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06/19/2026

The funniest comments are the ones attacking my hair length.

In the same breath, I’m told I’m “anti-Black” because I don’t do enough to my hair, but then I’m criticized because my hair isn’t longer.

Which one is it?

Healthy hair isn’t a hairstyle. It’s not a product. It’s not daily manipulation. It’s patience, consistency, and preservation.

A naturally coiled fro that lives on your head every day is a completely different challenge than stretched hair, blown-out hair, pressed hair, or hair hidden away in a style for weeks at a time.

Everybody wants long 4C hair. Very few people want to talk about what it actually takes: time, restraint, observation, and years of learning what helps hair stay on your head.

The hate doesn’t bother me. If anything, it tells me these conversations need to happen.

And judging someone’s natural hair by standards created for manipulated hair might be one of the most anti-Black things we still do.

06/18/2026

One of the biggest misunderstandings about afro-textured hair is that people often confuse damage with texture.

Coils are designed to wrap around themselves. That’s normal. That’s how tightly coiled hair naturally organizes itself. A healthy coil bends, spirals, compresses, expands, and releases.

A split end behaves differently.

When a hair splits, the damaged ends stop behaving like a smooth coil. Instead of curling around themselves, they begin snagging, hooking, and locking onto neighboring hairs. Then those split ends catch other split ends, creating larger tangles and knots throughout the hair.

What many people call “hard to manage hair” is often a network of damaged ends locking together.

The challenge is that split ends are easy to see on straighter hair because the hair hangs. Western hair care culture developed around trimming visible damage at the ends of the hair shaft.

With afro-textured hair, damage is harder to spot because the hair coils back into itself. People often assume the tangling, knotting, and resistance they’re experiencing is simply their texture, when in many cases damaged ends are contributing to the problem.

This is one reason so many people spend months in braids, twists, wigs, and other long-term styles. The daily interaction with damaged ends can become exhausting.

None of this is anti-black. Quite the opposite.

Understanding the difference between a healthy coil and a damaged split end gives us a better understanding of our hair. Coils are not the problem. Damage is the problem.

The more we can identify and remove split ends throughout the hair—not just on the outer perimeter—the easier it becomes for coils to do what they were designed to do.

I hope this information helps. Follow for more hair education.

06/17/2026

Can yall make up your minds?

06/16/2026

If I had to choose one style that consistently gives Black women freedom, versatility, and a break from the endless hair cycle, it would be a well-maintained silk press.

Not because your natural hair isn’t beautiful. Not because curls need to be “fixed.” But because so many women are exhausted.

Exhausted by the 50-step wash days.
Exhausted by the constant product recommendations.
Exhausted by the new technique every week.
Exhausted by feeling like they’re always doing hair instead of living life.

At some point, you have to ask yourself: Is your routine serving you, or are you serving your routine?

A good silk press gives you options. You can wrap it, pin it, curl it, wear it straight, work out with it, and most importantly, give yourself a predictable plan. Find a stylist you trust, stay on schedule, and stop letting the internet convince you that your hair requires a chemistry degree to maintain.

The beauty industry profits when you’re confused. Every week there’s a new product, a new method, a new “must-have” step. But healthy hair doesn’t have to be this complicated.

What I see is a lot of women who love the idea of natural hair but secretly dread interacting with it because they’ve been taught that every wash day has to be an event.

It doesn’t.

Your hair should fit into your life—not become your life.

If you’re tired of the confusion and want a simpler approach to caring for your curls, I offer virtual consultations through MAYNES At Home. My goal isn’t to sell you more products. My goal is to help you understand your hair well enough that you need less.

Sometimes the most protective style isn’t the one that keeps you busy. It’s the one that gives you your freedom back.

06/16/2026

I have a feeling I know what was wrong in this vid so but I want to see if the peanut gallery knows more than this hairstylist.

06/15/2026

This eco system is beginning to break down and density will decrease rapidly with the improper use of styling tools.

06/15/2026

Everyone’s like, “Oh, you should model.”

