Grow Long/Healthy Natural Hair Fast
+ 10 Lies/Secrets Exposed | EfikZara
Zara is back on CurlyNikki! She’s a fabulous naturalista who shares her natural hair journey with her followers. That includes more than 170K subscribers (aka ZeeStarz) on her EfikZara YouTube channel!
This week we’re sharing one of Zara’s videos where she debunks some of the myths that tend to plague the natural hair community. They’re the ones that most often stop us from achieving healthy natural hair growth and the length retention we love.
Zara takes on ten of those myths. but she doesn’t just highlight them, no. She then goes on to carefully explain why they are actually bad for your scalp, hair, hair growth, and length retention. JUMP RIGHT INTO THE VIDEO. Or, keep scrolling and reading as we give you a sneak peek at a few of those myths along with links to related resources here on CurlyNikki. Enjoy!
Grow Long/Healthy Natural Hair Fast Myths
Zara shares plenty of very useful information as she clears up a lot of the misunderstandings that led to these myths becoming so popular. Here’s a taste!
Protective Styling – Protective or nah?
Zara kicks things off by jumping head-first into the great “protective-styling-doesn’t-protect-your-hair” debate. Well, if you’re one of the ZeeStarz (check the intro!) or you’ve seen any of Zara’s videos, you know she is pretty big on protective styling. She explains why it actually does help her with length retention for her naturally fine type 4 hair.
Related articles:
- Thinking of Using a Wig as A Protective Style? Here Are 7 Awesome Reasons to Go for It!
- Natural Hair Styles – 25 Badass Bantu Knots Inspiration Pics
- Twist Out Natural Hair Styles: 21 Beautiful IG Twist Out Pics
- Protective Natural Hairstyles: 21 Exquisite IG Loc Hairstyle Pics
Dirty hair = Hair Growth?
From there, Zara takes on debunking whether keeping your hair dirty or frequently trimming your ends will boost healthy hair growth. We’re pretty sure the answers will surprise you!
Thumbs up or down on supplements for hair growth?
How about taking a vitamin supplement for hair growth? Will that really work to give you the long, healthy natural hair you’re after? Zara explains.
Chemical or Natural – which is better?
She then gets real fierce (lots of eye-rolling and head-shaking) as she clears up the difference between what’s chemical and what’s natural and which (if any) is better if you want to see long, fast, healthy natural hair growth.
Related articles:
- Natural Hair Growth Supplements – 6 Helpful Points to Keep In Mind
- Natural Hair Growth – Should You Be Considering Vitamin Supplements?
- 8 Spicy (and Easy!) Recipes with Turmeric for Hair Growth
- Curly Hair Ingredients 101: The Amazing (And Surprising) Benefits of Garlic for Hair Growth
What are Zara’s answers to these myths? What other myths is she kicking to the curb? Onto the video to find out!
Grow Long/Healthy Natural Hair Fast
+ 10 Lies/Secrets Exposed | EfikZara
A young woman of many talents, Zara (popularly known as EfikZara) is a professional violinist and composer. Aside from her primary career, Zara is a cinematographer with more than 17 years of experience. She is also a passionate healthy hair advocate with over 12 years of experience caring for her natural hair and the natural hair of her loved ones.
Get more hair and beauty tips from Zara on CurlyNikki, HERE!
Have any special advice about healthy natural hair
or any hair growth myths you want to debunk?
Share!
