Afro hair: 5 false myths to dispel
Cynthia Nwosu, an afro hair expert began by teaching adoptive parents how to take care of their children’s afro hair. Cynthia Nwosu, born in Nigeria and then moved to Italy at the age of 13 with her mother. “At first I used a lot of smoothing products, then I shaved my hair and started studying how to best enhance my curls”. Cynthia enrolled in Masterclasses, courses and training also from a cosmological point of view. A preparation that is recognized in the fashion world, she works a lot in the backstage of fashion shows and continues to feed with courses at the Diadema Academy.
Dry, short, unmanageable: 5 myths to dispel about afro hair
Afro hair doesn’t grow.
The skin has the same composition all over the world. Hair length depends on internal (genetics and nutrition for example) and external factors.
Afro hair is “hard”
It is exactly the opposite, they are the most sensitive of all. You have to be extremely careful.
Keeping your afro hair dirty makes it grow faster
How can it be? If the hair and skin are dirty, nothing penetrates, so nothing can feed the stems.
Protective Style
They are those hairstyles that preserve afro hair which as we said before are very sensitive from getting damaged, cornrows are the best-known example but be careful if synthetic extensions are attached to the braids, the benefits are halved.
LOC (Leave-in, Oil, Cream) Method
This method would indicate the order of application of products on afro hair. Actually oil is always the last step because it’s a sealant.
This article was originally published on Vogue Italia
