Natural Hairstyling Tips
True Life: It Takes Me 8 Hours to Do My Hair
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No matter how much women with natural hair complain about how long it takes to style, it's a ritual. Every week, I take time to honor my strands, which has positively affected my hair health. I am familiar with all the ingredients in the products I use (no sulfates or parabens, please). I recognize the difference between baby hair and breakage. I can track the growth inch by inch. I know when I need to add more oil because it's so dry. But at the end of the day, the eight hours between me and the Afro on Sunday have become my way to accept the beauty that I was born with.
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