Amazing how the OGs understand that these were never ‘rules’ to begin. They’re part of the discussion and experimentation within the natural hair community. No more no less.

Honestly, washing my hair more frequently has helped cut down on tangles. It used to take me an hour or more and now only 15-30 minutes since I wash every 5-7 days. Also, the crown of my head used to be hell to comb, and now it’s so much easier.

🙌🙌As someone reaching her 11th year natural--Thank you SO MUCH! 🥳👏👏This video was NEEDED chile! There are so many stylists now shaming us natural hair vets for how we did our hair back then...but WHERE WERE THEY?! Where were the companies, products and stylist with natural hair knowledge? 👀All we had was stylists that made us cry/didn't want to touch our hair, and a little "ethnic hair care" section at Walmart with Luster's Pink oil and $60 Ms. Jessies buttercreme. That's it. 💯We went to youtube & blogs and had to learn ourselves. We had to make our products OURSELVES. We had to go through that Trial by Fire phase because nobody taught us. I watched YOUR videos because it was the first time I ever had any blueprint of how to do my hair.😁 I showed your "best twisout ever" vid to my fam, and big chopped the next day. Over time, experience gives you skill, and my rules have relaxed alot too because I understand my hair now. But please know....your videos inspired SO MANY to take that leap into natural hair. Thank you for your contribution, Whit👏

This is emotional. I'm an OG natural. I went natural pre-KZfaq. I've been following original blogs like BGLH, your channel Mahogany Curls etc,. Watching y'all grow and help us grow has been fun. Many of us were teens at the time. We've come such a long and successful way! YAY US, YAY Black women, YAY to the NHC *crying and throwing up*😂 🎉🎉🎉

"We're not on our own anymore." 🎯 This is really it because knowing that we've learned techniques & have products that make starting over a much faster, easier process allows us to fully explore the versatility of our hair! Natural wigs and edges have TRULY changed the game too!

I agree with 7:50. We are here today because of efforts by Natural Hair community (and, for me, Natural Hair KZfaqrs) yesterday. I don't trash any of the trends because it was all a part of learning, and honestly, I have adopted bits and pieces of them all and use those bits and pieces when needed.

I don’t follow the “dirty hair grows better”/ “don’t use shampoo often because it ruins your hair” rule…. My scalp gets dry and flaky and washing/regularly oiling it helps keep it moisturized. I love your shampoo and oil for locs! Keep up the good work Whitney!

I have gotten many, many compliments over the years about my natural hair. I totally appreciate them, but I've had a lot of people say to me, "I wish more Black women would embrace their natural hair." I'm like, no, no, nope, we're not doing that. It took me YEARS to figure this out, and not everyone has the time or ability to invest like that. Plus, I am grateful for the healthy options we now have. We do what works for us and I can't imagine doing anything else but being natural because its been such a rewarding process. But what I'm changing is not putting down other people's choices because we all need to do what we choose. It has been such a journey and I literally started it... has it been 11 years? with Naptural85 watching videos on my bedroom floor learning how to flat twist? Wow! So we all have to start somewhere.

Girl, when you said “Can we make ‘wash day’ a ‘wash hour?’ “ I was like…. YES LORD!!! It’s beautiful that we now have so many resources to figure out how to care for our hair if we were never taught, and all of that was based on the trial and error of other, like you said. My wash day IS like an hour now. A good portion of that is finding the right technique for YOUR hair, sticking with it, and using the right products for your hair (thank God for your line, because it’s made wash day miraculously short for me, and my hair is doing well). I think we got so hardcore with “rules” because, like you said, there weren’t a lot of options. The “rules” didn’t take into account things like all of the different textures that can exist on one head, and what happens when you age, and the needs of your hair change. Like you said, though, we were doing the best we can with what we had to work with (which was the yogurt in the fridge), and I’m so thankful that there is more research about all of this. It’ll only get better from here. I enjoyed this video.

