If the beauty standard was flipped and highly textured hair was the “goal” people with straight hair would be calling their hair difficult. Imagine if they had to try and make their hair look and behave in ways that don’t come naturally. Our hair isn’t difficult changing our beliefs is.

These same people would spend $2k on a wig.

The thing is, yea natural hair IS high maintenance depending on your styling “preference”. I do twists, braid outs and blow outs most times so my journey is like medium-high maintenance… if you want a silk press 24/7, but your hair naturally grows upwards……..yea babes thats high maintenance af

No, I do not find it hard to maintain. Sometimes I don’t want to do my hair but that does not mean it is hard to maintain I’m just being lazy or don’t care

When you keep trying to look like something you're not, of course it's hard

I saved thousands when I stopped buying wigs, weaves and going to the hair salon. I was dropping $400-$500 to get my hair done every couple of months. That’s NOT normal. I’ve been natural for 6 years now. I buy my hair products in bulk and I don’t even spend more than $200 at a time( and that’s for multiple bottles of shampoo, conditionner, leave in conditioners and jojoba oil). My hair is longer than it’s ever been.

Natural hair is low maintenance, if you disagree then you are simply trying to make it do something that it doesn’t naturally do.
10 or even years ago, I would have agreed though because I was trying to get my twist outs to look like someone (with non type 4 hair) else’s twist out.
I still can’t braid or flat twist though(It’s difficult bc Im heavy handed)

When I started wearing my hair natural (I stopped box braids and straightening it), I really thought it was complicated... because I was following the haircare influencer routines, but since I don't have their budget, I turned to inexpensive Afro brands (Blue Magic, Jamaican Mango & Lime, Creme of Nature, and African Pride are my best friends—I live in France, so I just grab whatever's available from these brands) or even cheap brands for normies (Garnier <3)—and as for shampoos, I DON'T CARE, I just buy the cheapest one as long as it cleans—oils, butters (well, the same butters my mom has had for years that probably cost her less than 10 euros). This already reduces the cost and time of treatments. Then, using headwraps and protective styles (with your own hair) reduces styling time even further!

Long, healthy hair requires work regardless of texture, I have no idea why some people think type 4 hair would be the exeption, if it's too much work for someone they should keep it short.

I wash my hair every single day and I have so-called "4c" hair. Our hair is not difficult to care for when you're doing the things your hair needs.

I'm so annoyed. I spent so much money of different masks, conditioners, oils, creams, shampoos and all sorts. After several years of managing my natutal hair myself, no heat styling or extensions, I've come to realise I don't need half of this junk 😢 my hair prefer less.

now i'm stuck with a crap ton of products and trying to incorporate them somehow because I don't like wasting money.

The products in the shop are delibrately expensive, but I do not buy all the things offered. Hair does not need all of that. And I am florishing with my minimal load of absolute needed. I reusel to be used.

Natural hair is only hard and expensive when you're lazy and trying to make your hair do something it's not designed to do. I made a simple 'grease' of cocoa butter, lanolin, glycerin and castor oil. Every now and then I use Pink oil and do a simple twist out or curl. I do have medicine induced alopecia and cover that area with a topper that matches my texture!

I find that washing my hair more often makes it much easier to manage, and easier to wash because it doesn't get dry or to tangled. I wash it every 5 to 7 days. I used to do it every 3 to 4 weeks because I was wearing my hair braided underneath a wig.

Natural hair, any hair, is as expensive or as cheap as you make it.
My products for my 4B hair:
Shampoo: V05 that I stockpiled when they were on clearance for either .20 or .10 each. I still have not finished all the bottles
Conditioner (used as leave-in): A big bottle from Dollar Tree that has no ingredients that end in cone mixed with olive oil (if I have it). If I run out of olive oil, I just use it with nothing added. Once I am finished with the olive oil, I won't add it again unless I have some in the kitchen. I don't condition my hair while washing it because I use conditioner as a leave in, so it is constantly being conditioned.
I did recently buy 3 bottles of protein conditioner that were on sale for $2.84.
These are all the products I use.
So on a regular basis (shampoo and conditioner nothing added) costs about a $1.50 with items I got on sale. The regular price is $2.50.
Cost of all items listed: $11.34 (this includes $6 for 17 oz olive oil for pricing purposes).
I don't call that expensive and my hair is on and popping.

Maintaining my natural hair is incredibly easy. Once a week wash, blow dry, twist. Keep twists in as long as possible, then twist out if going out or want a change in style. And repeat. The only products I use to style regularly is leave in, heat protectant, JBCO, and grease. I don’t mind if my hair frizzes in some parts or isn’t perfectly smooth because that’s how my hair is 🤷🏽‍♀️ The moment I stopped trying to make my hair something it’s not, everything got soooo much better.

Flaxseed gel for washday, a cream, an oil, a spray bottle.

Once I learned my hair… I touch it once every 2 weeks.. water, oil, cream. 8-10, 2 strand twists.. and I hear “if I had your hair” … you do, you gotta to retrain your hair

2:35 I don't think my hair is high maintenance. That's also because i have a very basic routine: detangle,wash, condition/hair masque, rinse, leave in+butter, style in to flat twist lines every three weeks. The more I do my hair, the better I get at it, the more efficient I become.

0:37 not me using my Pantene pro-v duo shampoo and conditioner for 9$ for both last night. It hairs washed it keep it moisturized. My goodness these yt people in America literally made laws to outlaw our hair because we looked too good wearing it out. Learn to love it. It really does look the best on us.