There’s this beautiful lady I follow on here and weekly she washes and wears her hair in chunky twists, braids outs, twists outs, and just generally stretched but natural. She also wears head wraps. I think natural hair isn’t that hard. However without proper education it will be hard.
I do agree with that woman about see-through ends. I have a kinda large alopecia patch that never fully grew back right on my nape, so my ends will always be see through and uneven because I literally have a place where hair does not grow. I get anxiety watching some stylist cut a blunt hemline and cut away INCHES of healthy looking hair for the aesthetic. Honestly, straight hair can seem easier to mange. But, I think we overestimate the effort for natural hair and underestimate that for straight and relaxed hair. My roller wraps in relaxed hair and twists on my natural hair take about the same amount of time. My hair molds well and keeps a style, so I don’t really ever have to retwist a twist out if I wash weekly or do anything other than unwrap my hair, shake and fluff. The only extra effort comes from detangling.
Natural hair does not have to be redone every morning unless the style is to change the hair from 4c to 3c. THAT takes effort. Also, if the hair is washed and conditioned regularly then detangling is not hard at all. Even straight haired girlies would suffer if they didn't comb their hair for weeks. That's why they detangle daily, something that most BW don't do. Maybe that's why most struggle when they FINALLY detangle. It seems like more effort to spend 3 hours washing and straightening hair and spending effort to avoid water and sweat 💦. Detangling 🪮 can be done with only fingers 🤌🏽. Moisturize regularly. People with straight hair wash and condition their hair (aka moisture) multiple times a week. Someone with curly hair can skip the washing and do that only 1 to 2x a week. Anyway to each their own 😊
Natural hair does not have to be redone every morning unless the style is to change the hair from 4c to 3c. THAT takes effort. Also, if the hair is washed and conditioned regularly then detangling is not hard at all. Even straight haired girlies would suffer if they didn't comb their hair for weeks. That's why they detangle daily, something that most BW don't do. Maybe that's why most struggle when they FINALLY detangle. It seems like more effort to spend 3 hours washing and straightening hair and spending effort to avoid water and sweat 💦. Detangling 🪮 can be done with only fingers 🤌🏽. Moisturize regularly. People with straight hair wash and condition their hair (aka moisture) multiple times a week. Someone with curly hair can skip the washing and do that only 1 to 2x a week. Anyway to each their own 😊
I have a fine strands and it took me awhile to réalise it. Anytime time I posted a video of my hair it looks dry and see through then people are in the comments section telling me to moisturize or trim my ends.
See through ends I think are fine as long as they are healthy. A blunt cut is just for aesthetics. I prefer a rounded cut on my ends and some others prefer tapered cut. The hair at the back at the bottom of your head will always look longer than the middle or top as they are at different parts on your head. I go through phases of growing my hair long and then cutting it off. When growing it long you will have see through ends at points until you get the hair on middle and side part of your head to the length you want and then cut to whatever style you choose. Now, see through doesn't mean raggedy it is just less dense. Nothing wrong in my opinion. Some people need to be concerned about their own hair instead of other peoples and stop projecting their own insecurities and or holier than thou attitude on to others. Just my opinion.
Speaking on length retention I totally agree with you. When I started my hair growth I was so focused on length retention that I didn’t enjoy my hair. This year I made sure to not only focus on length retention but also enjoy my hair. How did I find a balance between the two? Anytime I take down a protective hair style, before installing another one I enjoy my hair by styling it ( natural updos)
Yes! Except people with thick hair…I bet their ends are still more see through than the rest of their hair but because they have thick hair it doesn’t matter to others as much
My healthy natural hair journey taught me to know my hair and enjoy it on each stage and length. Focusing on long length almost made me to hate my hair. If not healthy over length then it better be both, not length alone🤗
I honestly don’t understand why people say natural hair is difficult and tough because wearing your hair in its natural state literally requires very little skill. Puffs, twist outs, braid outs, wash n gos, those things are so basic and easy to do. An 8 yr old can do that. You don’t need to go to school to learn how to do that. Those to me are lazy styles. The things that require skill are: silk presses, roller sets, flexirod sets, perm rod sets, blow outs, etc. Because those processes actually SET your hair in a style. A style that you can comb and not have to re-wet at all until your next wash day.
