NATURAL HAIR CARE

By Temilade Ashiyanbi

Most of us associate our natural afro/black hair with negative words; ‘challenging’ ‘coarse’ ‘nappy’ ‘tough’ are words thrown around whenever discussion about hair comes up so we opt for relaxers which is considered the “easy” option.

We are however faced with a bigger problem when we become mothers to little curlies so why not change your mind set about curly hair! Gone are the days of sitting on a stool in front of IyaRisi tugging away at your hair while you either cry uncontrollably or suck it up as “beauty is pain” … We can now boast of many salons and hair practitioners who specialise in natural hair.

A few tips to you on your natural hair journey:

• Water is your friend, both drinking and applying to your hair.

• Get a spray bottle. This links to point 1 above as you will need this to spray water in your hair as the first item in your moisturising routine.

• Moisturise your hair regularly using the L.O.C (Liquid. Oil. Cream) or L.C.O method. The liquid could be water in a spray bottle or leave-in conditioner, the oil could be a homemade mixture of oils (olive oil as a base oil) or shop-bought; and any moisturising hair cream with natural products (best to avoid to hair cream with petroleum products in them).

Happy natural hair journey!