Ladies Matters HAIRising!

Ladies, how do you take care of your hair? If you are a typical Kenyan woman, chances are this is what you do:

• Oil you hair every fortnight (or once per month)
• Get your treatment done once or twice at most, in a month, at the salon
• Shampoo and condition your hair with whatever products your salonist has, never mind his/her clients have different hair needs.
• Blow dry your hair every single time you get your hair washed.
• etc

If You are the lady i have described above please raise you hand up. Ok, now sit down and listen to what i have to say.

Chances are your hair has never grown past shoulder length. When i was looking up info about the castor oil hair challenge, i learnt a lot on-line. I came to realize that i owe my hair a sincere apology, what with all the care that i saw ladies taking and pampering their hair.

I didn't know what BSL was, what pre-poo and co-wash were, i didn't know that when washing your hair you are advised to first apply some coconut oil (or your preferred/favourite oil) to avoid drying and subjecting your hair to breakage in the process.

I never knew the benefits of a hair mask or hot oil treatment, what about sealing and moisturising your hair?
Heee. I always thought waist length hair was meant for those Somalis and Indians with long silky hair until i came across Africans (Americans) with hair that can wipe a wet toddler dry (no need to buy towels) lol. And whoever knew that you were supposed to take care of your ends as much as you do your scalp?  i always thought oiling while blow drying was more than enough!

One of my favourite so far is Naptural85 on YouTube. You can subscribe to her channel.

Or check this one out, who had shaved her hair, and this video is one year later, she has longer hair than what i had after 5 years hehe yawa!

What about this lady Yolanda Renee? she takes such care of her kids hair, i can even hear my own hair cry for justice

And here you are, thinking of chopping your hair (cos imefika mwisho- like i did!) please don't.
Finally if you have relaxed hair that has been battered from here to  Kosovo and back, don't stress, you can start showing your hair some love.

Also if you want to transition from relaxed to natural, here are some ladies who did exactly that. Remember nothing worthwhile happens overnight, ...... except maybe making babies.

So there you go, and you thought you had healthy hair :)
And if you still have your hand raised up, please put it down, Am done now :)

As always Adhis ♥