@@eyme.x I see your point if the care of it was that simple there wouldn’t be so many hair tutorials on how to. It less about styling difficulty for me but the actual care and maintenance
@ in my opinion the natural hair community has made everything look 10x harder than it is. If hair care was that hard and took that long a beautician couldn’t get our hair washed and styled in less than a couple hours. All we need is a shampoo, conditioner, leave-in conditioner, and either a blow dryer or hooded dryer. Then you can wear your hair blown out or in a bun or straighten it, or you can wrap your hair around flexirods if you want curls, etc. but it is not hard. I stopped listening to all those team natural people cause they were giving me a headache with all their 50 million steps 😂 it’s not even needed. Ask any cosmetologists if all that stuff is needed. It’s not. It just takes a couple times of practice to get basic steps down like washing, conditioning and blow drying. Then it’s easy.
I can confidently say that, as someone who prefers not to spend much time, money, or effort on hair, my relaxed hair was easier to manage daily. However, I often sacrificed length and health, leading me to go natural when I could no longer maintain my straight hair. While natural hair is challenging, it’s doable with the understanding that it requires extra effort.
I had to change my hair routine, I wear mini braids now, wash my hair every 6 weeks and re-braid again. I use Aloe Vera gel and hair butter to moisturize my hair. This has really been a game changer. My hair likes simple routines. Side note: I am so happy you are back, I hope your online store is still open because I will be placing my order soon. God bless you Sis💗
@@Jem5122aloe helps with moisture and a lot of people use it to help grow their hair a lot of people with locs use aloe vera a house with moisture and growth
@@Jem5122 Hi, I use the Aloe Vera Gel from the Aloe plant, the purpose for it is to replace water because my hair does not respond well to water. Some people use Aloe Vera Juice but I use the gel. Thank you for asking.
I am on a similar regimen. I am currently wearing mini braids. I use African black soap to shampoo and aloe vera juice as a leave in. I seal with Jamaican black castor oil. It's been a game changer for my hair😊
So I want to talk about the thin ends of your hair I hate to see in the videos where people are getting their ends cut because the hair styling is calling the hair damage because the ends look thin. Your ends are going to look different than the top of your head for the middle of your hair does it mean your ends are damaged so people be careful when you go to a hairdresser who doesn't know that sometimes I think these hairdressers get trigger happy when cutting your ends it may look aesthetically pleasing if your hair looks sick of all the way through compared to the ends obviously the ends are going to look thin your hair is older at the end
Taking care of textured natural coily kinky hair is a job by itself and protective styles are a blessing and helped my hair to grow to tailbone length. 🙏🏾💐💜😀
I’ve started wearing my hair in small twists for the past 2 months in an attempt at length retention. I wash and deep condition my hair once a month and I have seen 1 inch of growth thus far 🎉. My hair went from 10 inches to 11 inches! I’m still trying to figure out how to best wash my hair (with or without the plaits) 🤷🏽♀️. I still think I have too much shedding on wash day. I’m learning as I go along.
