When I started my natural hair journey, back in 2013, one of my most dominants thoughts in the first few months was knowing what hair type I had. I wanted to know if it was gonna be wavy, coily, nappy or if I was gonna get beautiful ringlets… I quickly got out of this ‘obsession’ but I see many curly hair newbies worried about this same topic and it concerns you could […]
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So we’ve come to the final post of this 5 part series. I know I’ve filled your head with a lot of information, and a lot of it might be hanging around loose without any connection to each other. We now know that natural hair is very complex as we looked into porosity, density, texture, elasticity and hair type. Phew!… This was like an intense Natural Hair Master Class. It was a lot! […]
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Hair density is the third post in the Unboxing Natural Hair series. Previously we talked about hair type and hair porosity and discussed how they connect. If you haven’t read these post you might want to check them and come back here. Today we will talk about hair density – what it is, how to identify it and why it is important. What Is Hair Density? Well, hair density and hair texture get […]
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Hi there! I hope you’re ready to continue our series of Unboxing Natural Hair! Today we will talk about what is hair porosity. We now know that according to Andre Walker there are 4 different hair types and each one has its own characteristics. This is important because it helps us understand how our hair responds to styling and products. However, this alone is not sufficient to understand how natural hair behaves. […]
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As we step into the natural hair world we are bombarded with terms, products, methodologies and suggestions. It’s enough to make your head spin, isn’t it? One term that you will encounter many times is “hair type”. This term flourished out of Andre Walker’s curl pattern classification. It is useless to say we’ve all noticed that African hair comes in different curl patterns. But did I ever imagined that I could fit into a […]
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