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.
00:13It's 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 just
00:21has a yellowish consistency, and it's really goofy.
00:26I found this Perfect Edges Edge Control by Argan Oil.
00:29I 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 hair
00:59movement.
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.
01:21I just use this plain, because I do add this, the Got To Be Gel.
01:25So I've learned to just use the both of them to make my baby hairs slayed.
01:30Then for styling, I have toothbrush, just to, you know, leave edges down.
01:35Good old faithful hair, honey.
01:37And no, I do not brush my teeth with it.
01:39No.
01:40Toothbrush is the most important part if you want these baby hairs to be slayed, ladies.
01:44It's small enough so it gives you the control you need, it's easy to hold.
01:48I've used toothbrushes before as well, and they are very good.
01:52However, baby girl, she holds me down, so I don't really need anything else, you know?
01:56I also have a satin scarf here, which is really essential to sleep in, to set your styles for
02:01everything.
02:02And then I like to put just a long stock around my edges, because I really think it gives them
02:08just that extra, extra firm hold that I know my naps need.
02:13I pretty much just start brushing down very gently, just to see who shows up.
02:18And I pretty much just try to brush them in the direction in which they grow.
02:22I actually apply the gel all through my baby hair before I start with the toothbrush.
02:28When you are using this Eco Styler gel and you've already applied your face, honey, don't
02:35put too much on there, because you will mess up your face.
02:37I like to start from the middle of my head, as proposed to the sides, and I just go into
02:41a circular motion.
02:42It's all about the flick of the wrist.
02:45So I basically just, you know, took the little snot on my fingers and just kind of whisked
02:50it through my hairs.
02:52And then I'm going to take my brush, and 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, so see I'm following the pattern, and they just
03:04naturally start to swoop up a little bit.
03:08So right now, the gorilla snot is drying, so I'm just going to take the sock and I'm just
03:13going 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 because they give you a nice little wave pattern in
03:25your 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 EcoStyla
03:37Gel, just to give my edges a little curl.
03:39So just to define the corners.
03:41I'm going to go ahead and just take off my scarf.
03:45Whoop!
03:46Then we can see, look at how smooth.
03:49And there we have it.
03:51Nice, laid, wavy.
03:53So that?
03:54That?
03:55That, ladies and gentlemen?
03:56That's how I laid 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.
04:19And it wasn't until about two to three years after growing the relaxer and the chemical
04:24out that my baby hair started coming back.
04:26So I was like, okay, I'm going to let my baby hair rock.
04:28My relationship with my baby hair was actually a love-hate relationship.
04:32I was trying to style it like everyone else did and I was noticing that it didn't work
04:37for me.
04:37And I was like, you know what?
04:38Maybe 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.
04:45So 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 like laying them down
04:56with wax.
04:57Really, like once you learn how to style your baby hairs in their natural state, then like
05:01the 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, that people can't lay down
05:07their 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, like, hey, like Daniella, baby hairs
05:22are looking great today.
05:23Like, you know, she took an extra 10 minutes this morning just to make sure that she looked
05:27fabulous.
05:27So definitely just recognizing all the like little efforts that we do and also lifting
05:33each other up.
05:34Now that I'm able to accept my hair and my hair and I are just like homies, I really truly
05:41think we all have good hair because our hair is what is supposed to be on us and it's
05:46what looks best on us.
05:48You 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
06:07hair journey.
06:08We'll see you next time.
