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

I'm Nandi; born and raised in Sweden with a mother from Germany and a South African father.

2. What is your hair type?

I'm not a big fan of hair typing, but I think I'm a 3b or 3c.

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

I've been natural most of my life; I had a short-lived experience with relaxer at the age of 18. But since I had less knowledge of how to care for my relaxed hair than my natural hair I quickly returned to my natural hair.

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

I think the most challenging think about natural hair is figuring out what works for you and what doesn't. A lot if trial and error is involved in this. It's what started my blogging journey, trying to figure out my own hair and paying it forward to others.

5. What is your weekly regimen? 

I usually wash my hair once a week, depending on how my hair feels I'll use a cleanser or ACV and then a conditioner or deep conditioner. I usually wear a wash n go with only leave-in conditioner for the first couple of days after washing and then as the week progresses I refresh with water and leave in. As my hair frizzes up I usually do some kind of style using a gel to keep the hair in place.

6. What is your daily morning regimen? 

In the morning I shake my hair out, spritz with water and add leave in conditioner if needed.

7. What is your daily night time regimen? 

Right now I just wear a pineapple or a bun to bed.

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

In winter I diffuse my hair to cut down on drying time. The last time I flat ironed my hair was in the spring of 2013, I usually don't flat iron my hair more than once a year.

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

A weird or funny fact is I actually have two names. I guess my parents couldn’t choose which name they like best so I got stuck with two. Which is kinda cool in a way because at times I feel like I have two identities lol

I have what I call my “home” name (this is what I’m known as by my friends and family back home in Tanzania (it’s actually my middle name) and my first name which is my professional name (the name that I use on paper and I’m known by abroad).

My middle name is Doreen, my friends and family call me Dee. But Professionally I’m known as Caroline.

I’m originally from Tanzania, Southern California is my home away from home and I’m currently based in Stockholm, Sweden.

2. What is your hair type?

I consider my hair to be within the type 4 spectrum, mostly 4c with some 4b.

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

I didn’t really plan to go natural I just kind of transitioned into it because I was tired of doing relaxers. So I just stopped doing them and wore weaves a lot. The weaves were becoming an expensive habit, so I decided to learn how to deal with my own hair. That’s when I stumbled upon the natural hair community on YouTube this was some time towards the end of 2008. So I would say about 5 years now.

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

I struggled with learning how to effectively care for my own hair since I had relied on other people for hair care my whole life. It also took me a while to be confident in styling and wearing my hair out in public because I had this false image or standard in my head of what “beautiful” hair is.

5. What is your weekly regimen? 

I’m currently in the midst of experimenting with a new regimen but in the past I would deep condition and detangle my hair once a week.

6. What is your daily morning regimen? 

I’m currently experimenting with co-washing and detangling my hair in the shower every morning.

7. What is your daily night time regimen? 

I’m currently doing the GHE (Green House Effect) Method nightly where I would wet my hair, apply castor oil generously on my hair strands, put a bag over my hair and a satin scarf and leave it on over night. But as I mentioned earlier, I’m in the midst of experimenting with a few new things at the moment in addition to this.

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

I’m currently 9 months post big chop and haven’t used heat on this new growth and I’m not planning to anytime soon. Before I big chopped I used to blow dry or flat iron my hair twice a year at most.

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

My name is Lydia & I'm from Sweden.

2. What is your hair type?

I am a 4a/4b/4c.

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

When me and a friend went to buy a moisturizer and it didn't do what we wanted.. The problem was that we used it the wrong way.

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

To find what works for me & my hair , and not be blinded about what I find online.

5. What is your weekly regimen?

Detangle at least every second day. Protective styles for at least 2 days. Loc method about 2 times/week. Spritz my hair 2-3 times/day. GHE 3 times/week & wash day mostly on Sundays.

6. What is your daily morning regimen?

Spritz with water or my DIY leave in conditioner depending on the condition of my hair. Oil my scalp if needed with my oil mix. I seal my ends if I'm wearing it out.

7. What is your daily night time regimen?

I spritz it with my leave in conditioner and then locks the moisture in with a almond/castor oil mix or Shea butter.

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

No, I now have a hot air styler but I'm too afraid to get heat damage.