00:00Hi guys, I'm Nika.
00:01My name is Kim.
00:02My name is Amber.
00:03My name is Patti.
00:03My name is Kayvon.
00:04And this is how I style my baby hair.
00:06So I have a wide array of products right here.
00:09I have this Gorilla Snot.
00:11It's really, really fantastic.
00:13I'm going to be out all day, and I'm really
00:15going to need my hair to stay in place.
00:18It's called Snot for a reason, because it truly
00:21just has a yellowish consistency, and it's really goofy.
00:26I found this Perfect Edges is controlled by Argan
00:29Oil, I think, through a friend.
00:30I like the hold.
00:31I like that it doesn't look really wet or jelly or greasy.
00:36It kind of just gives you the amount of hold that you need.
00:39I put Carol's Daughter Healthy Hair Butter all through my hair.
00:43It's just to keep these baby hairs healthy.
00:45I mean, we are always brushing them,
00:48and we always want good edges now, don't we?
00:51Then I follow it up with some Miss Jessie's Curly Custard,
00:55and it just really gets your hair ready for your baby
00:58when we hear movement.
01:00I then follow it up with Eco Styler.
01:03Eco Styler, which is a girl's best friend.
01:05Even if I do nothing else, this is daily.
01:09I have here some Eco Styler Gel.
01:12It's got the argan oil in it.
01:14I really like this one, because it seems to work better
01:17with my hair texture for some reason.
01:19Original Eco Styler Gel, I don't use any type of oils.
01:22I just use this plain, because I do add this, the Got2B Gel.
01:25So I've learned to just use the both of them
01:28to make my baby hairs slayed.
01:30And then for styling, I have toothbrush,
01:33just to, you know, leave the edges down.
01:35Good old faithful hair, honey.
01:37And no, I do not brush my teeth with it, no.
01:40Toothbrush is the most important part
01:41if you want these baby hairs to be slayed, ladies.
01:44It's small enough, so it gives you the control you need.
01:47It's easy to hold.
01:48I've used toothbrushes before as well, and they are very good.
01:51However, baby girl.
01:53She holds me down, so I don't really need anything else,
01:55you know?
01:56I also have a satin scarf here, which is really essential
01:59to sleep in, to set your styles for everything.
02:02And then I like to put just a long stock around my edges,
02:07because I really think it gives them just that extra,
02:10extra firm hold that I know my naps need.
02:13I pretty much just start brushing down very gently,
02:16just to see who shows up.
02:18And I pretty much just try to brush them in the direction
02:20in which they grow.
02:22I actually apply the gel all through my baby hair
02:25before I start with the toothbrush.
02:28When you are using this Eco Styler gel
02:31and you've already applied your face, honey,
02:34don't put too much on there, because you will mess up your face.
02:37I like to start from the middle of my head,
02:39as proposed to the sides, and I just go into a circle of motion.
02:42It's all about the flick of the wrist.
02:44So I basically just, you know, took the little snot on my fingers
02:48and just kind of whisked it through my hairs.
02:52And then I'm going to take my brush,
02:53and this is when I'm really going to start shaping them.
02:56You will use your toothbrush to swoop around your finger.
03:00I like to add a little bit of funk to it.
03:03So see, I'm following the pattern,
03:04and they just naturally start to swoop up a little bit.
03:08So right now, the gorilla snot is drying.
03:11So I'm just going to take the sock, and I'm just going to wrap it around my head.
03:15I do this so my baby hairs are really flat and laid down.
03:18I'm also just going to go ahead and wrap my whole head with my scarf.
03:21And you know, scarves are just great,
03:23because they give you a nice little wave pattern in your hair.
03:26Once I have these guys laid, I like to pull out my little sides here.
03:31So one thing I like to do in the corners of my hair is just to dip a bit of
03:36the Eco Styler gel,
03:37just to give my edges a little curl. So just to define the corners.
03:41I'm going to go ahead and just take off my scarf.
03:45Then we can see, look at how smooth.
03:49And there we have it. Nice, laid, wavy.
03:54So that's how I lay my baby hair.
03:58When I grew up, straight hair was the thing, and I didn't have that.
04:01I had to beg my mom, literally, to let me straighten my hair.
04:06And I did it to the point where it made my natural curls unhealthy.
04:10So I started getting relaxers at a very young age to try to straighten my hair out.
04:14That went from about age 8 to 19, and pretty much burned all my baby hair off.
04:20And it wasn't until about two to three years after growing the relaxer and the chemical out,
04:24that my baby hair started coming back.
04:26So I was like, okay, and I'm going to let my baby hair rock.
04:28My relationship with my baby hair was actually a love-hate relationship.
04:33I was trying to style it like everyone else did,
04:35and I was noticing that it didn't work for me.
04:37And I was like, you know what, maybe I just don't have baby hair.
04:39I mean, it wasn't that I didn't have baby hair.
04:41It's that I just didn't know how it was supposed to fit me.
04:46So when I figured that out, you know, that was the turning point for me.
04:51I made it the sake of trying to straighten my baby hairs and then laying them down with wax.
04:56Really, like, once you learn how to style your baby hairs in their natural state,
05:00then, like, the world is yours, and you can really just, like, conquer them.
05:04And when it comes to baby hairs, I was always told, you know,
05:06that people can't lay down their baby hairs because their hair is thick.
05:09If there is a will, there is a way.
05:11It's a test and it's a trial.
05:12Like, you have to do it over and over and over again.
05:14You can do it.
05:15You can do whatever you want.
05:16Like, it's just another element of, like, the culture.
05:19Like, hey, like, Daniella, baby hairs are looking great today.
05:23Like, you know, she took an extra 10 minutes this morning just to make sure that she looked fabulous.
05:27So definitely just recognizing all the, like, little efforts that we do and also lifting each other up.
05:34Now that I'm able to accept my hair and my hair and I are just, like, homies,
05:40I really, truly think we all have good hair because our hair is what is supposed to be on us
05:46and it's what looks best on us.
05:47You know, in my opinion, baby hair is kind of like dimples and a big butt.
05:52It's kind of like if you have it, that's what's up.
05:54If you don't have it, it's okay, too.
05:57I don't have a dimples or a big butt, but I do have baby hair, so I celebrate that.
06:02Thank you so much for watching me lay my baby hair and walking with me through my natural hair journey.
06:08We'll see you next time.
