THE KINK VIEW: CHIDERA HOPEWELL STEPHEN

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Today,i present our wonderful lady with the ‘HEAD OF HAIR’ 😀

Hey there bae..

It’s great having you on here! Can you tell us about you?

I’m Chidera Hopewell Stephen .

A Nigerian but I live in Ghana. I’m 19 and in level 300 currently studying communication studies. smile emoticon

Wow.. 19. So you’re actually a teen like me! I’m so overjoyed. I wouldn’t have guessed you were 19! Never mind. So..let’s get down to it. Chidera,tell us about your hair journey. What made you go natural?

Hehehe kiss emoticon teenagers rock yahh like emoticon ..

I went natural beginning of 2014 and had my hair big chopped on January . So my hair is now 18months old a.k.a 1 year and 6months !! ..

Before then I had relaxers about 4 times and just couldn’t cope with my hair .. It was still standing ..lol and didn’t want to fall like relaxed hairs and people always thought my hair was natural then . .Guess my hair was just stubborn n thick smile emoticon

The reason why I went natural .. Uhmm ..

Maybe because I saw how beautiful natural hair can be and how unique it feels .. I also wanted to prove my friends wrong .. Lol ..

They believed I couldn’t manage my 4c texture .. I had to do it because I can .. Also .. I wanted to avoid the dangers relaxers posed to my health smile emoticon since then .. I haven’t regretted it tho. As it has become my trademark lol .. On campus ..

Hahaha..that’s a good one. So,how do you take care of your hair? I know its hard maintaining 4c hair especially..dense hair. How do you manage your hair?

4c hair is the excuse many African ladies hide behind when using relaxers .. It is very dense and experiences high shrinkage frown emoticon .. Lol

But .. I wash every week or two weeks .. Depending on my schedule .. I try to deep condition once every two months ..

I do protective styling mostly with my own hair and sometimes with extensions.. I use my whipped Shea butter to nourish my hair smile emoticon I use a leave in conditioner sometimes.. I keep it simple and water .. Yeah .. Drink lots of water and spray hair with water to retain moisture grin emoticon

That’s a Simple regimen.. Thumbs up. Do you use Store bought products or you prefer DIY’s

I prefer DIY’s but I don’t have time to do them when i’m in school so, i stick to store bought products.

Okay..

Can you tell us what products you use?

I actually switch products grin emoticon . I used Vo5 shampoo n conditioner , tresemme conditioner, suave conditioner and Roushun ginseng shampoo n conditioner

That’s interesting.. Lol.

So did you face any negativity when you started the journey.. From family? Friends?

Thanks smile emoticon uhmmm

Yeah.. I did .. My friends didn’t understand why I decided to change my hair to the difficult texture .. Lol

My mum kept nagging about my hair saying it won’t attain many styles and that I don’t look like my age mates .. Lol smile emoticon but all these kept me going .. I love proving people wrong grin emoticon haha

Yea..that’s the spirit! What’s your go to style? Do you wear protective styles?

My go style is usually an Afro or an Afro puff when I’m lazy to do my hair or I wear a protective style usually box braids smile emoticon

Lately..long hair is the in thing for most nappy heads. How long is your hair? Are you crazy about long hair?

Lol.. I don’t really do the length check thing.. And I will say my hair keeps getting fuller and bigger ..

I’m not crazy about long hair .. I just want healthy hair ‘cos health brings length smile emoticon

Yea.. Health first! Does your hair have a name ?

Lol.. No please smile emoticon

What do you think about this Natural Hair Movement? Do you think it has come to stay?

The natural hair thing might be a movement for people whilst it’s a lifestyle for others ..

Obviously the natural hair movement which has created awareness among African women has come to stay because everyday someone is doing a big chop and returning natural and the companies that produce relaxers are also switching to natural hair products due to its demand ..

So yeah.. Its staying like emoticon