Hi Coily, I've been away too long :(. RUclips is finally updating me on your uploads again. I'm so happy to be back!! I went to a stylist just for some pampering. However, I sat there and allowed her to put my hair in tiny mini-twits, GIRL!! It's now almost a month later, at the 3 week mark I decided to take them down.... I thought I was going to lose my mind!! It took me 4 days & the way it traumatized me I came so close to calling a barber to cut it off. I decided that NO woman over 50, and in menopause, should wear mini twists... the neck, shoulder and back pain is not worth it. I still haven't washed my hair, I've just left it in chunky braids until I feel the patience to do it again. it upset me so much, I did a live chat to talk about it 😅
@@Meloyadina welcome back! Oh wow! 4 days can be a lot especially if most of the days are spent with arms up etc. am so sorry 😞! The time invested for mini anything is alot 🤔
Love the format of this video! Yes, it is short and sweet, but more importantly, it is a bulleted reinforcement video: Handling; Moisturizing; enjoying! BOOM!! ⚖🎯💞
This should be common sense in regards to so called see through hair. Everyone’s hair type is different. My hair is finer and I wear wash it in a wash and go style. This is easier for me. I used to have thick dense hair, which changed as I went through menopause
Im 62. Most of the women in my family shave their heads around 40. If i had a nice head , i would consider but i have scars. Love my MBL strands, but wash days are exhausting at my age. I am going to spend the next year saving for micro/sisterlocks 😊
9:04 "The more we become comfortable with what our natural hair is vs trying to make it what it isn't it becomes easier and more manageable". I get where she's coming from but this tends to be texture dependent. I myself have 4c hair and im talking about the 4c hair that shrinks over 80% and has coils as small as the metal spring rods you put batteries in. Sure i could do wash and gos (which i do sometimes) but a consequence of it is automatically having tangled hair and a reduction in length retention. Imagine a foot long of hair shrinking to 2 inches and having to detangle that along with the 100s of shed hair that builds up through the week. From the video it seems like she has looser hair so she doesn't fully get the experience, as that girl who i believe use to have 4c hair (watched he channel years back). Straight hair simply is easier to manage in this society. Most 4c haircare tips revolve around stretching the hair (braids, twists cornrows etc) and people tend to crucify the concept of wash and gos on us. Although i can say relaxers are dangerous and not for everyone Side note: I've been natural for over a decade and will never return to relaxers.
@@Jem5122 great points raised! Stretching gets so emphasised in a sense because it really helps manage the shrinkage you just spoke about. Many great points raised here
Thank you for saying how it is! My hair loves heat. When I realized that my hair actually absorbs all of the moisture with heat, I was dumbfounded. The difference was something. Now I have to blow dry my hair after my shampoo routine, otherwise I'd deal with dry greasy hair, and see through frizzy tangled ends.
Also some people have fine AND low density hair, so it's a double whammy 😅 I definitely don't start from scratch with a new style every day. I might do wash day>english braid>braided bun>braidout low pony>braidout bun>rebraid>wash day. Several restyles, but all based off the initial wash and style. I'm getting pretty good at dry restyling these days.😊 I've been a straight natural for years, and a curly natural for years, and one is not easier than the other, just different. I think regimen is important but TECHNIQUE is very important. I had a super simple and consistent regimen for years, and my hair grew, but it was quite damaged. Great vid!
@ It may be a common style, but it's certainly not the only style recommended. There are also: chunky twists/braids, a single english braid, cornrows are another popular one (I really love the look myself), curl sets (wash and gos) rod sets, blowouts, presses, flat twists, buns/puffs, finger coils, and african threading.
I disagree with you sis @coilydiaries. I think natural hair is easy however, I have been natural my entire life I'm in my 50s now. There was a learning curve bcus we didn't have products to assist us. I truly believe that the more you do your hair he more you learn and the easier it becomes to work with it. I think the natural hair community made things difficult bcus most of them stated with short hAir that they assumed didn't grow so the continued damaging it by not washing enough not combing at all thinking that was growing the hair. It wasn't it was making the hair more and more unmanageable. Hair is weakest when wet so be gentle with it when wet. Detangle hair with oil dry then wash it condition out leave in and dry it. Then style after you dry. The more you do your hair the more it get used to being combed and the mor manageable it will be. I've had long thick hair my entire life ... tailbone length from a lil girl til my 20s where I experimented and my hair fell out thinned out and in 2k9 I decided I would reset and grow it back. I did. Then I went through a cutting phase and grew it back to tailbone..then I had major surgeries on my spine 2x and it fell out from trauma temporarily then I grew it back to tailbone. Then hormones changed and it thinned out so I cut it to mid back and I'm currently growing it back. I said all of this to say, we can't be scared to comb and brush our hair it's the only way to get our sebum spread down the strands to protect it. I brush and comb my stretched hair 3x a day and I NEVER EVER put oils on my scalp and if I do it's right b4 I wash it.