No, bitch. They wanted me to chop my ni***es off. They wanted me whiter, flatter, plainer, basicer. They wanted me to fit their mold.

It’s like, bitch, I was born this way. Am I a model or not? You want me in your clothes or not?

But that’s not the reality.

And especially for women—backstage doing hair for fashion shows, the white girls’ hair goes through it. We go from straight to curly, to bumped, to updos, downdos, gel, rinse the gel out, do another style. Constant manipulation. Your vitality being stripped away for the next look.

Afro hair cannot take that level of manipulation.

Why do you think so many Black models end up with shaved heads? Not only do people in the industry not have the experience to work with the hair, those luxurious, famous hairstylists they prop up have no skill when it comes to all hair types. If you can’t work on all hair types, you’re limited.

But it’s not just skill. They don’t have the time.

They don’t have the time to do Afro hair, and they definitely don’t have the time to completely change it between looks the way they do with white models because it takes significantly longer.

So the solution becomes simple: shave it off.

The industry doesn’t adapt to the hair. The hair gets removed to adapt to the industry.

06/15/2026

Protect the scalp at all cost❣️

06/14/2026

The video said:

“I hate detangling my hair.”

Then someone said:

“Then cut it.”

And the response was:

“I don’t hate it that bad.”

Honestly, that’s a conversation a lot of people with tightly coiled hair can relate to.

This isn’t a criticism of the creator. If anything, I appreciate the honesty. The reality is that many people dislike detangling because they were never taught how coils actually behave.

Imagine trying to remove shed hair from hundreds of strands woven together in a dense coil. Then imagine using a pick or wide-tooth comb with only a handful of teeth. The tool is only interacting with a small percentage of the hair at any given time.

What often happens isn’t true detangling. Some strands get stretched, some get separated, and some get snapped. The majority of the coil remains untouched and eventually shrinks back into place.

Over time, repeated popping, snapping, and breakage can contribute to the gradual breakdown of the hair’s ecosystem. People end up believing their hair won’t retain length when the real issue may be the tools and techniques being used.

For people looking for a better starting point, I recommend the Unbrush.

What’s interesting is that even people who teach hair are still learning these concepts. That’s not an insult—it’s a reflection of how much misinformation still exists around afro-textured hair.

There’s a difference between figuring out what works on your own head and developing methods that work consistently for thousands of people.

I don’t think most people are intentionally sharing bad information. I think we’re all working with the knowledge we’ve been given.

But if we know better, we can do better.

My goal is to change the perception of afro hair, and I believe it starts with how we handle it. If you’re a content creator, educator, or hairstylist interested in expanding your understanding of detangling and coil behavior, I’m open to consultations and professional training.

The conversation moves forward when we’re willing to learn.

06/14/2026

I think one of the biggest mistakes we’ve made in the Black hair conversation is calling our traditional hairstyles “protective styles.”

Braids. Twists. Cornrows. Bantu knots. Threading. Stretching methods. These aren’t just protective styles. They’re hairstyles. They’re cultural expressions. They’re ancient grooming techniques that evolved alongside our hair texture.

By reducing them all to “protective styles,” we’ve accidentally created a category so broad that it now includes everything from a meticulously crafted braided style to whatever someone throws together before bed to keep their hair stretched overnight.

And once everything becomes a protective style, nothing is.

The truth is that a hairstyle isn’t automatically protective just because it keeps the ends tucked away. If the scalp is irritated, inflamed, over-manipulated, or exposed, what exactly are we protecting? Healthy hair begins where the hair is produced.

To me, the most protective hairstyle is healthy natural hair covering the scalp the way it was designed to. Everything else is simply a styling choice.

That doesn’t make braids, twists, or updos less valuable. It makes them more valuable.

These styles deserve to be appreciated as beautiful hairstyles in their own right—not just as maintenance tools or survival strategies.

Our hair is capable of creating shapes, structures, and textures that many other hair types simply cannot. That’s not a problem to solve. That’s something to celebrate.

Maybe it’s time we stop asking whether a style is “protective” and start appreciating the artistry, history, and versatility that made these styles worth wearing in the first place.

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