"Screw the rules, I want blue hair!" Is what I said two years ago when I decided to bleach my own hair. Obviously it damaged my hair, but i did my research and retained most of my curl pattern. At that end of the day, having "perfectly" natural hair wasn’t giving me the joy and expression that I get from dyeing my hair the colors of the rainbow.

There's a reason you're an OG in this shit. I've followed you for years and you were definitely one of the main reasons I chose to go natural. You've done so much for Black Women and Girls, I don't think you realize how impactful you really have been, are, and continue to be. I wish you more and more success than you can handle lol

Summary 1 washing hair once a month 2 air drying/ not using heat 3 no bleaching/ dying hair 4 pre shampooing 5 LONG wash day 6 finger detangle ( for some) 7 hair oils( for some) 8 over board and difficult hairstyles 9 professional hair care products, no home-made products 10 no trimming 11 not touching the hair 12 a structured routine 12 not simplifying everything

I totally miss the good ole days of the first "Natural hair community" on youtube 😊 definately was a lot of fun and learning experience

I so agree with you Whitney! We did what we could with what we had including knowledge and products. Bravo to you and everyone who researched and researched to make it an easier tried and true process for washing and styling our curls and coils.

And let's point out that it was the type 4 people who pioneered the majority of the trial and error research that gave us the knowledge that we have now. Type 2 and type 3 people benefit from this and we owe that to our type 4 brothers and sisters. I in particular am very thankful because I can make my curls look better than they ever have, and it has given us all the confidence to wear our hair natural and no longer allow society's perceptions about waves, curls, and coils being wild, inappropriate, and unacceptable 🙂

It's nice to hear an OG talk about this. So many of the people I followed from 2009 through 2017 are gone now. Sometimes I feel the disconnect between the journey and where we are now. As you inferred, it was a process and we learned a great deal from it. It was due to that journey that we have the products and the tools that are available to us today. The corporate world took note. Anyway, thank you for covering this topic.

You are so correct!! I hate the comments ragging on the old hair care practices. The new gains came off the backs of the old. 99% of us type 4 girls had no idea how to grow, thicken and protect our natural hair without the lessons of the OGs like yourself. Thank you sis, you guys are true pioneers ❤

I FINALLY shaved all my hair off! Talk about FREEDOM!🙌🏾💖🙌🏾 Feels absolutely AMAZING!! Been wanting to start my short hair journey from scratch. Just kept being lazy bout it.🙄 I am SO OVER long hair! This journey will be super simple. The way i like it!💖😁

Sometimes, it’s not the product. It’s the application. I had a stylist who was so good, she had the growing hand. She moved away and I was devastated. Twenty plus years later and I am still devastated. I had to learn to cope because most other stylists just weren’t as good, as caring, as willing as she was. I have LOVED my hair journey. It was about so much more than hair. It was about self-discovery.

This is the only girl I always come back to. Been here since 2012. Helped me and my daughters grow our hair waist length multiple times ❤

Products now are 100% better than 10 years ago. Now I just use the Melanin Haircare line. The ingredients are great. I only add other products when needed.

Yes Whitney you said it best. We have options and everyone should respect the process that got us to this place, (stylists included in my opinion!). I have paid and learnt from the professionals but it also helped me to better understand my personal hair and appreciate the techniques and suggestions of influencers. Now I understand my hair and pay attention to it, I simply do what works for me period!

I’m back using grease lol 🤷🏽‍♀️ I said eff the rules a while ago 😂 my hair likes blue magic, pink lotion and mane & tail detangling spray.. that’s my old go to that I’ve decided to revisit as an adult 💯

I definitely agree with you. We did what we had to back in the day. I was right in the kitchen mixing my concoctions by Whitney many years ago. You and African Export helped me keep he hair on my head. These days I keep it simple. I cleanse, condition and style once a week. We have so many great product options now. I no longer use raw oils or butters. I do use products formulated with oils lower in the ingredient list. I don't prepoo or have all day wash days. I sit under my hooded dryer every wash day. I don't fear heat damage. I grew up with straightening combs. I'm 62 and don't want anyone near my head, neck or ears with a flat iron.

