Any textured weave recommendations?

Telling no lies!! Natural hair is NOT “too much” or “too expensive.” When I tell you, the natural hair products sold at dollar general and family dollar have done more for my hair than the expensive mainstream products! I personally love taking care of my hair. I love weekly wash days. It’s all part of my self care routine. Health is wealth: physically, emotionally, & mentally

I live in nigeria so we are like a homogeneous nation and i decided to wear my hair out in an afro to class yesterday tell me why some people were laughing at it dont give a shit though doing it again tomorrow 👍

I wear my Afro everyday. I don’t even try to make my curls pop. I just pick it out big like I’m in the Jackson 5, and let me tell you how I get compliments from men and women every single day. African people, Caribbean people, Portuguese, Ukrainian, Indian. The most shocking time was when I was in Vancouver and a Chinese-Canadian guy complimented my hair. Y’all it’s a scam! Our hair is not ugly! It’s different! And once we learn that, and mix in our black girl magic with our new found love of natural hair we will shine in a way that no one else in the world can. Period!

One thing I have learned is that everything in life requires maintenance. Whether it be your hair, skin, career, education, car, etc. If you want to keep your things together and flourishing you have to put in that work to maintain it. There's literally no other way. If you want to get/stay in shape, you have to workout and eat right. If you want your skin to flourish, you need some type of skin care routine ( no matter how simple or complex). If you want a degree, you have to go to school, study, and pass tests. It's the same with your hair. If you want your natural hair to flourish, you have to figure out a routine that works for you and do that to maintain or grow your hair. It is what it is. If you want it, you have to put in that work. You won't ever regret making yourself look beautiful with your own natural hair. It will make you feel proud and confident in your own skin. There's nothing like that feeling.

"I'm not going to lead you down a path that steals your edges.." 🙌🏾😌

You bring up a great point. Other textures have to wash their hair every single day. 😩 That would suck. 🤦🏽‍♀️But they do it…🤷🏽‍♀️

My philosophy is that I am my own beauty standard. I'm my own beauty standard because I maintain my beauty and prioritize it.

Im glad you're teaching black femininity. Most femininuty yt channels give beauty tips about hair and makeup that are only catered to white people, so this is great. We are beautiful and need to embrace our natural assests.

A couple of weeks ago, my sister in law complimented my hair. I have long healthy natural hair. She kept talking about how long and curly it was. I have tighter curls and my hair type is 4a but it appears looser now that it’s longer. My sister in law who has 4c hair said that her hair was very dry and it’s difficult to deal with. I told her no it’s not difficult to deal with, you just need to moisturize and take care of your hair. She asked me how I took care of my hair and I told her my hair routine and products. I wash and condition once a week, detangle, and braid it into 4 braids. I take it down after 5 days and wear it down for two days before rebraiding it on wash day. I also let her know that products don’t make your hair grow. It’s having a consistent routine that helps you grow healthy hair. I also showed her natural hair KZfaqrs I follow on KZfaq which helped me learn how to take care of my hair. She told me it’s “ too much work “. My sister in law spends HOURS installing her weave, blow drying and straightening her hair, and braiding her hair with extensions like box braids but taking care of her natural hair is “too much work.” I don’t understand why so many black women think this way. I’m also tired of the self deprecating videos on Tiktok.

I think black women look great with their natural hair or with wigs/weaves, but natural Afro hair is unique, diverse, and full of life. There’s nothing out there like it.

I always stand out from the croud with my natural

ive always been natural but you made me embrace looser chunky twists instead of braids and slicked back buns that rip my edges out

I liked even before I heard the video. Black Women need to hear these messages.

And this is why I’m so glad you’re so bold saying this! A patient today complimented my hair and started to say her hair could never, I stopped her before she could even finish and let her know the points you’ve brought up! How it matches our features, it needs care just like anything else and it flourishes! There’s no one else on the planet whose hair defies gravity! Like come on and she said she may try to wear hers out so hopefully she does!

I love my natural hair - she’s thriving in her 4c NO curls glory 🥰

As a new mom, I am doing my very best to love myself so my daugther doesn't ever feel dependent on someone elses texture to feel beautiful. Thank you for these video Tatiana! They are such a huge help 💖

This is wisdom in an age of ignorance for sure. Keep speaking your truth friend.

