Among all hair types, frizzy hair is still poorly understood and too regularly the subject of negative remarks. Proof of this is the recent post from American rapper Cardi B which raises this hair problem that goes far beyond their dryness.
It’s taken a long time for curly hair – whether it’s wavy, naturally flaunting beautiful voluptuous curls, or even curly hair with very tight curls – to finally have a real place in the discourse of experts and beauty marks, that is to say in the same way as straight hair. And if this type of hair is now at the heart of the concerns of most players in the hair care market, it is in another type of hair that cosmetic brands are now increasingly interested in: frizzy hair. .
This particular hair texture, neglected for far too long in the beauty industry, may start to be represented with the launch of care ranges dedicated to Afro hair like the Curl Manifesto range from Kérastase recently, it is still misunderstood and subject to criticism. Despite the installation of the movement nappy hair which encourages people with frizzy hair to wear it naturally, it is clear that ignorance of this type of hair is still today a springboard for some to tackle this type of hair for free and to state unfounded false truths. A few days ago, it was the rapper Cardi B who faced this type of remarks and decided to raise the problem on social networks by talking about her personal experience.
Discrimination of frizzy hair: the case of Cardi B
Four days ago, singer Cardi B took to her Instagram account to protest against remarks she is often made about her frizzy hair that she has displayed naturally on various occasions. As a mestizo, the young woman who regularly posts pictures and videos of her retracing her somewhat complicated hair journey, recounts regularly facing injunctions concerning her frizzy hair which should, according to some, be longer than those of Afro-haired women who are not of mixed race. An absurdity to which she intends to answer in her last Instagram post: “Why, every time I flaunt my natural hair, I hear ‘you’re mixed race, you’re supposed to have long hair’? This is not true and it is very misleading. I’ve posted photos of my hair journey for years and being mixed race doesn’t mean your hair is always long and curly, it wasn’t for me. ”
Surprisingly, it seems that an ideal of “curly hair” is anchored in mentalities and that certain curly textures are discriminated against even more than others. But it is not because we are used to seeing people of mixed race with long hair with soft curls that all people of mixed race inherit this particular type of hair. Some feature frizzy hair with very tight curls while others have more relaxed curls. Likewise, just because some Métis people manage to grow their hair more easily than other people with frizzy hair, doesn’t mean it’s that easy for everyone. Evoking in all transparency her hair misadventures, the American rapper remembers in particular having struggled to find care adapted to her hair texture in the past.
Remember, in an interview with aufeminin, hair specialist Alexis Rosso told us indeed that frizzy hair is different from person to person. Just as a Caucasian hair can be more or less smooth or flexible depending on the person, “Frizzy and frizzy hair has several degrees of crimp that can vary depending on the grain or the mix, for example”. A diversity that makes the generalities on curly hair obsolete.
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A call for the acceptance of different hair textures
More than an update in relation to her individual experience, this post by the singer is intended to be a plea in favor of equality between the various textures of frizzy hair whatever they are: “I want women of color who have tighter curls to know they don’t have ‘BAD HAIR’. there is no such thing as bad hair. and “good” hair doesn’t mean a certain texture. ALL HAIR IS GOOD”. Whether your frizzy hair forms well-coiled and defined spirals (type 4A), whether it is rather “Z” shaped and with less well-defined curls (type 4C), all hair deserves respect and love naturally (and care). adapted).
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