Our natural hair journey…

First things first, meet the faces behind Frochic.

(From L to R) Matlhodi & Nangamso

After we both decided to embark on a natural hair journey together, off we went on a long research on the beautiful natural hair that God blessed us with. Believe us when we say it wasn’t an easy decision to make. I mean from as far back as we can both remember we had the idea that beautiful hair or ‘good’ hair (as some might say), is hair that is silky straight and of course, soft to the touch. Even if one had to endure trips to the salon every single month, just to keep that unwanted ‘growth’ under wraps. One will even attempt to relax one’s own her hair at home (even though you ended up burning your scalp) just to make sure that when you went back to school, you were the envy of your peers. So, we thought to ourselves: black natural hair can’t be that hard to maintain, right? …right.

So as we embarked on this journey to discover this God-given ‘fro, we searched for hairstyles, hair care regimens and products that would make natural black hair as beautiful and easy-to-maintain as any other hair type. We even searched for other fellow black naturals on YouTube, in the hope of finding as many tips as possible. And boy did we find a lot of tips! Surprisingly, we also found a lot of useful information on the Internet, but then soon realised that out of all the sites we found, not even one represented us as Africans.

Yes, there were common products we’d come across but some of the information (hair salons, shops and products) were of no use to us. The hairstyles we found, on the other hand made us realise what beautiful, versatile hair we have as black people. So after long chats, phone calls and emails between the two of us; of which the main topic would be hair, hair & more hair…, we decided to start our own blog…frochic. In this blog, we’ll be documenting our hair; the struggles we come across, criticism from the society, different hairstyles and hair accessories, our hair care regimens, product review, how to take care of your little girls hair, and a bit of fashion and make-up tips here and there. We’ll also gooi in a few how-to videos at times. And that’s not all we plan to do….

We’ll also get you to email us your natural hair journey stories, together with pictures of yourselves and more.

Send us your natural hair journey stories & and let’s celebrate the kink in our hair. email: frochic@gmail.com and we’ll publish your strory and/or pictures on our blog.