I especially love the point about weaves and wigs being high maintenance. It clicked for me a few years ago, i realised i was spending so much time trying to make my wig look real instead of just investing in my hair. I feel free and confident with my natural beauty. I walk proud with my natural hair and even shaved my hair off last year just because. Fortunately I've had more positive experience with people regarding my hair because of its thickness. I have enough hair for three people 😅 it's a lot. Thickness plays a part in how natural hair is received regardless of length i can attest to this.

You’re absolutely right, natural hair IS my pretty privilege ❤

Listen you did NOT have to read me for absolute filth like this !!!! 😩 I am going to get it together! This video needs to go triple viral!!!!!!! Thank you for this 🙌🏾

People take time to learn how to maintain and take care of weave but don't want to put in the same effort for their natural hair.

Im Nigerian and i started growing my hair out about 3 years ago. Currently my hair is 10 inches long. My hair has always been natural. Though i was blessed with full hair😅 Even at 4-5 inches long i was getting compliments left and right about my hair. Currently my hair is at 10 inches shoulder length. Its not only in the western countries alone. Even here in Nigeria, the non textured weave industry has completely made us forget about the beauty of our own hair. A lot of women end up resorting to relaxing their hair to make it "easier to deal with". The highest epitome of hair beauty here is if you have the money to buy a wig. Its freaking nuts. I agree, i was blessed with very soft hair, so i can go weeks and even months without putting it in a protective style as long as I care for it diligently. By the way, I've never worn a wig. Never liked them and never had the need for them😂 Thanks for the video💙

Any time you upload, it’s a good day❤

Your channel needs to go viral You’re literally a gem in the natural hair community and for the black community in general (especially for black women)

What bothers me about our community is that we wear other people's textures and bash other races for wearing ours. We also blame them if they get a hair gig from it, but the majority of us don't wear our natural hair out.

I have been natural for 10 years. I receive so many compliments on my hair daily from all people and races. I embrace my crown and I feel absolutely queenly with my natural 10 inch afro!

Yes, thank you for this video. ❤️ I agree that hair carries energy. Not only is our hair easy to manage, but it saves us a lot more money.

I’ve been natural for 3 years now and never felt more confident, authentic and beautiful in my own skin❤ I admire your video topics and your wit. I wish you lots of success with your KZfaq channel, I hope you will get more exposure so we can slowly eradicate this natural hair issue within our communities

So true!! Recently I did boho twists and even the curly hair I mixed in feels too disingenuous to me 😂 I ordered more afro textured hair to combine it with, because I do feel like its not expressing my beauty the way I want it to. I still have my old wigs and will occasionally slap one on my head but I definitely realized that it’s more work to deal with wigs than it is to deal with my hair. The glue???? The spray?? The headbands?? Lol ya, no. I love my hair so much, theres so many things we can do with it, we are really blessed.

That’s true, it is a spiritual battle we are in. We have to fight to reprogram ourselves to be the highest version of ourselves We all have people paying attention to our lives

You are right, I was born in a rural area in Congo, and nobody ever wore wigs. We never cared about products to grow our hair because we knew hair grew by itself. I remember the first time I saw women with wings on their heads, and it was disgusting. It never matches their skin colour and bodies. I never knew people hated their hair texture until I moved abroad two years ago. That's when I started using my own phone, and every time I opened KZfaq, there were always videos about loving your hair and taking care of it. I was surprised by that until I learned about the story behind black people in the US, but then I remembered that they were free now and they didn't need to use chemicals or buy wings. I love to wear my afro, and I am just 17, I wish many black women and men loved their own hair.

I'm so glad I found your channel. I've been wearing crochet braids for the last few years without giving my hair a rest. And my edges are paying the price. I plan to take my braids out this month and start wearing my natural 4c hair out. My boyfriend is excited to see me rock my mini fro, which gives me additional encouragement to love & accept the way my hair grows.

