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The social media posting has garnered more than 475,000 likes for Henson's new look. Many also left comments expressing how much they love it, including actress Octavia Spencer who wrote, \"I need this on a tee shirt.\"

Henson later posted a video where she is seen using an afro pick comb through her strands to the tunes of James Brown's famous hit song, \"Say It Loud, I'm Black & I'm Proud.\"

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A post shared by taraji p henson (@tarajiphenson) on Jun 15, 2020 at 7:46am PDT

While Henson has been known to wear many different hair looks, fans have been absolutely loving every time she shows off her natural curls.

In April, Henson shared a video where she discusses how she was able to achieve a pinned up curly hair look using all of her own TPH by Taraji hair products.

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A post shared by taraji p henson (@tarajiphenson) on Apr 8, 2020 at 8:04am PDT

\"COVID 19 got me doing my own glam from head to toe,\" she wrote in a caption. \"If this acting thing don't work out I have another plan!\"

Many Henson fans seem to be totally hair for it!

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