Hi guys I'm Nneka.
My name is Kim.
My name is Amber.
My name is Patti.
My name is Ke'von and this is how I style my baby hairs.
So I have a wide array products right here.
I have this Gorilla Snot.
It's really, really fantastic if I'm going to be
out all day and I'm really going to need my
hair to stay in place.
It's called snot for a reason because it
truly just has a yellowish consistency and
it's really goopy.
I found this Perfect Edges Edge Control by Argan Oil.
I think they're affordable.
I like the hold.
I like that it doesn't look really wet or jelly or greasy.
It kinda just gives you the amount of hold that you need.
I put Carol's Daughter Healthy Hair Butter
all through my hair.
It's just to keep these baby hairs healthy.
I mean we are always brushing them and we always want good edges
now don't we?
Then, I follow it up with some Miss Jessie's Coily
Custard and it just really gets your
hair ready for your baby hair movement.
I then followed up with Eco Styler.
Eco Styler which is a girl's best friend.
Even if I do nothing else this is daily.
I have here some Eco Styler Gel.
It's got the argan oil in it.
I really like this one because it seems to
work better with my hair texture for some reason.
Original Eco Styler Gel.
I don't use any type of oils I just use just plain cause I do add this:
the Got2b Gel.
So I've learned to just use the both of
them to make my baby hairs slayed.
For styling, I have tooth brush just to you know leave the edges down.
Good old faithful here honey.
And no, I do not brush my teeth with it.
No.
Toothbrush is the most important part if you want these
baby hairs to be slayed ladies.
It's small enough so it gives you the control you need.
It's easy to hold.
I've used toothbrushes before as well and they are very good.
However, baby girl.
She holds me down so I don't really need anything else, you know?
I also have a satin scarf here which is really essential to
sleep in to set your styles for everything.
And then I like to put just a long sock around my edges because I really think
it gives them just that extra, extra firm hold that I know my naps need.
I pretty much just start brushing down very gently just to
see who shows up and I pretty
much just try to brush them in the direction in which they grow.
I actually apply the gel all through my baby hair before I start with the toothbrush.
When you are using this Eco Styler Gel and you've already applied your face honey...
Don't put too much on there because you will mess up your face.
I like to start from the middle of my head as opposed to the sides.
And I just go into a circular motion.
It's all about the flick of the wrist.
So I basically just you know took the little snot on my fingers and just kinda wisp it
through my hairs and I'm gonna take my brush and this is when I'm really gonna
start shaping them.
You will use your toothbrush to swoop around your finger.
I like to add a little bit of funk to it.
So see, I'm following the pattern and they just naturally
start to swoop up a little bit.
So right now the Gorilla Snot is drying so I'm going to take the sock and I'm just going
to wrap it around my head.
I do this so my baby hairs are really flat and laid down.
I'm also just going to go ahead
and wrap my whole head with my scarf.
Scarfs are just great because they give you a nice little wave pattern in your hair.
Once I have these guys laid, I like to pull out my little sides here.
So one thing I like to do in the corners of my hair, is just to dip a bit of the Eco
Styler Gel just to give my edges a little curl.
So just to define the corners.
I'm gonna go ahead and just take off my scarf.
Woop.
Then we can see, look at how smooth.
And there we have it.
Nice.
Laid.
Wavy.
So that's.
that
that ladies and gentlemen.
That's how I lay my baby hair.
When I grew up straight hair was the thing.
And I didn't have that.
I had to beg my mom literally to let me straighten my hair.
And I did it to the point where it made my natural curls unhealthy.
So I started getting relaxers at a very young age to try to straighten my hair out.
That went from about age 8 to 19
and pretty much burned all my baby hair off.
And it wasn't until about two to three years after growing
the relaxer and chemical out that my baby hair
started coming back.
So, I was like okay.
And I'm gonna let my baby hair rock.
My relationship with my baby hair was actually a love hate relationship.
I was trying to style it like everyone else
did and I was noticing that it didn't work
for me and I was like, "You know what?
Maybe I just don't have baby hair."
I mean it wasn't that I didn't have baby hair,
it's that I just didn't know how it was supposed
to fit me.
So when I figured that out,
that was the turning point for me.
I made the mistake of trying to straighten my baby hairs
and then laying them down with wax.
Really like once you learn how to style your baby hairs in their natural state then the
world is yours and you can really just conquer them.
And when it comes to baby hairs I was always told you know that people can’t lay down
their baby hairs because their hair is thick.
If there is a will there is a way.
It's a test and it's a trial, like you have to do over and over and over again.
You can do it.
You can do whatever you want.
It's just another element of the culture.
And like hey Daniella baby hairs are looking
great today.
You know she took an extra 10 minutes this morning
just to make sure that she looked fabulous.
So definitely just recognizing all that like little efforts
that we do and also lifting each other up.
Now that I'm able to accept my hair, and my hair and I
are just like homies.
I really truly think we all have good hair because our hair
is what is supposed to be on us.
And it's what looks best on us.
You know in my opinion baby hair is kind of like dimples and a big butt.
It's kind of like if you have it,
that's what's up.
If you don't have it, that's okay too.
I don't have dimples or a big butt.
But I do have baby hairs, so I celebrate that.
Thank you so much for watching me lay my baby hair
and walking with me through my natural hair journey.
We'll see you next time.