This is unrelated but I need a tutorial on that hair style in the beginning of the video

The self hating mothers don't just perpetuate damage onto their daughters but to their sons as well who will go on to bully black women who don't put on another race's hair styles. I think every black man who has something negative to say about a black woman's natural hair has never seen their mother's real hair (or if they didn't have a mother then the same applies to whatever female caretakers/influences they had around)

I’ve never not been natural but still when I see natural hair in public I am in awe. It’s beautiful. ❤

❤️❤️❤️ Started wearing my natural hair in bantu knots daily and i freakin LUV it! Its so quick and easy. I love how i look (hot af) and feel. Plus makes it way easier to work out daily. I look so unique and hot. Def gonna switch between this and mini twist for my daily look from now on 🫶🏾🫶🏾

So many women compliment my natural hair and I always let them know they can be natural too. Almost always the response “i can’t” and immediately compare their hair to mine😕. I started handing out my hair stylist card (she is a ceremonial hair stylist gifted to style all curls, coils and kinks💕). I have always been natural but handing out the card and giving a lot of encouragement is what I noticed has been most positively effective. People want a miracle product or service and there is no such thing. But I can send you to someone who has good energy and will encourage you to love on your hair. Ladies, your natural hair is BEAUTIFUL. All you need is a good haircut, IDK if it’s a twa, a good haircut is a basis for a great shape and I believe that will help you love your hair even more! I always compliment the natural ladies I see. The world is waiting to compliment your God-given hair❤ And thank you for standing up for the poor Women of Color around the world who are taken advantage of. They are such an “invisible” victim💔

Y’all our hair grows out of our scalp already styled 💅🏽 💅🏾💅🏿okuuur!! 😜❤️

You are so precious for fighting this battle, keep teaching and preaching 💕🙏🏽

Black Women with Natural Hair are beautiful! That’s your God given hair, embrace it! Mashallah ❤️✊🏾 The fact that you’re making these types of videos as well is awesome and making people wake up. This video needs to be spreaded all over and deserves a lot more views Ukhti.

As a woman with locs I struggle with this everyday. Thank you.

Please you guys, listen to her. If we start thinking like her then we will change the world for the better.

I totally concur, but just stay in my lane because speaking up and out about the beauty of our hair just gets met with such vitriol. I have gone to the gym consistently since my late teens and the amount of work the straight-haired do would blow their minds. The amount of hair flips, spraying, and frying would shock many naturals. Additionally, many of the hair bundles are loaded with harmful chemicals on top of the women being exploited.

Haven't wore a wig since I found you thank you 🙏🏾 💕

Preach, it girl!!! There's nothing wrong with our natural hair. Our hair was made in God's image, not the colonizers image.

I love your page especially as a christian loving and embracing the crown God gave me for 3 years now🎉😀😀🙏🏾🙏🏾🔥🔥

2 weeks ago i cut all the relaxer out my hair after growing it out and i am LOVING my hair in its natural state!!! im 18 and all my life i have never had my hair natural this is an exciting journey for me.

I have been wearing my natural hair for the last few day's and I love it, now that i understand my own hair.

your videos are the deprogramming WE NEED

The truth many people don’t want to hear 😔 great video and very informative

If I could give this a million thumbs up, I would. Thank you sis.

I love how you went more into depth about why we should wear our natural hair and how it will get us to the next level. I feel like the problem with a lot of us is the amount of years of conditioning that has already been made to the point where we don’t psychologically believe that our own hair will benefit us in the real world

Exactly!!! Im tired of the wig/lace front excuses. I used to wear wigs when it was the norm to not glue it. At most, we used got2b glue so it was easy to take off and wear my natural hair. But once it started to become a more “permanent” thing with stronger glue, I tried and it burned me and took my edges in like 3 days. That was the last time. I’ve been natural for over 10 years and wear it 99% of the time. I get most of my compliments and privilege when I’m wearing my natural hair from all races and genders. Im at the point where I feel ugly when my hair isn’t out in some form 😂😂 I hate that when I get on social media or go outside, I don’t see more people that “look like me”. & it’s not like my hair is a unique feature. I have type 4 hair so most black people grow this from their scalp and choose not to wear it. Its like why is it so easy for them to give me hair compliments but they aren’t confident to wear their own??

Your content is so so important. Thank you 💗💗💗

Preach girl! You are doing the Lord's work. Keep talking - you are making a difference.

The video I've been looking for!, and what the natural community needs to hear.

