#black-hair-care

#black-hair-care

Managing curly hair, once you know how, is easy, Roberts says. It really is. It's easier than trying to hide it anyway. The curly hair in question isn't mine but that of my two daughters, aged three and four-and-a-half. After months of screaming and unsatisfying results, I've taken it upon myself to learn the basics of caring for their hair, which is a combination of my mixed-race afro curls and my wife's straighter Spanish locks.

For Imani-Ligon Chambers, a 21-year-old Black American college student from Manhattan, managing her frizzy, curly hair has always been a challenge - made harder by her nut allergies, which rule out common hair oils like coconut and almond. That's why she relies on products made with shea butter, a longtime staple in Black hair care. "Hair products containing shea butter are the only ray of hope for my frizzy curly hair," Chambers said.