Spotted: Off-Duty Michelle Obama Sporting Her Natural Hair
And the internet is *here* for it 🙌.

During her eight-year tenure as FLOTUS, Michelle Obama's hair has always been relaxed and straightened. Which is why when this image surfaced on twitter from user @meagnacarta on Monday, the internet exploded.
This is the picuture I have been waiting on for like 3 years. COME ON NATURAL. pic.twitter.com/HF8AYpsciBApril 2, 2017
Originally reported by The Huffington Post, the noticeable reaction to seeing the former first lady don her natural textured hair for the first time was truly something meaningful. Embracing your natural hair and having Michelle Obama exemplify the growing movement is definitely empowering for women who for so long have felt the need to "polish" or "clean up" their natural textured hair in order to conform to beauty norms. And it seems the internet agrees:
michelle obama's natural hair pic.twitter.com/7P6saWHqZFApril 3, 2017
And with one photo, Natural Hair folks REJOICE like Sunday in CHURCH!! My #FLOTUS is working that puff! YAAASSS!!!! https://t.co/4hqvTxnehwApril 3, 2017
She's living life and I'm all the way for it lol. pic.twitter.com/s2mQr1sgiHApril 3, 2017
I remember wishing w all my heart, FLOTUS would walk out with her fro outApril 3, 2017
Looking good, Michelle.
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