She's tended to Chrissy Teigen, Naomi Campbell, Olivia Palermo, and Yara Shahidi as a celebrity hairstylist, but it was Lacy Redway's turn for a little extra TLC when she started prepping for motherhood. Fittingly, her area of expertise — hair — posed little trouble: Redway had already stopped relaxing her curls in favor of a more natural look free from chemical processing. Prenatal vitamins also stimulated hair growth, a nice perk of family planning.
Warding off stretch marks was a bigger concern for the Aveda-trained stylist, now mom to a 5-year-old son. While she swears by shea butter, she's learned to let go of so-called "imperfections."
"The most beautiful [thing] about becoming a mom and [worth] more than any product on the market is self-love," she said. "Learn to love all of you — every stretch mark, every roll you may not have had before, every new baby hair you've discovered if your hair begins to shed postbaby, down to the new designer bags under your eyes from lack of sleep. Continue to love yourself through it all."
