By DiscoveringNatural When it comes to washing your child’s hair, you have three choices. You can either choose to wash the hair with a shampoo (sulfate or sulfate-free) or with a or an alternative method. Using ShampooWashing with a shampoo can quite drying to natural hair. This is because “sulfate” shampoos are known to strip all …
By DiscoveringNatural There are many books that you can get to help encourage your child and teach your child more about Natural Hair. My girls love reading books and whenever we are at the book store and they see a book with a child that is the same skin color and hair type as they …
By DiscoveringNatural As a mom to two girls with different hair needs, it can be quite challenging figuring out what works for both girls and myself. Sometimes, what works on one child might not work on the other. Struggles with Lil Sis’s hair I always refer to Lil Sis’s hair as “Diva” hair. One day …
By DiscoveringNatural When it comes to detangling your child’s hair, it can go either of 2 ways. Way 1: Filled with tears … coming from your child and maybe yourself Way 2: A no stressful experience. I prefer Way 2 better, don’t you? My younger daughter is very tender headed and I make sure to …
By DiscoveringNatural When I was a little girl, I did not know anything about caring for my hair. Even when I went to boarding school in Nigeria, I relied on other people to braid my hair in the “acceptable” style. Some days, it was hard to find someone. I want my children to not have …
By DiscoveringNatural For several years, whenever I undo my daughters’ cornrows/flat twists/ braids, my comb is filled with hair. Not shedded hair, which are hairs that have a white bulb at the ends, but broken hair. Hair breakage is not a good thing when you are trying to grow your child’s hair. To help minimize …