It’s amazing how things have changed. I started going natural in high school. My biggest critic was my mom and now she’s fully natural. Be you and be confident! It always works out for you.

I’m still figuring out my hair and it’s been 9 years 🥲 pray for me y’all 😅

It’s always a pleasure when you treat us to a surprise video! Keep glowing, Queen! 😍😍😍

With everything you say, I am thinking "SAME!!!!"that's why I love you❤

You changed the hair care industry! Major brands took the recipes and combinations you spent hours researching in the early days. I’ve been perm free since Jan 2010 and your channel helped me soooo much. I appreciate you Whitney❤❤

Once I started getting my hair flat-ironed (in the winter time, mainly so I can wear hats), I’ve noticed less breakage and longer hair. So I’ve been keeping my hair in a straight style.

I no longer need 150 products. I've been natural for 10 years now. It took me 7 years to embrace my hair and the other 3 to understand it lol. I can do a twist out but im definitely a wash n go natural. Loved this video! Your big chopped video saved me from relaxing my hair back in 2015.

Whitney dropping some gems! I definitely think this video was much needed as a lot of KZfaqrs are making videos about the “failing” natural hair community and I’m like it didn’t fail it Evolved….. like change is good we learned and we can now teach the younger generation ❤❤❤❤

I’ve been following your journey since 2012. You and Mahogany Curls got me started when I wanted to stop wearing silk presses. ( I’ve actually been natural since 2002). Thank you both for your commitment to embracing and wearing our natural texture. We all walked so our future daughters can fly!!

I love how you point out that we don’t have to bash how we used to do things. It was all trial and error. We have access to more options and more education on hair care. The past paved the way for the present and I am sure it will continue to get better!

I have a great routine now and I’m so happy lol. I went from 5hrs wash days to 2hrs! I don’t use combs/brushes anymore, so I only finger detangle. My breakage/fallout is reduced dramatically. I Keep it simple w/ 2 or 3 product lines (yours included 😉❤️) and no oils to keep my scalp at bay. You are really the pioneer and are doing God’s work 🙏🏽❤️

Hearing you speak about the natural hair community and "what we use to do back in the day" gives me chills because you really helped shape the current and future generations of Black girls and Black women in terms of natural hair care knowledge. You will always reign supreme Whitney!! Thank you 🥰

We’re getting older, our needs are changing, and I love that we now have more options thanks to the work of OGs like you, Whitney. That said, I’m especially happy about using heat. I’m in medschool now, so every second I save doing my hair matters

I watch Withneys videos since 2013 and I’ve learned so much!! The natural hair community was such an awakening to information that never really existed. I get very nostalgic looking back 🖤✨

Yes ! We all figured it out together and have overcome a major hump as a community. And we are all beautiful!

Thank you!! For the Positivity!! We needed this No no shaming for processes that got us to loving and embracing our natural tresses.❤❤❤

Thanks to you, I have learned so much about my hair! I am so relieved to know I’m not the only one letting go of the “old rules”. I love Melanin products and the the diy products.

I'm so glad that you made this video! There are so many videos out there saying that the natural hair movement failed and things like that. I completely disagree! I see so many young girls and women with natural hair. Even if they wear wigs and weaves, they are natural. I think that as you said, we had to do so much trial and error because there were barely any products and tools for us. But now, we can wash and style our hair with so many options that it has made it easier to love our natural hair.

I’ve been doing twist outs every 1-2 weeks for years and love the routine and look. Grateful for your channel being such an integral resource on my journey. ❤

Can I say, thank you for acknowledging me and my comment. I have been following you since i started my journey (I was at least 11 years old and I'm 24 now). Not saying that I try super hard to get noticed but you are someone I have looked to when it came to my natural hair.

