I started relaxing at a very young age(maybe 5) and whenever my mom told me my hair needed a retouch, I will always cry till when all the process was done. Africans from all parts of the world were made to believe that curly, coily and kinky hair were inappropriate, so everybody relaxed their hair because it was what we were made to believe.
Due to this belief, I also taught that it was a good idea(even though I hated the creamy crack, I still love how my mom took care of my hair☺☺). After several years of relaxing, the natural hair movement was moving on forward and I was like wow this great I need to get more information about it. I was so happy to know more about natural hair and its needs and because of that I’m currently transitioning.
BUT I NOTICED SOME INTERESTING THINGS
Since the natural hair movement, the sale of relaxers have decrease drastically which have affected companies producing it because of this the have created new lines with organic ingredients*cough*cough* and they are also ridiculously expensive.These are the few things I have noticed
*Long hair regimen that are expensive: When I was still relaxing all I had to use was moisturising shampoo and conditioner, pink oil lotion, perm repair and grease and my hair was so damn soft and I didn’t have to waste time and break the bank to do so.So many women have a busy life(students, mother, entrepreneur etc) and can afford to do all this long hair regimen. Due to that, they go back to the creamy crack. No matter how I asses this situation its as if they want us to go back to the creamy crack( but that will never happen for sure😎😎😎). Hair is not meant to be difficult to take of irrespective of the texture or type. Since African hair tend to be dry, moisturising shampoo(sulfate or not) followed with a moisturising conditioner (use it with a shower cap uf you want max hydration) and dentagle, use a leave-in, moisturising cream/oil, grease/whipped butter of choice and you are good to go. Following old school/basics with your ideal products (because everybody hair is different😙) you will save time and money.
*Cowash/sulfate free shampoo: I just never understood this cowash/no poo system, so I decided to buy a sulfate free shampoo (cantu cleansing cream shampoo). To be sincere I really love the scent but I was quite disappointed. It didn’t cleanse anything, it only made my hair smell nice😡😡😡😡😡😡i had to use dudu osun to wash my goodness I will never use it again. I will rather let my scalp and hair be squeaky clean than slippery dirty. However its different for some people so its cool but its a strange and stupid trend.
*Supplements: Since I’m science student, the only people that I know that are meant to use supplements are; pregnant women, vegetarians, if having nutrient deficiency or other ailments. If you are not a category, pls stop wasting your money on supplement and eat a balanced diet. If you need carotene eat some carrots, watermelon, cantaloupe, tomatoes etc, bit b-complex is found in most foods and so on and forth. Our ancestors rock nice fros and didn’t have to go through this so pls don’t let us do things this way.
Being a black woman myself I just shared my opinions because irrespective of your shade, country, hair type black is black so I don’t mind sharing information for my sisters out there. Don’t let us be discouraged by all this, proudly flaunt your fros to the world cause your are queens
Love,💋💋💋💖Jessica.
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