >> OH! THAT IS HARD. I WOULD SAY, FIGURE OUT YOUR HAIR TYPE, NUMBER ONE. FIGURE OUT YOUR HAIR -- AND THEN YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOME TRIAL AND ERROR WITH THE PRODUCTS. BUT IF YOU FIGURE OUT YOUR HAIR TYPE IN POROSITY, THEN FINDING PRODUCTS SHOULD BE A BIT EASIER. >> ALL RIGHT, DESTINEE WRAY, WE