Blow drying my hair every month (cool to low heat) really changed up my hair journey and helped with my length

Yes!! ❤❤ I’ve been a long term watcher and the evolution throughout your natural hair content journey has been awesome to experience. Because of the research and work of creators like you, we aren’t navigating this alone anymore. Celebrate the hair you’re in!

“Is the problem the DIY products, or is the problem people doing things themselves at home, hmm?”…❤️Love that coming from a professional hair stylist!

It’s so crazy how I went natural 14 years ago and I’ve watched your videos in all that time and now I’ve come to value you as one of the old school KZfaqrs who was there in the trenches sharing knowledge. I definitely agree with your pov that we shouldn’t knock what we had to do in order to get to where we are now. I’m glad to see you are still here from those early days. I be looking for the girlies I started out watching just for that, the experience, and some of us have gone off the map, so I appreciate how far you’ve come and how much you continue to do for the community as a whole ❤

I have to cut my hair more because of your products moisturizing my hair so well and it grows fast. I now realize I don’t like wet hair down my back and shoulders. I have realized since using your products I can blow dry more often.

I absolutely agree with what you're saying about the evolution of the natural hair community. We started with a lot of experimenting because we had very little knowledge, products and professional services options. Now, I'm really glad that there are more products, more methods and more stylists out there that we can select. My hope for the future of the natural hair community is to keep increasing our options and knowledge and make this knowledge more accessible (as in less confusing lol).

THANK YOU! and i need all the other OG's to come through and correct the narrative! Tell the girls what cosmetology school taught you! It's about time

I’ll still never bleach my natural hair, that’s not a risk I’m willing to take lol

Great vid! I love your thoughts on not putting down the old ways because the OG hair blogs and forums we used to use before youtube truly helped lay the foundation for the natural hair community. I have been natural for the last 20 years and I have seen the evolution of the natural hair community. If it wasn't for black women going natural and starting these communication communities we would not have the brands on the market we have today. We single handedly created a need to be filled in the marketplace. It is through our shared knowledge and trial and error that we are thriving now...So let's always give respect to the journey that got us here today! 🙏🏽🦋

I appreciate you for at first in your journey, you were giving great insight into how to maintain our own natural hair journeys, but extra kudos to you for actually becoming a PROFESSIONAL in hair care and styling so now whatever advice you give I take it as WORD IS BOND because you seem to be a professional stylist who is honest and sympathetic to us struggling and thriving naturals out here. Please keep informing us KZfaqrs because I see alot of natural hair influencers have moved onto tiktok and instagram and not really informing the KZfaqrs much anymore who have made them who they are and gotten them to their success, and remember, there are alot of older KZfaqrs such as myself who only watch KZfaq advice on hair care. To me, it never gets old but the influencers are the ones tired of giving content on THIS platform. Most who view you here, appreciate you! Keep coming back as often as you can because WE NEED YOU!😁

Whitney......I just saw this video after not having a full wash day for 2 weeks and I just finished using all your products and as long as I have these everything is soo simple!! The prepoo with oil on my damp hair, the slip with some leave in! Simple twists for me was the key I've past my goals now thank you for my wash hour😂❤❤

You continue to enlighten me and my hair is now butt length, keep up the community moving work Queen!

Great video!! It is funny looking back on all the many things we though to do for our hair--- all in the name of trying to figure it out. Your journey has been amazing and the fact that you have documented it is phenomenal. Thank you so much for helping is with what you have learned by developing and creating a hair care line! Your products are great. If you EVER sell your line, PLEASE make sure that they DO NOT change the formula and use cheaper ingredients. Your line was so well formulated by all of the trial and error/extensive research you and your sister were disciplined and intelligent enough to perform. SO GRATEFUL FOR YOU BOTH-- and your beautiful children! Thank you!

Wash day used to literally take me all day. 3 years ago I got tired and ended up getting SisterLocks. I love hair freedom! No more wash days!!

