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Unreasonable Natural Hair Problems

Written By Bold Apps - January 01 2015

Posted by HMH Blogger

By Patience Muia Decision to go natural can be one of the best resolutions to make for the health of your hair. Your friends will envy your afro and curls but like any other hair type maintaining your natural hair doesn’t come without its share of hair related complication. Though there many educative resources about black hair out there have realised that there are still issues that have not been addressed. For example, several of these issues include the shrinkage, shedding and plain old time consumption. For those who are familiar with the aforementioned issues the following is a list of some but not all of problems that only the natural haired people will understand. • Dissatisfaction with one’s own hair texture and the comparison to others

Instead of putting your through all sorts of abuse to achieve other styles that your hair doesn’t like to be put in like use of curl creams to achieve girls B’s curl, what the natural haired people out there should realize is that their hair in natural and unique and will do what it wants to do. And that if someone was not born with the B’s genes he or she will not achieve a B curly hair by using certain products and techniques a person with b genes uses. • Obsession with laid edges

To overcome this obsession many natural haired women have opted to relax their hair edges so that a cornrow or weave will look neater by making use of gel products to lay it down and many other staff out there. This problem is common with Americans but the one need to realize is that your hair is no longer relaxed, it is coily and it wants to remain that way and one should not force it to do what it doesn’t want. I suggest you rock your hair loud and proud. • Anti-Frizz

In dealing with this problem many prefer the use of anti-frizz and like have mentioned earlier your hair is coily and will be prone to frizz. Coily hair will not always be smooth like straight hair and is susceptible to environmental changes and because fighting frizz will only bring you headaches you should embrace it and if u can’t embrace it then keep your hair in braids, a great anti frizz hairstyle. And one should know that their hair doesn’t have to be perfectly sculpted each time.

Truth about Natural Hair Discrimination

Written By Bold Apps - December 25 2014

Posted by HMH Blogger

By Patience Muia If you are a bi-racial or black woman who has made the decision to return to being natural, then you belong to the natural hair community. Everyone defines the term “natural” in a different way.

1. Devout Naturals

These are women who pass on all chemicals from relaxers and colour treatments to certain product ingredients. 2. Technical Naturals

These women no longer wear relaxers, but rock blowouts and weaves happily on a regular basis. Apart from the two, there are those who don’t mess with weaves but rock colour. There are also those who live with protective lifestyles with box braids, crochet braids and other trendy styles. But the truth is that some naturals are being eliminated or discriminated in the natural hair community.

Initially, going natural was a way of breaking free from European beauty standards and starting a journey to embrace one’s natural hair. But a lot has changed recently, and now some natural hair sponsors ignore certain types of natural hairstyle while at the same time praising a certain type. Women with the type 4, kinky textured hair seems to be experiencing texture discrimination in and outside their workplace. If you haven’t realised it, the wavy and curly girls dominate the branding in products marketed to natural hair. Look across the beauty industry and you will find that kinky and coily hair naturals are being under-represented and are not being celebrated as compared to the others.

From my experience of running multiple natural hair focused media accounts, I think that images of kinky textured naturals doesn’t get much shares and likes compared to the others. This might be just a new type of natural hair discrimination.

Reasons Why People Fail in Their Transition to Natural Hair

Written By Bold Apps - December 18 2014

Posted by HMH Blogger

By Patience Muia For most people transition to natural hair is not an easy process. Some have two trials before success, while others have up to eleven trials to finally embrace the new hairstyle. From experience, I have realized that it is usual to find people struggling with natural hair especially in the early stages. Here are some reasons why transition may be difficult and regarding how to handle such difficulties. • You are not comfortable with the reflection in the mirror Some people were lucky enough to grow up with natural hair and therefore they have no problem seeing themselves with natural hair. If you were relaxed at a young age, it is obvious that you are used to the image of straight hair. If you were used to relaxed hair, you might find it difficult dealing with the idea of embracing natural hair as it appears to be a relapse to childhood. If you need a smooth transition, you have to spend time looking yourself in the mirror so that you can learn to embrace your new hairstyle. Accepting that new image might take seconds for some while others might end up struggling with it for years. • Negative Feedback from Family and Friends

You should learn to deal with people who keep on telling you how your hair look like especially if the comments are negative. It is your hair and therefore you should be proud of it. It is always your choice to select your reaction to negative comments, and there are different ways of dealing with such people. You might decide to ignore them or simply educate them. Educating the person is the best option especially if the person is a close friend or family member. • Lack of Proper Research

Information about natural hair is available on many blogs, vlogs and forums. It is not always a good idea to stick to some small set of information, and emulating someone else’s routine might make natural hair transition totally difficult.

Important Things to Remember While Dealing with Natural Hair.

Written By Bold Apps - December 11 2014

Posted by HMH Blogger

By Patience Muia Your natural hair might be difficult or easy, but that depends on a lot of things. Your styling ability, the strength of your hair, and your ability to access information on tips and products are some of the things that might determine your natural hair journey. For some women, things work out perfectly; their natural journey goes off without too much trouble. For others it might feel like hell, two steps forward, four steps back process. It is always good to challenge the journey so as to be successful. Here there are a few things you ought to remember while handling natural hair. • You are learning a new process

This new process can take someone years to master. The current world is a place of instance beauty, so learning a new approach to hair maintenance takes time. You might consider keeping hair journals as a tool. Make a list once a month of everything that works for your hair and those that doesn’t work. This would help you improve your skills of natural hair maintenance quickly. • You are a girl with natural hair and the resources around you are still scarce

Any girl with weaves can walk into 80% of salons and encounter around seven stylists who can provide care for her hair very well. With natural hair, you don’t have that luxury. Although there are many companies providing natural hair products, there is still a deficit of information on styling and care. • Natural hair is always a healthier choice

Every woman has the reasons to style her hair the way she desires. In all cases, whichever the decision a woman makes, natural hair is the best style according to my experience. With a natural hairstyle, you are not comprising the state of your hair with chemicals or weight of your head with weaves. You will always have the luxury of moisturizing your natural hair every day, which is something that women with weaves cannot afford.

SPOTTED - Natural Haird Beauty

Written By Bold Apps - December 04 2014

Posted by Lil

1- Introduce yourself

My name is Crystal Boyd

2- Describe the moment you were spotted by Hug My Hair (you can just mention how you responded to the call on Facebook)

I responded to the call on Facebook

3- Have you always rocked and loved your curls/kinks/coils? If not, how did you come to embrace your natural hair?

Yes I have always rocked and loved my natural hair when others didn't

4- How would you describe your hair texture?

My hair texture is 3b, 3c and 4a

5- Tell us one "Do" and one "Don't" for your hair type.

Do put lots of water on my hair, Don't towel dry it makes my hair frizzy

6- What advice would you give to someone considering going natural?

Embrace your hair no matter the texture

7- How do you love to wear your hair?

2 strand twist

8- How often do you wash your hair and what products do you use?

I wash at least once a week and I have been using Shea Moisture JBCO

9- Describe your worst hair day.

During the phase of having a twa and I tried to do 2 strand twist and it was horrible

10- Your Twitter/Facebook/Instagram pages (if applicable) are?

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