@@aquafina6544 it’s ok to disagree. I think our hair can be harder or easier depending on a lot of factors. I believe it’s easier than the natural hair community has made it out to be but if it was the easiest thing, there wouldn’t be a plethora of tutorials showing us so many how toos, people preferring to keep it relaxed locd or heat stretched. Not knowing what type of hair you have but daily combing let alone multiple times would be a disaster for most kinky textured women. The effort the patience and time required and the simple fact you have to do your hair more for it to be manageable. The few examples of 4c naturals that we have that have grown their hair to wait length and beyond practice very minimal detangling, mostly with their fingers. But I do agree there are simpler ways of going about natural hair.
More naturals need to shave their head! It will be such a stress relief for the girls who can't maintain their hair, and it will probably bring some confidence if they get it cut by a professional and maybe even color it. Also the wigs would look WAY better on a baldie. Just saying ladies, stop chasing long hair when you dont know how to take care of it.
That girl with the straight hair is definitely right and I liked your nuanced take on this. Often this conversation leads to claims of self hate, but straight hair is just objectively less maintenance and for those who don't have the wherewithal for curly hair, it can be a burden. Straight hair doesn't need a 15-step process or routine. Wash for 5 min, brush for 1 min, and go. For those of us with low executive function due to ADHD or something similar, the high maintenance effort and time that curly hair requires can be just too much to bear. After 10 years natural, I keep mine shaved now since it's just easier than spending hours detangling every week.
@@RottedRowan thanks for sharing this. Great you have found your style and preference with shorter hair. I have great admiration for you doing that and not being caught up with the length retention obsession most of us have. 😅
But thats not true! Natural is also simple. You *dont* have to be in your hair everyday. Sheeesh Literally,CD you can put your hair in a low or top bun using a _banana_ clip and you would have been cute 🙄
Your hairstyle is elegant. Plaits and cane row are the most suitable styles for natural, self curling Africanized hair. You only need to comb hair when you wash it. Matte afros are good occasionally. Those greasy slimy forced curl pattern styles are not flattering at all.
There’s this beautiful lady I follow on here and weekly she washes and wears her hair in chunky twists, braids outs, twists outs, and just generally stretched but natural. She also wears head wraps. I think natural hair isn’t that hard. However without proper education it will be hard.
@@latajanee4410 sounds like a great routine!
What is the channel name?
Exactly my point
I@@amberkhashmal I think the channel is called klassically kept
@@domlind86 ahhh, I’m familiar with her page. Thanks for the response. Hopefully that’s the same person the original commenter was describing.
I do agree with that woman about see-through ends. I have a kinda large alopecia patch that never fully grew back right on my nape, so my ends will always be see through and uneven because I literally have a place where hair does not grow. I get anxiety watching some stylist cut a blunt hemline and cut away INCHES of healthy looking hair for the aesthetic.
Honestly, straight hair can seem easier to mange. But, I think we overestimate the effort for natural hair and underestimate that for straight and relaxed hair. My roller wraps in relaxed hair and twists on my natural hair take about the same amount of time. My hair molds well and keeps a style, so I don’t really ever have to retwist a twist out if I wash weekly or do anything other than unwrap my hair, shake and fluff. The only extra effort comes from detangling.
well said!
