This post will cover my natural hair experience and my journey to love my natural locs, plus my favorite natural hair products.

Hair is not usually supposed to be a big deal — it’s just the stuff that grows out of your head, after all. But for Black women, hair is much more than that. It’s a piece of our identity and part of a wider culture and history.

And for good reason.

Black women’s hair, especially in America, has been policed and has been told to conform to Eurocentric standards of beauty so much that from the 1960s onwards, fluffy afros, dreadlocks, and those coils became a symbol of resistance to oppression.

The fight for racial equality still continues today and so does the complex relationship with hair for many Black women.

Oh, and the Black hair care industry is billed at $774 billion.

As many CF readers have Black hair and may be experimenting with wearing it natural, today I wanted to take a dive into my own hair care history.

Below, I’ll share my hair journey, my natural hair experience, and how I finally learned to love my natural texture.

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After washing my hair or before I go out, I apply Pink Oil onto my locs to keep them from breaking especially at the ends.

It’s really good for dry hair because of the nutrients.

I might apply extra if it’s a special occasion to give my hair extra shine.

2. Dax Pomade Compounded With Vegetable Oils

Due to this product’s thickness in texture, I only use it in small doses.

It has most of the same functions as Pink Oil, so I use the pomade mainly for my scalp on a regular basis, to keep it well oiled.

Like I said, I don’t use too much because locs hold in a lot of moisture and too much pomade can lead to buildup and a thick film left behind.

3. Satin Sleep Cap

This is my favorite step in my hair routine for some reason. I put my locs in a sleep cap to keep them clean and to keep the style intact.