Amazing. I love this video and it’s very well put together but, just a suggestion, maybe try including more photos/references of black women with short afros or TWA as most people like to call it. Just being realistic, but most black women who frequent wigs/weaves often ignore and neglect their real hair, like how you spoke in this video. Thus, causing their hair to maybe not be the longest and thats okay. Small afros are cute and exhilarate so much confidence on a person. I think its extremely important to show lots of examples of this and give options and advice on how to wear afros of that size, especially when the unhealthy obsession with length is so extreme within the natural hair community (or just the black hair community in general). Suggestions like braid-outs, twist-outs, stretching the hair overall is good at times but honestly supports that unhealthy obsession. Learning to embrace shrinkage and promote wearing styles that don’t require stretching, or just wearing a shrunken afro can be so beneficial and destroys the unhealthy obsession with length!

Curly hair is still insanely RARE. Beautiful :). And my bf loves it certainly.

I subscribed because you are telling the truth!! I applaud you for taking off the sugar coating. We are so uniquely beautiful, but we aren't told that, nor do we see enough of it in mainstream media!

I wore sew ins for many years before I decided to give them up in 2017. I can honestly say the up keep of my natural hair is so much easier. I’ve grown to truly love the process. I only use a total of 5 products to wash/moisturize my hair and I own 1 comb that I use for detangling. Many women I believe are afraid to obtain new skills needed for natural hair. I can say my routine can be tedious since I mostly wear 2 strand twist but when it’s done I’m good for a few weeks.

It takes me 5 minutes or less to do my hair other than the day of wash day it’s WAY TO EASY

I appreciate the energy you put into your content . You have motivated me to rest in my natural and learn to cater to and style my natural hair . Thank you !

Yasssss 👏🏽 this video is everything! I’m 34 and have been natural for 1 year and I absolutely LOVE IT! It’s been a beautiful journey to see my natural beauty. I’m exactly the way God created me ❤no mistakes whatsoever.

I’m glad you are taking the time to make this video, it’s needed

Great video as always! Thank you for always telling the truth 💕

Yessss, I wish someone would explain this to my mother! If I don’t want to wear a weave or a wig for pictures, then that’s my choice. I love my afro and my natural hair. My hair is so super thick that I get told people wish they had this type of thickness. It's not for the weak! Especially since I cut it down, it forms its own curls and everything. Most of the time, though, I just like it combed out.

I love when you make these videos. I’ve been thinking about getting rid of my wigs completely. On a regular basis I wear my hair in mini twists and braids because where I live is super humid, but when I wanna change it up I do twist outs. Our hair is so beautiful and I wish more women could tap into that and learn to love themselves. p.s. I have the same hair texture as you 😁

I like it here! Girl keep it up!💓💓

Love, love,love this video. Since I have gone natural, I feel more beautiful. Thanks for sharing this information.

Thank you for this video!!!

Ooh, you and coilette should do a collab. Some great points made here, especially about the human hair. 👏🏼

One time on fb, I saw a short clip of a movie, talking about our hair texture. The teacher is white and has straight hair so she told the child to make her hair "neat" just for picture day. I was like no. We could style our hair neat with our natural curls, there are different ways not just blatantly straighten the hair. Our hair is sensitive to heat and it breaks easily. I love to see girls with natural hair whether short or long it is better than for them to cover their beautiful mane all in the name of 'Insecurity.'

I see your point. I have been natural my whole life. I am a 90’s baby and I dealt with bullying and being one of the few natural in elementary school. I did not wear wigs until I was 20 years old. My first wig was a natural hair wig. However, I maintained more hair growth with wigs then when I wore my natural hair in two strand twists in middle school and high school and occasionally braid extensions. I agree that wigs can be very high maintenance just like natural hair. In my case, I started wearing straight wigs at 21 and wear wigs a lot of the time now at 28. I do wear my natural hair occasionally, but not as often as I use to. I do think that wigs can be low maintenance if you wear synthetic wigs or wearing full wigs that you can just put on and go. However, I do plan to wear my natural hair more because I feel it has unfortunately made me feel that the straight wigs/wavy wigs look better than my natural hair. I also think it has caused some breakage in the front of my hair, so I plan to wear wigs less often the rest of 2024.

