1. What's your name and where are you from? 

My name is Milka From Kenya. 

2. What is your hair type?

​​Type 4C

3. When did you go natural and what made you do it? 

In 2012... 

4. What was the most challenging thing about going natural? 

I had no idea what I was doing, and to make it Worse, I was in China where Facebook, YouTube are blocked sites. So I just had to struggle with it alone... (Learned the hard way) 

5. What is your weekly regimen? 

I Deep Condition my 4C hair once a week.

6. What is your daily morning regimen? 

Depends with the hairstyle.  Well, when I have Minitwists on, usually I will spritz some water and I’m good to go. Remember, Water is has to be your hair’s best friend It’s the best moisturizer!

If it’s not in a protective hairstyle then I will Set the hair the previous night in Twist-Outs or Bantu knots or flat-twist Basically whichever way I want Using my whipped Shea butter mixture which has (Olive oil, Castor oil, Jojoba oil , Coconut oil,) In it, Spitz some water as I set.
In the morning I will style as desired and Go…

7. What is your daily night time regimen? 

Mostly if my hair was set previously I will redo the style again , this time in chunks cause I just need my curl Definition to pop and the volume remain the same…
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8. Do you use heat on your hair at all? 

I use heat mostly once. Sometimes Twice if I miss seeing that growth haha!

1. What's your name and where are you from? 

My name is Joan Miano and I’m from Nairobi, Kenya.

2. What is your hair type?

​I have type 4 hair (4a in the front, 4b in the middle and 4c at the back)

3. When did you go natural and what made you do it? 

I went natural January 25th 2014. I actually didn’t plan on going natural but I really wanted to see how my hair looked like in its natural state and now I’m here, 

4. What was the most challenging thing about going natural? 

Most challenging thing was finding affordable products that were made for natural hair. Took me about 6 months to a year to find products that work for my hair and a regimen to go with it.

5. What is your weekly regimen? 
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It is more of every two weeks.
I cleanse, condition and deep condition my hair. Follow that up with the LCO/LOC method as I install a protective style, e.g.; flat twists or twists.
Second week I rock the twist out for 2-3 days then wash my hair on Sunday.

6. What is your daily morning regimen? 

Every other morning, I spritz my hair with a mixture of water & eucalyptus oil. Followed by a bit of coconut oil on my ends. I love me some coconut oil.

7. What is your daily night time regimen? 

Every other night, I just massage some castor oil onto my scalp, tie my silk/satin scarf and go to bed. 

8. Do you use heat on your hair at all? 

I have fear heat damage, so only once a year during my hair anniversary.

1. What's your name and where are you from? 

My name is Margie Muga and am from Nairobi, Kenya.

2. What is your hair type?

My hair is type 4c. Sometimes it feels like 4b 

3. When did you go natural and what made you do it? 

I went natural sometime in September 2013. I had just finished my 2nd year at the University of Nairobi and a lot of things in my life had changed. I needed a new start and a fresh approach to things in my life generally, and chopping my relaxed and weak hair was top on the list.

4. What was the most challenging thing about going natural? 

At the very beginning, I had no idea about what to do with my short and all natural hair. Being a member of the legal profession that is a bit strict as well as a lover of art which has room for creative energy, I found myself in a dilemma on how to style my hair and yet not conform to set societal standards.

5. What is your weekly regimen? 

I currently wash my hair once a week. I prepoo, shampoo, co-wash, and deep condition then apply a generous amount of coconut oil/olive oil before styling as desired.

6. What is your daily morning regimen? 

This depends on what style I am rocking. If my hair is open, then I try different styles ranging from bantu knots to twist outs and hair puffs. On a daily basis, I moisturize and apply  olive and coconut oil using my spray bottle.

7. What is your daily night time regimen? 

I apply shea butter to my strands at night and do chunky twist outs, massage the scalp and cover up using a satin bonnet, and for the extra protection, I sleep on a satin pillow case.

8. Do you use heat on your hair at all? 

Yes, At least twice a year but only if I really need to.

1. What's your name and where are you from? 

My name is Sheila Ndinda from Nairobi, Kenya

2. What is your hair type?

My hair is 4c well I like to think it’s between 4c and 4b

3. When did you go natural and what made you do it? 

I went natural in September 2013 because I got tired of relaxing my hair. I was not pleased with how my hair looked. It was unhealthy, breaking a lot, thinning and I was only surviving on extensions, weaves and braids which became very boring.

4. What was the most challenging thing about going natural? 

Having to spend a lot of timing researching how to care for my hair and learning what products work best.

5. What is your weekly regimen? 

I co-wash, deep condition, Use the LOC method to moisturize my hair. If my hair is in a protective style I cleanse my scalp once a week.

6. What is your daily morning regimen? 

This depends on the style I’m wearing.

If my hair is out, I lightly spritz it and seal the moisture using a light oil, fluff the roots using an afro comb and add an accessory to glam it up.

If I two-strand twisted my hair the night before I’ll unravel the twists with a bit of coconut oil or olive oil on my fingertips and  fluff my roots for a desired shape.

7. What is your daily night time regimen? 

I massage my scalp and edges using Jamaican Black Castor Oil.

If my hair feels dry, I will lightly spritz it (My spray bottle has aloe vera juice+glycerine+water) and seal using cream or oil then style as desired i.e. chunky twists ,two strand twists, perm rod set

If I am feeling lazy, I just band my hair to keep it stretched overnight and tie my satin scarf.

If I have a PS, I will spritz my roots using a mix of water+tresseme naturals conditioner+ JBCO in my spray bottle

8. Do you use heat on your hair at all? 

No, I don’t use heat on my hair