Natural hair does not have to be redone every morning unless the style is to change the hair from 4c to 3c. THAT takes effort. Also, if the hair is washed and conditioned regularly then detangling is not hard at all. Even straight haired girlies would suffer if they didn't comb their hair for weeks. That's why they detangle daily, something that most BW don't do. Maybe that's why most struggle when they FINALLY detangle. It seems like more effort to spend 3 hours washing and straightening hair and spending effort to avoid water and sweat 💦. Detangling 🪮 can be done with only fingers 🤌🏽. Moisturize regularly. People with straight hair wash and condition their hair (aka moisture) multiple times a week. Someone with curly hair can skip the washing and do that only 1 to 2x a week. Anyway to each their own 😊
My hair is fine as well 😭😭 and Everytime I see my see thru ends I’m like this doesn’t look like others but I feel
Like that’s just how my hair is 😅
@@novatastic1111 I get this, the narrative is misleading
Natural hair does not have to be redone every morning unless the style is to change the hair from 4c to 3c. THAT takes effort. Also, if the hair is washed and conditioned regularly then detangling is not hard at all. Even straight haired girlies would suffer if they didn't comb their hair for weeks. That's why they detangle daily, something that most BW don't do. Maybe that's why most struggle when they FINALLY detangle. It seems like more effort to spend 3 hours washing and straightening hair and spending effort to avoid water and sweat 💦. Detangling 🪮 can be done with only fingers 🤌🏽. Moisturize regularly. People with straight hair wash and condition their hair (aka moisture) multiple times a week. Someone with curly hair can skip the washing and do that only 1 to 2x a week. Anyway to each their own 😊
@@favouro6344 that first sentence is everything!!!
I have a fine strands and it took me awhile to réalise it.
Anytime time I posted a video of my hair it looks dry and see through then people are in the comments section telling me to moisturize or trim my ends.
@@_ChroniclesofCaroline girl! I know this story well…
See through ends I think are fine as long as they are healthy. A blunt cut is just for aesthetics. I prefer a rounded cut on my ends and some others prefer tapered cut. The hair at the back at the bottom of your head will always look longer than the middle or top as they are at different parts on your head. I go through phases of growing my hair long and then cutting it off. When growing it long you will have see through ends at points until you get the hair on middle and side part of your head to the length you want and then cut to whatever style you choose. Now, see through doesn't mean raggedy it is just less dense. Nothing wrong in my opinion. Some people need to be concerned about their own hair instead of other peoples and stop projecting their own insecurities and or holier than thou attitude on to others. Just my opinion.
@@schsas7743 well said 👏👏👏
Speaking on length retention I totally agree with you. When I started my hair growth I was so focused on length retention that I didn’t enjoy my hair. This year I made sure to not only focus on length retention but also enjoy my hair.
How did I find a balance between the two?
Anytime I take down a protective hair style, before installing another one I enjoy my hair by styling it ( natural updos)
@@_ChroniclesofCaroline great resolution!
I havent seen a type 4c with no see through ends its normal.. wigs created the narrative that hair should be the same length through out
@@slaveofAllah14 true!
Yes! Except people with thick hair…I bet their ends are still more see through than the rest of their hair but because they have thick hair it doesn’t matter to others as much
My healthy natural hair journey taught me to know my hair and enjoy it on each stage and length. Focusing on long length almost made me to hate my hair.
If not healthy over length then it better be both, not length alone🤗
@@faithnsewa4058 well said!
I honestly don’t understand why people say natural hair is difficult and tough because wearing your hair in its natural state literally requires very little skill. Puffs, twist outs, braid outs, wash n gos, those things are so basic and easy to do. An 8 yr old can do that. You don’t need to go to school to learn how to do that. Those to me are lazy styles. The things that require skill are: silk presses, roller sets, flexirod sets, perm rod sets, blow outs, etc. Because those processes actually SET your hair in a style. A style that you can comb and not have to re-wet at all until your next wash day.
@@eyme.x I see your point if the care of it was that simple there wouldn’t be so many hair tutorials on how to. It less about styling difficulty for me but the actual care and maintenance
@ in my opinion the natural hair community has made everything look 10x harder than it is. If hair care was that hard and took that long a beautician couldn’t get our hair washed and styled in less than a couple hours. All we need is a shampoo, conditioner, leave-in conditioner, and either a blow dryer or hooded dryer. Then you can wear your hair blown out or in a bun or straighten it, or you can wrap your hair around flexirods if you want curls, etc. but it is not hard. I stopped listening to all those team natural people cause they were giving me a headache with all their 50 million steps 😂 it’s not even needed. Ask any cosmetologists if all that stuff is needed. It’s not. It just takes a couple times of practice to get basic steps down like washing, conditioning and blow drying. Then it’s easy.