I decided to take a small break from braided extensions cus I wanted to let my hair breathe for a bit and honestly I look way better like this. I put my natural hair in mini twists and istg it suits my face much more than extensions I usually get, although I'm gonna put them in one last time because my mum already bought them for me and they ain't cheap but this is probably the last time I'll ever wear them since I'm going to loc my hair up this summer hopefully 🩷

Love your message, I hope our sisters get it❤

Thank u , u really open my eyes , and for now on I’m using my natural hair God bless u , keep opening eyes bc u opened mines ❤❤❤

Gurl you be preaching! I hope they listening!!👌👍🙌🏾❤

your channel is doing God's work mama! very well-articulated & fantastic topics😍

I ALWAYS stare at afros, but im too shy to wear mine. Its such a unique hairstyle

I really appreciate this video. Your hair is gorgeous

Amen preach it sister

I love how your hair shakes moves and frames your face so beautifully. 💖💖💖

You have a gift of speaking life into people. ❤❤❤

Thank you for this, just love you 💕 please keep waking up our sisters who are still on the other side...

This might sound stupid, but watching Cyber Chase as a kid made me fall in love with natural hair. (There’s a woman with natural hair; she’s a real person and not a cartoon, and pops in a lot of episodes.) I didn’t know my hair could also look like that because my mom always permed our hair and didn’t know how to do her own natural hair nd said it was too difficult. She didn’t let me go natural because she said it was too much work, but now that I’m an adult, I’m learning little by little how to care for and fully love my natural hair, and it’s honestly so freeing. There’s so much propaganda I didn’t even realize I’d absorbed until going through my natural hair journey.

A good message

i love you so much, Sis, HONESTLY. Girl from London, UK

Exactly!

Your amazing 🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤

thank you 😊🫶🏽

Speak on 📢, you are doing God’s work! ✊🏽

You are the bomb❤

Do you have any hairstyle ideas/tips for the summer days at the pool

Tatiana I genuinely LOVE your boldness! You tell the truth as it is. We need more voices waking us up from this lack of hair esteem because it’s really sad out here. I used to feel bad getting compliments about my hair because I thought if I ever lost it I would lose my beauty but you know what? I’ll take the compliments from now on 🤷🏾‍♀️🥹

I stopped adding hair to my head to extend my hair a few months ago. It was definitely a HUGE thing for me, but I was so fed up with feeling like I needed to add hair to my head to appear feminine. I was never taught how to take care of my hair or do my own hair, but I started watching a TON of natural hair videos. Then I decided that I would start with mini twists since they are simple and easy (they do take a ton of time though) and my hair can easily remoisturized until my next wash day. The first time SUCKED, it was bad. The second time, ok ok we doing something now. And the third time I feel that I have a handle on it now. Ever since, I've realized that I'm getting more attention from the people around me. People stop and stare. It could also be that my face is more on the androgenous side, so maybe they are confused about my gender? 😭 Regardless, I went to my brother's graduation the other day, and this one guy couldn't keep his eyes off of me 😂 I went to the store today and a lady stopped and told me that she really liked my hair. THAT HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE. It really gave me confidence to keep going. If anyone is interested, I do get major shrinkage. My hair in a wet stretched state reaches the crease between my breasts / mid armpit length, but my hair shrinks all the way to my ears and further depending on where the hair is on my head. And I wear it JUST LIKE THAT. My hair is shiny and beautiful and HEALTHY. I do wish it didn't shrink that much, but it what it is. Right now my goal is length retention so I'll see how it goes. Wish me luck!

Love this video 🫶🏾🫶🏾🫶🏾

Q: What are your thoughts on crochet hair ?

Just got me a kinky curly v part eig and gurl i better make mistakes with that wig cause im tired of relaxer

She's not lying. People stare at me like some beautiful alien when the see my and my hair. There was this Asian couple that would come to my job they would always smile and stare. Then one day I noticed she was looking back at me more than usual, I noticed she had got a curly perm to get her hair curly like mine so I assume that's why her and her husband would stare all the time. Well the next time I saw her she wasn't staring and smiling because her hair was damaged and falling out... I've had men literally ge on their knees and bow down to me lol. Just s few days ago at work this man kept telling me how beautiful my hair is, he noticed his wife was bothered and he turned to her and said dont worry your hair is pretty too. She had bleach blonde straight hair that looked like she had a braid out. Well of course she tried to tell me that my small (3c) curls can't be real. Well I told her I'm black so yeah it can. Long story short them men got on to her at the table and even talked shit about her for the rest of the time. You get the most feminine treatment as a natural, even white women get put in their place by their own men when you come around!