Love this video, but I’m still struggling with heat! I need a tutorial on safely straightening my hair 😅

Thank you so much I have been watching you from the beginning of your KZfaq Journey on your natural hair care. I remember going to my computer looking for natural hair products because I had made my own natural hair oil and butter and this was a decade ago I was looking for people who were doing the same thing and you came up on the thread with other natural hair care KZfaqrs but you had my full attention and I started immediately following you in your natural hair journey while I was still growing in my personal relationship and knowledge with my natural hair and still had to take risks to understand my hair type even with rice water that my hair doesn’t like rice water so I was challenged to learn more about my hair and overloading with protein and what my hair wants and not what I want to do by following a trend of people who are still learning themselves but haven’t perfected their own personal hair routine. I had to learn what my hair and what my hair like. I am so happy that you, said you wash your hair once a week. This was my decision to wash my hair also once a week I use to wash my hair every two weeks as a teenager and young adult. You are so right that we who are natural had to find our way by knowing the texture of our hair especially when we have mixed-texture hair and our entire head is not all the same texture. You are right that we must understand the expenses of hair products is outrageous. Even if you are making your products it takes time to get the ingredients you need with high-quality ingredients. It took me years to get many of my ingredients and make my hair oils and read books and go into my mother's recipes for making hair products because my mother was a hair care hairstylist in our community. But it still took me personal time to put my hair regimen together because I have mixed hair types. I have just started feeling comfortable and especially with my consistency and my dedication to taking care of my natural hair. We who are natural have pushed our natural hair to the front of the line for attention to know that we are seen and we want respect for our natural hair we have fought for our respect and our place with our natural hair in society not walking in shame fulness about our natural hair.

Hi Whitney. I’ve been following you for a LONG LONG time. Since before Olivia was born even. I’ve always enjoyed your videos. When I first began following, I was not new to that natural hair journey. I returned to natural in 1996. However, I had been mostly wearing my hair in protective styles with very few breaks so when I started watching all the natural hair videos around that time, it was for advice and guidance on how to keep moisture in my hair and style it. This video had me nodding my head in agreement to several things mentioned. It is a lot of trial and error and in the in I’ve found that simplicity is best for my hair when I am not in a protective style. ❤️💫✨

Thank you for giving such a balanced perspective 💜💜✨. I just love the advice to honor all the trial and error that went into where we are now. I went natural in 2008 and sometimes my eyes tear up when I go to a store and see all the options available now. And all the information ℹ️. And of course Im THRILLED to be able to use the whole Melanin line, because I don’t have the time I used to have to make products and all that. Been following you since 2008 and your videos gave me the confidence and enthusiasm to stick with my journey 🫶🏾. Cheers to you, Whitney 🥂 . And to all the OG’s who put in so much time and effort to connect with us over our hair experiences.

Here for this ❤❤ glad for the updates...definitely more realistic 🙌🏼🙌🏼

I love that you are giving us grace and not speaking so harshly about our journey. Those who went through the journey before the information was available know we just was figuring it out. Love this💜💜💜💜

I had a relatively simple routine since going natural in 2017. I no longer prepoo. I learned so much about my hair such as this year, I learn that don't need to deep condition for 30 mins with a cap...5 mins amd it soft and fabulous. 30 mins and its rough and hard. I also just found a good leave in conditioner...like just today. I also started using heat...I started blow drying my hair this year and I found that I can wear my hair in a low bun without much tension.

I'm so glad you emphasized that the "rules" we've grown out of were out of utmost caution and no longer apply *because* the landscape has changed so much! There really was nothing for us even 10-15 years ago. I occasionally encounter people getting mean on the internet over rules and practices, but it was like yesterday that everything from drugstore to salon would leave you dry and crispy, we were just all on som "I'ma do my best wit what I got!"

