The Ingredients of Good Hair
In Black hair, there’s poetry. You just have to look.
- Honey-thick castor oil
- Wide toothed comb, basically a pick with a mismatched handle, a strange, yet-talented twice removed cousin
- Moisturizing smoothie cream that’ll make your coils hug each other appearing like magic amongst a cloud of frizz
- Silk scrunchies that don’t pull your hair
- Stretchy, nylon-based scrunchies that do
- Extra-large wig cap that will fail to contain all that makes you, you, but it tries its best
- Bootleg Denman brush
- Rattail comb for making laser-sharp parts
- Curl-defining mousse for the wash and go you’ll try and fail at
- A pick with a Black power fist at its handle for the culture
- An infinite amount of bobby pins
- Silk bonnets, so many silk bonnets
- An assortment of other combs that come in an orange-tinted pack, you’ll never use any of them, but for some reason, they’re all necessary
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Nia Simone McLeod is a writer, content creator, and pop culture enthusiast from Richmond, Virginia. She’s the creator and editor of the Medium publications oh, write and coiled. In her newsletter, she shares writing prompts, the best in pop culture, and sneak peeks at her upcoming work.
