In episode 4, I hold sacred space with a client I am deeply connected with, Nichola Guy. She allows us to explore her hair care journey, from childhood to present, where she stands in a greater awareness and acceptance, that she is equipped to care for her hair. 

As a child, she has always had long, thick hair, which in Trinidad we call, "a full head of hair". Her earliest hair memories consists of tangles and puffy hair. Nichola. like previous guest is this season, has also been down the path of altering her hair's texture, as a child, using relaxer. 

 In her unique adult journey, she has experimented with a myriad of hair styling options from braids, to weave,  which she recalls, required her to cut the perimeter of her hair to blend in to her hair. All with the intention of 'not having to comb her hair'. Before working together she held two fundamental beliefs;

We've co-created many hair goals together over the past few years as she feels safe in my approach, to lead from healthy hair first. Nichola's hair care plan included hair care sessions, texture altering sessions, event styling and of course, her hair colour upgrade. 

She has gained more confidence and self trust in her home care skills, as her work schedule demands, were infringing on her professional hair care sessions. This also meant that she was required to be camera ready. Nichola had to get in the drivers seat of hair styling, as she travelled internationally. We cultivated a digital support system where she shared all of her successful looks; morning hair styling was functional for board meetings while evenings had more elegance for dinners  with colleagues. Nichola was secure in endeavors as she referenced the chosen looks, from our previous hair planning session. Hair styles was paired with wardrobe, we were mindful of outlining the effort required for each styling option, in the event of a spur of the moment change.

We dived deeper into her hair care journey as we explored how curls have become a part of her identity. She still enjoys the duality of both curls and straight hair styles, which gives gives a degree of separation of her personal life and professional life.

Nichola is now in a season of ease about her hair and feels secure in her ability to care for her hair, even if she does not have a desire to do so when hair care support is available.

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In episode 2, Andreah Baksh, my dear friend and client, and I deep dive into her unique hair care experience. I am honored to hold this sacred space with her as we explore all of the influences that intricately make up her hair care journey.

She shares a common Caribbean experience where mother's were unable to manage their children hair as thier hair texture changes around age 8. They turn to texture alteration, relaxers or texturizers for ease and convenience.

We explore her experience as a girl with long hair and how fascinated our Trinidad culture, openly expresses their admiration, even to a point of discomfort. Andreah openly expressed that even though her hair was long, due of her ethnic makeup, she was uncertain on how to care for it. She had a significant amount of split ends, which she kept because there is a negative connotation with hair cutting in our culture. I chimed in with my childhood memory of how my grandad played with my hair.

The upsurge of information and interest in natural hair care became a stimulus for her to get better at caring. She had a deep desire to aware and skilled in her day to day hair care. This lead to her going back to her natural hair texture and how she was met with her family experiencing it.

I touched on the nuances of a transition from a texture alteration back to natural hair and the role of the climate, in particular humidity in that experience.

Andreah's hair care journey is so rich, women can identify with varying parts her hair care journey.

If you are ready to begin your hair care journey, if you wish to explore your unique hair blueprint, let's work together.

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The first step of the Hair Care journey is discovering your hair, it's needs, it texture, it's preferences, it's nuances. 

In this first episode, I share the uniqueness of my hair; how I remember it in my childhood, to how I view it now, that I am a Hair Care Expert. My intention for sharing my hair history, is to give context and prompt you to explore your own. whether you are aware of it or not, your hair has it's own unique blueprint. No two individuals hair are the same. Even if you share similar textures or if you have the same parents, there are a myriad of micro categories that makes your hair distinctive. Inclusive of ethnic combinations, texture alterations, hair colour changes some of which we create by alterations .  

Our hair is not the same but the healthy hair formula is. Over my years of interacting with varying types of hair, I have discovered that a few things are a must to maintain healthy hair. I introduce you to my 3 part approach to hair care in this episode which we will explore in more depth in future conversations. 

As promised, in this episdoe, if you have a desire to discover your hair's blueprint using my approach, use the link below to connect via 

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