Most of you know that I have a personal lifestyle blog - Berry Dakara Blog, and I recently started vlogging as well. It's not a regular thing yet, but I hope it will be a consistent endeavor. Anyways, I did a Youtube tag, titled Natural and Nigerian and I answered the following 10 questions.
I'd like to read your answers to the questions, but I'm changing it a little bit to NATURAL AND AFRICAN, so that everyone can answer :)
1. What is/are your African name(s)?
2. When was your first relaxer?
3. How did you wear your hair in elementary school?
4. When did you go natural and why?
5. What were your parents' reactions when you went natural?
6. Which 1 product would you bring if you were to spend 1 month in your home country OR if you traveled to the UK/US what hair product would you take back with you?
7. Palm oil or Coconut oil?
8. Do you use any African hair products?
9. What's your favorite native African food?
10. What's the state of natural hair amongst Africans?
1. What is/are your African name(s)? Tomilola
ReplyDelete2. When was your first relaxer? First year in Uni
3. How did you wear your hair in elementary school? Lowcut
4. When did you go natural and why? NYSC and my hair didn't agree with the norther weather.
5. What were your parents' reactions when you went natural? Indifferent
6. Which 1 product would you bring if you were to spend 1 month in your home country OR if you traveled to the UK/US what hair product would you take back with you?
7. Palm oil or Coconut oil? Coconut Oil
8. Do you use any African hair products? YESSSSS
9. What's your favorite native African food? Does Garri count?
10. What's the state of natural hair amongst Africans? Getting more acceptable.
1.olamide
ReplyDelete2.2006
3.lowcut
4.am not natural
5.??
6.conditioners
7.coconut oil
8.yea
9.pounded yam
10.accepted.
* am not natural but have learnt a lot here,why I haven't turned? I tink am too lazy and scared, plus younger sister's hair isn't growing ( I think), so I tink going natural isn't really for everybody and just so you know, she ffs all the rules
1. Chidiebere
ReplyDelete2. Dont know, i guess my mum would. Never really cared to ask her.
3. Corn rows, plaits etc all the normal children hairstyles
4. June 2014. I went natural because i loved the versatility of natural hair. Also the fact that relaxer never "relaxed" my hair. I found out i was low-po when i embraced natural hair.
5. My dad loved it . My mum was perplexed; she was like " so no more relaxing again..hmmph"
6. TRESemme Naturals Nourishing Moisture Conditioner Aloe Vera and Avocado
7. none
8. yes
9. oha soup
10. Natural hair has gone beyond a trend now.
1. What is/are your African name(s)? - Atilola
Delete2. When was your first relaxer? - Sometime in primary school, when they needed to brais my hair for my birthday
3. How did you wear your hair in elementary school? - Gorimapa (TWA) all through
4. When did you go natural and why? - After Uni. I was just tired of long relaxed hair, so I cut it off, and eventually locked it
5. What were your parents' reactions when you went natural? - My parents couldn't care less if my hair is relaxed, natural, neat or mad. As long as my head is still on my shoulder, and my brain is intact.
6. Which 1 product would you bring if you were to spend 1 month in your home country OR if you traveled to the UK/US what hair product would you take back with you? - African Naturalistas products of course
7. Palm oil or Coconut oil? - Coconut oil, Lol. Is that even a question?
8. Do you use any African hair products? - All my products are African. African Naturalistas, to be specific
9. What's your favorite native African food? - Does plantain and egg count?
10. What's the state of natural hair amongst Africans? - Still growing.