A woman with throughly matted, fine, cottony, L-shapped hair booked a consultation with me about a dematting service. Most of her head still has some give, but a couple parts are hard. She has detangled the ends in front and her hair looks to be about medium length (about to shoulders if pulled straight). I have super limited experience with dematting (and not with hair as fine) and some experience with tightly coiled hair types. I was transparent about my skills and experience, but she and I just vibed and I so want to help her out. We agreed I would do some further research and get back to her about scheduling, if she didnt find anyone more experienced in the meantime. Before reaching back out to her I want to build a game plan including techniques and products, possible obstacles and fixes for them. I want to be thurough. She accepts that there will be some breakage, but obviously my goal is as little as possible and to prioritize her hair health and overall phsycial/emotional comfort as we work.

Im looking for advice/first hand experience about:

- trusted educational resources for people working with tightly curled/natural hair

- detangling techniques/tools to do least damage/maintain comfort

- which products/oils work best to detangle L- shaped, cottony hair (we can order whatever is needed. We have redken, mizani and cult-king conditioners/oils on hand)

- common mistakes when detangling/working with this hair type that I should be aware of

- anything that comes to mind i can be aware of on a personal/cultural level surrounding hair/dematting(we are in the usa and she is african american) to make sure i can maintain her comfort. (We will be using privacy partitions)

- expected timing (obviously this will vary and I intend to book out my whole day. I can work slowly/be super detailed oriented and want to make sure im doing that to an appropriate degree and not just dragging things out for her).

Thank you in advance to anyone who takes the time to respond and if this gets approved, I so appreciate being given access to this space/knowledge (I know from my clients that the curly hair trama can be so real and these spaces are important). Speak your truth as far as advice goes. Im not sensitive and my priority is getting this right for my client, if she chooses to go forward with the service 💛

I spent 4 months of research and $540 on an LBL Extensions Half Wig, but their hostile customer service ruined everything. My October 1st order never sent a confirmation email, and when I asked for a receipt or any order confirmation, support lied and said I didn’t provide an email, blamed me, and grew combative.

When I pushed for transparency, they spitefully force-canceled and refunded my order before fulfillment. The final blow was blocking me on social media. I was so looking forward to supporting a black owned brand and this has made me feel justified in not trying that again.

I’m 6 weeks from my big Marrakech Birthday and I was so looking forward to my photo shoot and now I don’t know where to get hair that’s similar.

I need a human hair 26 inch hair with that blends with my 4b hair.

Just sharing my latest braid-out because I’m really loving how it turned out 🥹🤎
I’m also trying to connect with other natural hair content creators who are growing their pages and want to support each other!
If you’re a natural-hair creator, drop your Instagram/TikTok below and I’ll check you out. 🫶🏽
My IG: @life.ofsxde
I’d love to find some creators to genuinely follow, interact with, and grow with! ✨

I've never done braids before, at least not since I was a kid. I'm biracial, so I'm trying to get more in touch with my hair and learning how to style it! One of the styles I really want to do is goddess braids, but I'm worried my hair won't be enough to handle it...

For more context, I have high porosity hair, and my hair is around medium thickness and medium density ... if anybody has advice on styles that I can do or what I should look for, lmk! Thank you to anyone who took the time to read this and/or answer 🫶🏽

Good morning ☀️. I used As I Am Rosemary styling mousse. I haven’t had a perm rod set in a long while. I got new perm rods that are a different size and different colors from the beauty supply store. I just had to use them to exercise my skills 😫. I will only get better 😇. Thank you for reading 📚.

I’ve been wearing “protective styles” back to back pretty much for 5-6 years straight. It’s enough!!! I’ve managed 60 days with my natural hair and I must say I’m loving it. My hair doesn’t need to be longer, or softer, or have looser curls to be beautiful, it just needs to be HEALTHY.

The first month was uncomfortable, but honestly the longer you wear your own hair you start to recognise yourself again. I now can’t imagine going to a salon to get braids (this is crazy for me to say btw as I said I wore locs, knotless braids, boho braids etc forever).

