About Nicole Harmon, CPhT

My relaxed hair brought me joy and what initially seemed like freedom. I could finally do my own hair! I washed and blow dried it every few days and religiously went to the salon for touch ups every 5 weeks. I always got compliments on looking polished and put together (even during 8 am classes). Sadly, that freedom didn't last long. My hair seemed to stop growing and I noticed breakage with every stroke of the comb. I was doing my hair just like they did it at the salon, and I had a large arsenal of hair products, but something was still wrong. So, you know what comes next...weaves, glorious weaves. It started with a few tracks and escalated to a full sew-in. Talk about easy, right? I finally had long, soft hair that looked great even if I didn't do much with it. I was content, but still unsatisfied. What was wrong with MY hair?

That's when I decided to do some real research. To my surprise, there was tons of information about African American hair on the Internet. In fact, if you google "african american hair", you'll get over 20 million results! It turns out finding information about Our hair is actually very easy. Separating fact from opinion is the hard part. I spent too many years trying different techniques and products for my hair. I wanted REAL answers this time. I needed to know how to make my hair healthy even without a lot of time or money. And guess what? After years of frustration, I found out there was nothing wrong with my hair at all. Although I had always tried to do my best with my hair, I never had the right information. I never understood that my hair was fragile and that breakage was a sign of severe damage. I never realized that my hair was growing steadily, but breaking even faster. Once I learned the principles of keeping African American hair healthy and growing, and that healthy hair has nothing to do with being "natural" or "relaxed", I knew I had to share the information with everyone else!