Love this conversation! It’s been a while and so much trial and error, my routine really works so all I have to do is be consistent and maintain what works Washing in twists, finding ambunu as a detangler, using ingredients like carrot, avocado, fenugreek, olive and avocado oil, stretching with and without heat...hair is flourishing, routine is everything. Natural hair is enjoyable now 😍❤️

Love this. You’re so right. I keep it simple. If I add too many products it weighs down my hair so no volume. I have thin strands not thin hair so volume is key.

thanks whitney, I still use your aloe vera and oil mix as an every 2-3days staple. Thanks for all those years of insight. Your are the best in natural haircare

Thank you for videos! You inspired me to go natural about 10 years ago. Your willingness to share your knowledge and journey is appreciated!!!

I love that you mentioned you went to cosmos school!!! It drive me insane how much information I learned there!!!

🎉 I appreciate this video so much! It’s bcuz of YOU & other natural hair videos that helped our culture & self-esteem move in a much more positive direction. We’ve now gotten more comfortable with our curls, happy with the ‘imperfect’ wash n go, allowing our own hair to breath….& that’s all from the work & years of you all experimenting for those of us who were too scared, didn’t have the time or resources to attempt styling our natural hair. Thankfully most of us are comfortable in & unapologetic about our natural hair now; WE’VE COLLECTIVELY CHANGED THE GLOBAL DEFINITION & STANDARD OF “Beauty”, especially in advertisements…All because these types of videos back in the day!!! I’ll end with there will be a new technology platform that will render KZfaq obsolete. But I so hope in 15-20 years the new generation will have all these videos as history of what truly changed our culture in more ways than just hair care rules. From the type 4 to type 3c, which curls were ‘better’ or ‘easier’…Your beautiful hair is just that, just beautiful & just hair.

I love how you wish to honor all traditions- both the old and new…. Hair care has come a long way. No need to shade anyone during the journey. Blessings ❤

It’s insane that we didn’t have any information back in the day. If melanated people ruled the world things would be so different. To state the obvious. 😅 Thanks for all you do for us ❤

Thank you Whitney. You have given me so much information over time that has helped me to find what works for me. I still watch your videos and have to try your products. You have been a lifesaver (hair-saver) for many of us.

I did all the things and appreciate the journey with my loose natural hair but I have simplified it even more with micro locs, still use my Melanin Hair Care products on them and I’m happy AF!

It it wasn’t for you, my hair wouldn’t be nearly as healthy, I wouldn’t understand my hair and I couldn’t help my daughter! So, thank you for all you have done and all the work you did!!! You’re amazing ❤

Ty i love the community is teaching each other whats good for our hair type

I love this video so much because caring for my natural hair 10 years ago vs caring for it today is totally different and so much faster!

Hello Whitney it's nice to see you and hear from you again and see your videos appreciate all the help that you've given me throughout the years I😊

So glad you’re back!

You were one of my first. I've definitely grown and don't care anymore. Good job. I wish you a blessed life.

The way I IMMEDIATELY watch your videos as soon as the notification comes in! ❤❤❤❤

Yes to finding what works for you. I loved the experimentation of OG natural hair YT. I learned so much about my hair through the process of trial and error. I'm thankful you guys shared at the time because we were all fumbling in the dark. I still love a good hot oil treatment as a prepoo. My fine hair benefits from silicones bc they protect my strands from breakage and weigh less. The no oils/no butters isn't the best for my finer hair type. The strengthening aspects of oil is really beneficial to hair prone to breakage. So I had to ditch the NO/NB rules for something a bit more strengthening for my hair.

Looking gorgeous as usual! Thanks for the tips.

Thank you for sharing your perspective on this topic! It’s confirmation that sometimes you just have to LISTEN to your hair and give it what it wants and what it’s capable of tolerating! My hair definitely lets me know✨ if it’s dull, add moisture and seal it in with oil… too much product, rinse and restyle… definitely washing it weekly because it likes that too 😊 Started sitting under a hooded dryer on a warm setting to speed up the drying and styling process a while back. I love color so I do that too. If anything goes awry I am perfectly ok with cutting it… I AM NOT MY HAIR ❤

Thank you for making this lines. Your products work wonderfully on my curly wavy hair.

