What The Hell Is Normal Hair?!

Directions on how to use a curling iron! 
In the center it list the temperature gauge for normal hair. 

Another dumb, but true textured hair story.

Chaz Wen had Holly Robinson-Peete promoting his product for the "black girlz" I guess. In the commercial she states, Wen products are great for African American hair...WHAT????!!!!! I couldn't write a letter fast enough. "WTF is African American hair?!" They did respond and I haven't seen that commercial since.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnQYBsKF628


This was my message to the company:

I just saw the commercial with Holly Robinson-Pete and raced to my computer. I am consistently annoyed when huge white-owned corporations try to market their products to African-Americans and get it W-R-O-N-G! We are many shades and our hair has many textures. They is no hair texture in tricology that is called "African-American hair." That particular commercial needs to be revised and responsibly addressed as to what you're trying to market the product to. Chaz, being that you are the supposed expert, I would expect you would take the time to educate yourself better as to what the hair texture you're targeting is actually called. Damnit, if you're going to make uninformed attempts at getting us to spend our money on your product, don't define AA hair under one texture...UGH!!

Gettin' It Right For The Babies

How will they learn the power of their hair if WE didn't do it?! 

Children learn by seeing and doing.

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 I was eager to learn how to do my hair at a very young age, because that's what I was surrounded by. During a session of "picture time",  I explained to a dear friend that this was my 3rd grade picture and proudly professed that I did my own hair she replied, "I can tell!" 

What a biarch!

Helicopter Propeller Blades

3rd Grade

There weren't any video tutorials...you just got creative and DID IT!

Textured hair care simply consisted of a hot comb to straighten it 

or while still wet combing it out in a timely manner and braiding it before it dried preventing a massive job of detangling. 

 Getting Creative

5th Grade

So how is it that we've forgotten what it takes to maintain our little black girls hair?? .This touch of amnesia has resulted in our little girls getting caught up in this wave of upholding white beauty standards, destructive hair practices and enhancements which have led to the beginning stages of epidemic hair loss in children whose hair growth cycle have yet to develop! When they are exposed to different beauty standards other than their own, their mindset becomes corrupted.

A national awareness movement has been in the works to reverse this state of affairs in the beauty and black hair industry and we at hairchurch.com, #littleblackgirlshairmatter , The Curl Academy (TCA), and Elevate-The Ethnic Beauty Symposiums are the ones who will lead the charge.

The campaign  #LITTLEBLACKGIRLSHAIRMATTERS is a program created from a non-profit organization called, The Healthy Hair Project (HHP). This program is being structured to educate and redirect young adolescent and teen females about their Afro-curly hair. 
All symposiums will include workshops on how to maintain/style hair to build a healthy relationship within themselves and their hair. Along with other beauty care reinforcements, these workshops will give them the ability to refrain from engaging in destructive hair practices. These services are intended to be provided free of charge with the participation of generous sponsors.