@ ohh about the steps and products exaggeration I totally agree with you!! We need to keep it simple!
@@eyme.xAmen 👏🏾👏🏾
I can confidently say that, as someone who prefers not to spend much time, money, or effort on hair, my relaxed hair was easier to manage daily. However, I often sacrificed length and health, leading me to go natural when I could no longer maintain my straight hair. While natural hair is challenging, it’s doable with the understanding that it requires extra effort.
@@dollyrevenge98 well said!
I have sparse fine hair and it’s pretty much see through I’ve embraced it !!
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
I had to change my hair routine, I wear mini braids now, wash my hair every 6 weeks and re-braid again. I use Aloe Vera gel and hair butter to moisturize my hair. This has really been a game changer. My hair likes simple routines. Side note: I am so happy you are back, I hope your online store is still open because I will be placing my order soon. God bless you Sis💗
@@phinnysakana2229 it’s so nice when we find what works for us! Thank you sis ❤️
whats the purpose of using aloe vera gel
@@Jem5122aloe helps with moisture and a lot of people use it to help grow their hair a lot of people with locs use aloe vera a house with moisture and growth
@@Jem5122 Hi, I use the Aloe Vera Gel from the Aloe plant, the purpose for it is to replace water because my hair does not respond well to water. Some people use Aloe Vera Juice but I use the gel. Thank you for asking.
I am on a similar regimen. I am currently wearing mini braids. I use African black soap to shampoo and aloe vera juice as a leave in. I seal with Jamaican black castor oil. It's been a game changer for my hair😊
So I want to talk about the thin ends of your hair I hate to see in the videos where people are getting their ends cut because the hair styling is calling the hair damage because the ends look thin. Your ends are going to look different than the top of your head for the middle of your hair does it mean your ends are damaged so people be careful when you go to a hairdresser who doesn't know that sometimes I think these hairdressers get trigger happy when cutting your ends it may look aesthetically pleasing if your hair looks sick of all the way through compared to the ends obviously the ends are going to look thin your hair is older at the end
@@sherylsutherland1183 well said!!
good video, long or short, the intent is healthy scalp and hair.
yes!
Taking care of textured natural coily kinky hair is a job by itself and protective styles are a blessing and helped my hair to grow to tailbone length.
🙏🏾💐💜😀
@@lnyawilliamsmoore ❤️❤️
I’ve started wearing my hair in small twists for the past 2 months in an attempt at length retention. I wash and deep condition my hair once a month and I have seen 1 inch of growth thus far 🎉. My hair went from 10 inches to 11 inches! I’m still trying to figure out how to best wash my hair (with or without the plaits) 🤷🏽♀️. I still think I have too much shedding on wash day. I’m learning as I go along.
@@nicolemetoyer4839 love the mini twist lifestyle!
Try green tea rinses. Its scientifically proven to reduce the dht hormone that promotes shedding
Great video! So glad to have you back! ❤
@@tracey-annbrooks976 thank you ☺️
Hi Coily, I've been away too long :(. RUclips is finally updating me on your uploads again. I'm so happy to be back!! I went to a stylist just for some pampering. However, I sat there and allowed her to put my hair in tiny mini-twits, GIRL!! It's now almost a month later, at the 3 week mark I decided to take them down.... I thought I was going to lose my mind!! It took me 4 days & the way it traumatized me I came so close to calling a barber to cut it off. I decided that NO woman over 50, and in menopause, should wear mini twists... the neck, shoulder and back pain is not worth it. I still haven't washed my hair, I've just left it in chunky braids until I feel the patience to do it again. it upset me so much, I did a live chat to talk about it 😅
@@Meloyadina welcome back! Oh wow! 4 days can be a lot especially if most of the days are spent with arms up etc. am so sorry 😞! The time invested for mini anything is alot 🤔
I felt your frustration in this post! 😅💕
@@A_Wilson sis pray for me, it was real and I NEED to wash my hair tomorrow 😅🤕💕
Great video, and I'm all about styles that give my hair a rest from styling.
