Natural Student: Boitumelo

Boitumelo, a varsity student is one of the students we found on Facebook. When we saw her beautiful mane and style, we had to do an interview with her.

Origins and current location?
I am born and bred in the city of roses, better known as Bloemfontein.

What are you currently studying?
I am a third year student at the University of the Free State currently studying B.Sc Microbiology.

How long have you been natural? Briefly take us through your natural hair journey.
Well, I started growing my hair in 2007/08 for six months until I decided to blow it out.I did not like it at all as it actually looked relaxed so i decided to relax my hair again.Hardly two months and I cut it off  and started afresh. Ever since that day I have been rocking natural hair.I have had it for almost two years now.

Why did you decide to go natural?
I  have always loved natural hair but  I could never experience it because i was still in school and it was considered to be “untidy”. Right after my Matric farewell, we were all given our privileges and the first thing I did was to chop chop chop the chemically contaminated hair off of my beautiful African scalp. lol

What are the challenges and advantages since you went natural?
Waking up in the morning clueless about a hairstyle to rock (especially when late for class) is about the only challenge I am faced with.

What is your hair care regimen and what products do you use?
I am old school so after I wash my hair with sunlight(green traditional bar soap) and mosturise it with  a mixture of Castor oil and Sta-so-fro, I plait it before I go to sleep.That’s if I want to stretch it.

What’s the natural hair scene like at your campus & in your city?
It is a bit hard to say because majority of the ladies are always rocking weaves.In my city there are a lot of ladies rocking natural and I must say,most of them have beautiful hair.

Are your family & friends comfortable with you rocking your hair natural or do you get one of those “when-are-you-straightening-your-hair?” types?
I actually get one of those”don’t-you-dare-straighten-your-hair” types.My mom absolutely loves my hair and says I remind her of her own hair back in her time.lol

Where do you buy your hair products?
Anywhere really. There are no specific stores for my hair products.

Do you  treat and style your own hair or leave it to the professionals?
I do my own hair unless I want to put on a weave. When it comes to that part, I leave it to my friends.

Weaved up

What’s your favourite natural hair salon?
My room is my favourite salon.lol

What natural hairstyle(s) do you like to rock?
I honestly don’t know what the name of the hairstyle is,so let me name it Tumie’s push front. Pic below:

Speaking Of Fierce Hairstyles…

Nipha also sent though her pics rocking this ubber-fierce do:

and here she is channeling her inner Cleopatra…luv it:

We Are Loving Nonkululeko’s Latest Do

Nonkululeko Godana (who was once featured on FroChic) sent us this really fab pic on Twitter of her new hairstyle. We think it’s very unique & trendy! Gaallll really knows how to rock those beautiful hairstyles! Thanks for sharing missgods 🙂

This hairstyle was created by Nonkululeko and her Nigerian hairdresser, Nancy (Nancy is a hairdresser at Ricardo’s Hairsalon in Seapoint).

You can follow Nonkululeko on Twitter: @missgods

 

Natural Student: Shadi

The first time I was captured by this young lady’s Afro and overall style on Facebook, I knew I had to contact her. One word…Gorgeous. Meet Shadi.

Origins and current location?
I’m a Pretoria born and bred chika, however I currently reside in the Mother City.

What are you currently up to?
At the moment I’m busy with my studies at UCT towards a BSocSci Degree. And I have to tell you, I’m insanely excited about the prospects of graduating this year.

How long have you been natural? Briefly take us through your natural hair journey.

 
I’ve had an afro since high-school, which makes it just over 5 years now. The journey has been awesome, but like any journey moments of frustration always creep up on you. You’ll probably think this is crazy, but what I love most about my hair is the feeling I get from running my fingers through it, I love the feeling of  coarse hair, and its okay if you understand it, my friends don’t get my fetish either.

 

 

Why did you decide to go natural?
The decision to go natural was a spontaneous one to be honest. I Guess it’s my freestyle nature, I like being different. But over and above my freestyle nature, I went all naturale because I was up to my eyeballs with the frustrations that come with chemically treating hair. I have very sensitive scalp, so that meant I’d always come back from the salon with patches of my scalp burnt.

What are the challenges and advantages since you went natural?
I love getting my hair braided, but one of the challenges of having natural hair is that some types of hair fibre don’t work well with natural hair. For instance I can’t do yaki with my afro because it just looks awful.

Advantages-natural hair is easy on the pocket, well depending on which salon you using.

Braid extensions

 

What is your hair care regimen and what products do you use?
I don’t follow a strict hair regimen; however I do go to the salon for regular maintenance, Caivil hair products work wonders for my hair. I use Caivil mend and gro, Caivil shampoo and something a friend suggested Black Chic Hair Fertiliser. I enjoy braiding my own hair, but I leave it to the professional for treatment.

 

 

What’s your favourite natural hair salon?
I think Jabu Stone hair salons are amazing, because they are specialized, but I hate the fact that some of them are soo ridiculously priced. But then again it’s Jabu Stone.

 

What natural hairstyle(s) do you like to rock?
I love the frizzy look, when my hair is all curly, and because I love hairpieces, I like having my hair in a bun, or holding it up with Alice bands.

FroChic’s 1st Marathon (Fun Walk)

So on Saturday women of all colours, shapes & sizes got together for the Spar Women’s Challenge Fun Run/Walk and we tagged along….and boy did we have a ball.

Just thought we should share.