Interview with an Expat


This is my dear friend Janice B. She is a sassy stylish expat who is rocking her natural hair journey in Ontario, Canada.

Before going natural, she'd had relaxers since childhood along with lots of heat and weave styles. After relaxers, her mom would hot comb her hair and as Janice grew up she started flat ironing it herself. Janice started to consider going natural when she realized she was not immune to her family's hereditary female hair loss. In her twenties, she could see that her hair was starting to thin as well. By this time all of her friends were natural but she felt she couldn't pull of the afro-look. However, she knew she needed to make a change for the health of her hair. "I needed to start taking care of my hair". So she began doing tons of research which opened up a whole world of natural hair possibilities. 
"Now Love is in the Hair because It Is Beautiful"
-Mr. B (Janice's Hubby)
Janice is absolutely in love with her natural hair salon Urban Curls in Toronto where she has learned even more about hair care, like how ammonia-free dye is safer for natural hair.

Janice's current natural hair routine includes co-washing and plenty of protective styles like braids and twists. She uses a daily moisturizing spray that she makes herself from essential oils, coconut oil and rosemary oil. Her go-to brands at the moment are Eden, AsIAm (Curly Cream & Co-wash) and Thank God I'm Natural-TGIN (Butter Cream Moisturizer).

Her Words of Wisdom for Natural Hair Newbies: "Find what works for you. There are 1 Billion Natural Hair videos and articles out there. But don't spend all your money on different products just because it works for someone else. It is different for everyone... Different curl patterns, Different hair types, Different products. So Don't Fall Prey to the Product Junkie Mentality!"
A Special Thanks to Mr. B for being our Photographer for the Day!!


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