I loved your channel back in the day for all the reasons you talk about and people mention in the comments. We were figuring it out as we went. And I faithfully tried so many of your DIYs and techniques. And most didn't work for me--but I shared many laughs with friends and family describing my fails, so that was actually still a win. As I figured out what worked for me and what didn't, I tried fewer and fewer of your techniques BUT I kept watching all your videos....because you were there in the beginning. Because I failed at so many of your videos I almost didn't try Melanin Haircare. But because I knew you from the beginning I tried first one and then another and another. So glad I did. Most of your products are now the cornerstone of my (simplified) hair care routine. I make sure to never run out of the shampoo, moisturizer or oil (the deep conditioner .... not so much, but it's on my 2nd tier list for if I can't get my first tier deep condish). Like everything in life, figuring out natural hair is a journey. Some of these 'rules' were necessary milestones along the way. Now that we now better, we do better. And when you make the part 2 of this video in 10 years, we'll be surprised at what we thought made perfect sense 'back in the days' of 2023. All the best to you Whitney (and anyone else who read these rambling thoughts 😊)

I agree with this 💯 percent. People would ask me what I do to my hair and I was always at the minimum and I was looked at like I was crazy like, 'you don't pre-poo, you use heat, you don't use heavy moisturizers, and a million products you don't deep condition for 24 hours then get back in the shower'.......uh no. I shampoo, condition, blowdry and use a light heat if I wanted on heat styling tools. My hair doesn't have to look like a straight lace wig every single day and its ok. ❤❤❤

I can’t wait for your new flat iron and dyeing vids! Especially since those were things you once didn’t do!

The natural hair community of circa 2011-2013ish really helped me to learn how to be natural. Those tips shared were good tips.

Hey Whit, now that we’ve gone through all that, can you do a video about what we SHOULD be doing for hair growth lol. I am working on growing my hair back healthy and strong after 3 kids and postpartum hair loss (and breakage 😢). Help a sista out 🙏🏾

Great video and love your hair style. I have definitely figured out what works for my hair and just do that, I’m no longer trying a bunch of different products. I have found what works and I stick to it 😊

Heck I wash my hair in the sink now, cos I hated spending for ever in the shower lol. Cuts my time A LOT!❤

Girl, I’ve been following you for over 8 years now, it is so pleasing to follow your evolution and grow with you. I totally agree that “as long as we take care of our hair we can do anything.” I’ve used your hair tips to grow my hair healthy for years and last year decided not to be natural any more. Thanks for all your knowledge.

girl I've been following you your whole hair journey on here. Love hearing all of this! as I jump back to growing out my hair - thank you :)

Definitely using Melanin has SIMPLIFIED MY LIFE. So thank you for that!

(Also please do more FAQ/answer questions and tip type videos! They are a lot easier to film and edit (I'm an editor) and I just love seeing your face and want to do literally everything you do.) 1. GOD I love you. Been with you since the beginning and have bought every product you've made. You revived my hair and my want to grow it to waist length. Everything you say is law to me. That damn $400 hair dryer is making its way to my studio apartment as we speak along with a Felicia Leatherwood brush. I can't tell you how many people I recommend to you. You're a goddess, icon, inspiration and friend in my head! 2. SIS, IS THIS A PERM ROD SET!? DROP THE VIDEO!!!! Did you use your hooded dryer for this? I been trying to figure out a way to get perm rods to both come out defined AND stay for longer than 2 hours and 17 minutes cause them damn juices and berries aint doin it. Okay lemme actually watch the video now. 3. DROP DAT DAYUUUM SILK PRESS VIDEO ALREADYYYYY

Had it not been for you and others, we wouldn't have the knowledge and products we have today. As with everything else, the "industry" saw money to be made and then they came checking for us. I see how big Olive is now and I've been rocking with you for a long time. So happy for all your success and thank you for what you've done for us.

I still do pre pooing. It just makes my wash day soooo much easier.