Fact or Crap?!?!?
1. Sulfate free products are better for natural hair.
2. Parabens found in hair products cause cancer.
3. My porosity level dictates what products to use in my natural hair regimen.
These are just a few of the constant claims Naturalistas all over the world hear as part of their Natural Hair 101 crash course. You can find these topics on almost every natural hair blog. Even I find myself watching YouTube video after YouTube video, trying to take in all the product recommendations made about what to use and how to use the hundreds of products pushed at us on a daily basis. So, with all that talk, what's real and what's just plain ole' marketing hoopla!?!? While I pride myself in natural styling, I'm no expert in the science that is Black Hair. When it comes to the true biology and chemistry of our hair and the products we've grown to love, most of us are clueless. Don't believe me, just ask Sister Scientist.
Erica Douglas, better known as Sister Scientist, has changed many perceptions about natural hair care after coming from behind the scenes of hair product engineering. You can now find her speaking publicly about the scientific truth of it all. Erica is the mastermind developer behind many of the natural hair products we've all probably tested out such as ORS Olive Oil, HAIRepair and Curls Unleashed. Erica recently left her high profile position at Namaste Laboratories, makers of Organic Root Stimulator (ORS), as Director of Research and Development to travel the world and spread the gospel (hair gospel that is) in search for even more natural ingredients for us curly girls.
Despite her grand achievements: graduating from Standford University with a degree in Chemical Engineering, earning a Best in Black Beauty Award from Essence Magazine for her Curl Boosting Jelly formula and currently a student at Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management, I was able to catch up with her in Candis and Lisa's basement party: "sHair Tales" one of Evanston Illinois's first product and knowledge exchange parties.
Want to know if what you've heard about natural hair is fact or crap? Just ask Sister Scientist and
get the scientific truth behind the rumors!
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