Hey my beautiful people, I trust that all reading this are abundantly well and living their ultimate best life.
My name is Naomi and I’m here to show some much needed love to the hair community, especially my kinky-curly people, my frizzy hair kings/queens, my “there’s no gel or wax that will slick my hair” people, my “my hair is frizzy 30 mins after I straighten it “ woman/men, my “I have to put my hair in protective styles all the time because my hair breaks especially in the cold” people, my “wash and go who?” friends, my “wash my hair before school/work who?” girls/boys and the list goes on for eons. I’m going to do my best to encourage, uplift and motivate you all to understand, appreciate but most of all love your hair.
Now let me just say that I myself am not a hair expert but I do know a thing or two, so we’ll be on this “hair love journey” together for some parts. I hope that like me you can learn to love and appreciate your hair, frizziness and all!!
So I think it’s only right for me to introduce myself and let you know about some of my hair journey.
• My name is Naomi, but most people call me Nay.
• As of right now my curl pattern seems to be 3c/4a but who really knows anymore.
• I have been into hair for as long as I can remember (so cliché I know) my mum taught me how to plait.
• My mum also taught me how to do single extensions, I remember she showed me ONE time and left my room and I tried to do it, cried in frustration, decided that I can’t do it, did it again and now we’re here – perseverance is key.
• I really started to get into hair when I was 12, when I started working at a hair salon but that’s a story for another day.
• I now have my own hair business, I specialise in plaits, braids and extensions – my Instagram will be below along with some hairstyles that I’ve done
My Hair –
So today I’d like to briefly touch on my hair and how it likes to switch and change when it chooses to which, let’s be real is just not ideal when you’re trying to live your life. I’m definitely going to go into a lot more detail next time about all the different types of hair 3a, 3b, and 4c etc. Personally my hair in general (not my hair type) has changed drastically in the past 2 and a half years. When I was really young my hair was really nice, soft, long, and easy to style. I’d say my hair type was 3c mainly with some 4a in there too. Then I’d say from the age of about 8-14 my hair was still soft and nice but it would shrink massively when washed, my curl pattern wasn’t very defined at all (only when product e.g. conditioner/curling creams) were added, it would get break/get dry easily/quickly and most frustratingly of all it WAS NOT GROWING. It was infuriating. Since then my curls in the back, middle and sides…… hmmmm actually scrap that, the WHOLE of my head has changed and developed such a beautiful and most of all DEFINED curl pattern, when my hair is wet it drops down instead of shrinking, it stays moisturised longer, long story short sometimes the solution to your ongoing problem of stunted hair growth is patience and stop playing in it, or trying a style you saw on a video because they have similar hair (they never turn out how they look on the video anyways so quit while your ahead sigh). There are many more reasons as to why your hair stops/starts growing at certain times in your life and we’ll get into that another time, I just wanted to introduce myself in this “pilot”.
I do want to say just before I close that your hair type doesn’t mean much. Of course it’s good to know what curl pattern you have BUT just because you have 4c hair that doesn’t automatically mean that you should follow all the products that another 4c girl uses. I say this because the products that you use come down to other factors. These include porosity, density and other aspects too. If you and your friend have 4c hair that does not mean that you should both use Cantu or Shea Moisture (these are just examples of popular brands). One of you may have dry hair that’s low porosity and the other may have dry hair but high porosity and it’s also really dense, all of these aspects require different modes of care. All in all just stay true to yourself, if these commercial brands that you see most men/women don’t work for you… that is fine, find what works for you and be your best self Queens and Kings.
That is all that I have for you today My Beautiful People – Keep your Hair up, it shines and it tells a story.
My Instagram – hairbynay20
With Joy, Nay xx
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