@@amb7412 me too!
Hi thanks for the video.its healthy hair for first for me,than length after.❤
@@LydiaMbobo true!!
Love the format of this video! Yes, it is short and sweet, but more importantly, it is a bulleted reinforcement video: Handling; Moisturizing; enjoying! BOOM!! ⚖🎯💞
@@gizmetdoralopez6806 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
This should be common sense in regards to so called see through hair. Everyone’s hair type is different. My hair is finer and I wear wash it in a wash and go style. This is easier for me. I used to have thick dense hair, which changed as I went through menopause
@@JunePolk-o3r the ups and downs of life really change our bodies and hair! Hope you still love and enjoy your hair 😍
Im 62. Most of the women in my family shave their heads around 40. If i had a nice head , i would consider but i have scars. Love my MBL strands, but wash days are exhausting at my age. I am going to spend the next year saving for micro/sisterlocks 😊
@@reggierisk locs might be a great idea for you❤️
I have the same fine hair as the video and she's right, my hair can look see through but I dye it black and it looks fuller.
It's my experience
@@Only1Sosa. true!!!
It just took me 4 hours to do mini twist 😂
@@amberskyee girl!!!!😅
@ lol 😂
9:04 "The more we become comfortable with what our natural hair is vs trying to make it what it isn't it becomes easier and more manageable". I get where she's coming from but this tends to be texture dependent.
I myself have 4c hair and im talking about the 4c hair that shrinks over 80% and has coils as small as the metal spring rods you put batteries in. Sure i could do wash and gos (which i do sometimes) but a consequence of it is automatically having tangled hair and a reduction in length retention. Imagine a foot long of hair shrinking to 2 inches and having to detangle that along with the 100s of shed hair that builds up through the week.
From the video it seems like she has looser hair so she doesn't fully get the experience, as that girl who i believe use to have 4c hair (watched he channel years back). Straight hair simply is easier to manage in this society. Most 4c haircare tips revolve around stretching the hair (braids, twists cornrows etc) and people tend to crucify the concept of wash and gos on us. Although i can say relaxers are dangerous and not for everyone
Side note: I've been natural for over a decade and will never return to relaxers.
@@Jem5122 great points raised! Stretching gets so emphasised in a sense because it really helps manage the shrinkage you just spoke about. Many great points raised here
Thank you for saying how it is! My hair loves heat. When I realized that my hair actually absorbs all of the moisture with heat, I was dumbfounded. The difference was something. Now I have to blow dry my hair after my shampoo routine, otherwise I'd deal with dry greasy hair, and see through frizzy tangled ends.
Also some people have fine AND low density hair, so it's a double whammy 😅
I definitely don't start from scratch with a new style every day. I might do wash day>english braid>braided bun>braidout low pony>braidout bun>rebraid>wash day. Several restyles, but all based off the initial wash and style. I'm getting pretty good at dry restyling these days.😊
I've been a straight natural for years, and a curly natural for years, and one is not easier than the other, just different.
I think regimen is important but TECHNIQUE is very important. I had a super simple and consistent regimen for years, and my hair grew, but it was quite damaged.
Great vid!
@ It may be a common style, but it's certainly not the only style recommended. There are also: chunky twists/braids, a single english braid, cornrows are another popular one (I really love the look myself), curl sets (wash and gos) rod sets, blowouts, presses, flat twists, buns/puffs, finger coils, and african threading.
@ Any style that minimises tangles, breakage, and keeps your ends protected is a "protective" style. 😊
@@esthertjones great points 👍🏽
New video...Yay🧡I love reaction videos.
@@Sizantoyi yaaay!!!
Hey! Can you do a video of all your current hair products, including the brands, and where you purchase them?