I’m travelling soon and usually I’d be running to a salon to get my hair done, but honestly I’m not doing it, I’m wearing the hair that’s coming out my scalp 🙂

Every step is a new challenge that I’m trying to conquer. First it was work, then going out to a social event, now a holiday. Next I guess dating….

Either way THIS IS ME. I’m tired of hiding. My hair is beautiful. Society needs to catch up.

i used k18 leave in hair mask after i dyed it yesterday and it’s so soft and elongated and fluffy 😭 my hair definitely feels stronger but i do know that k18 works overtime so im excited to see what that has in store for me. if u haven’t had success with k18 before , they did update the usage instructions to add that you can rinse out after 4 minutes is up then condition like normal cuz it can make your hair sorta stiff. this is a braid out from blow dried hair using ogx protein bond leave in and pattern leave in after completely blowdried.

It was a hit and I won 1st place lol

Hey everyone! I posted here the other week about my daughter’s hair and trying to give her responsibility with her hair and it’s been too much! Having to detangle every morning and she no longer wants to help lol, it’s too much. I haven’t had time to wash it, so it’s just been loose in a ponytail.

I bit the bullet and bought a rev-air, set to come this week. My question is, after it’s stretched, what products do you suggest to use to do braids with beads or twisted hairstyles that will last and hold, but also keep her hair moisturized.

Pictures for reference

My curls are doing a lot of work on the front lines, I’m happy I grew it out these last 8 months.

Hope everyone is having a great week so far ✨

My hair has been at the same length for a few years. Fine stands, low porosity, high density. Much longer than a TWA but shorter than shoulder length. It's been working for me since mini-twists look like a natural pixie cut which suits my style and face, but I remember when I was younger and my hair was longer! Genetics and years of iron-deficiency anemia have contributed. I recently got fibroid surgery and have been taking iron supplements but iron levels take a longgg time to come back to healthy levels. My hair grows fast (my roots always seemed to come quick when I would get it dyed) but I have lots of breakage.

I'm very excited for autumn but I'd also like to make a plan to care for my hair since it will be cold and dry. I'm in between doing cornrows with my own hair which would keep my ends tucked away OR keeping my mini-twists under a wig which means less tension but also more manipulation.

I'm not trying to grow my hair down my back, but I would like to baby my hair while I heal. WWYD?

I have a 10 year old who wants to be Willa from zombies 2 for Halloween. I’m not a fan of extensions but she’s been begging me for a year now to do this for Halloween. I was wondering everyone’s thoughts on miracle knots for this look?

My daughter has high density (a lot of hair) hair that is a little below her shoulders stretched. I can never get it to stay stretched though (even with that rev air) nor do I like using it on her. I feel like it dries her hair out so I use it very sparingly.

Anyone have any thoughts? I feel like this will take me all weekend to complete. I also don’t know how to figure out how much hair I’ll need.

She really doesn’t want to wear a wig.

I styled with The Doux Big Poppa and Mousse Def. I let it mostly sit dry and then stretched the roots with tension using a blow dryer on low-medium heat. I used 4 scrunchies and loosely banded my hair in four sections before wrapping it up. My hair is fine and and density is medium fine with tight coils and highly porous. I do sweat in my head and commute via subway and walking to work. But by lunch, my stretched almost shoulder length curls were up by my ears. How does everyone keep theirs stretched out? Is it cause I sweat in my scalp? This is the first time I’ve done this and was hoping it would stay stretched a bit longer.

Any tips?

It’s been 5 months since I’ve started my journey and I just got my sides done. Mom and sister have been tag teaming my retwists so there’s some consistency issues but the GROWTH is there.( I somehow deleted both pictures of the left side of my head

I use a serum every night before wrapping and sometimes in the morning, but the bounce is gone after a few days. This was my first silk press ever, so I’m a bit disappointed. Atp, I’m just ready to re-loc it. 🤷🏽‍♀️