@@teahill2157 great idea to do in updated video on this but I already have one I did earlier in the year and all products are in the description ❤️
I disagree with you sis @coilydiaries. I think natural hair is easy however, I have been natural my entire life I'm in my 50s now. There was a learning curve bcus we didn't have products to assist us. I truly believe that the more you do your hair he more you learn and the easier it becomes to work with it.
I think the natural hair community made things difficult bcus most of them stated with short hAir that they assumed didn't grow so the continued damaging it by not washing enough not combing at all thinking that was growing the hair. It wasn't it was making the hair more and more unmanageable.
Hair is weakest when wet so be gentle with it when wet. Detangle hair with oil dry then wash it condition out leave in and dry it. Then style after you dry. The more you do your hair the more it get used to being combed and the mor manageable it will be.
I've had long thick hair my entire life ... tailbone length from a lil girl til my 20s where I experimented and my hair fell out thinned out and in 2k9 I decided I would reset and grow it back. I did. Then I went through a cutting phase and grew it back to tailbone..then I had major surgeries on my spine 2x and it fell out from trauma temporarily then I grew it back to tailbone. Then hormones changed and it thinned out so I cut it to mid back and I'm currently growing it back. I said all of this to say, we can't be scared to comb and brush our hair it's the only way to get our sebum spread down the strands to protect it. I brush and comb my stretched hair 3x a day and I NEVER EVER put oils on my scalp and if I do it's right b4 I wash it.
@@aquafina6544 it’s ok to disagree. I think our hair can be harder or easier depending on a lot of factors. I believe it’s easier than the natural hair community has made it out to be but if it was the easiest thing, there wouldn’t be a plethora of tutorials showing us so many how toos, people preferring to keep it relaxed locd or heat stretched.
Not knowing what type of hair you have but daily combing let alone multiple times would be a disaster for most kinky textured women. The effort the patience and time required and the simple fact you have to do your hair more for it to be manageable. The few examples of 4c naturals that we have that have grown their hair to wait length and beyond practice very minimal detangling, mostly with their fingers. But I do agree there are simpler ways of going about natural hair.
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@@Naturalhealthnaturalbeauty aww thanks 🙏🏽
More naturals need to shave their head! It will be such a stress relief for the girls who can't maintain their hair, and it will probably bring some confidence if they get it cut by a professional and maybe even color it. Also the wigs would look WAY better on a baldie. Just saying ladies, stop chasing long hair when you dont know how to take care of it.
short hair can be lovely but not knowing how to care for long hair is not a reason to not want to pursue it. we can always learn along the way
That girl with the straight hair is definitely right and I liked your nuanced take on this. Often this conversation leads to claims of self hate, but straight hair is just objectively less maintenance and for those who don't have the wherewithal for curly hair, it can be a burden. Straight hair doesn't need a 15-step process or routine. Wash for 5 min, brush for 1 min, and go. For those of us with low executive function due to ADHD or something similar, the high maintenance effort and time that curly hair requires can be just too much to bear. After 10 years natural, I keep mine shaved now since it's just easier than spending hours detangling every week.
@@RottedRowan thanks for sharing this. Great you have found your style and preference with shorter hair. I have great admiration for you doing that and not being caught up with the length retention obsession most of us have. 😅
Natural hair doesn’t require a 15-step process either.
@@princessigbo2631 close enough to one to keep it healthy and lush.
But thats not true! Natural is also simple. You *dont* have to be in your hair everyday. Sheeesh
Literally,CD you can put your hair in a low or top bun using a _banana_ clip and you would have been cute 🙄
not sure if you are referring to shorter hair or my hair now
There is a certain effort, we gotta be real about it . I can’t stand when we mention it and someone goes “no it’s not” . Pfffft whatever .
@@jeweledthrone2850 I know…
Your hairstyle is elegant. Plaits and cane row are the most suitable styles for natural, self curling Africanized hair. You only need to comb hair when you wash it. Matte afros are good occasionally. Those greasy slimy forced curl pattern styles are not flattering at all.
@@CharlotteMasonTT ahahah the gel is really undesirable in some cases 😅
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