Let’s start with maintenance. “I wash twice a week unless I work out a lot and then I’ll wash more. Every two months I’ll get a trim and every two years I’ll get a cut. And my night ritual is that I go to sleep. I don’t wrap my hair, I don’t bun my hair, I don’t do crap!” Right off the bat, Tracee makes it easy on herself. With certain challenges of natural hair such as styling, moisturizing, shrinkage and remaining patient for it to grow out, it must be nice to be able to just go to sleep as opposed to preparing the hair for bed when you are tired, right?
For stylizing Tracee uses a hair blower to blow her hair out. But we all know that actresses are busy people, so what happens when she does not have the time to do so? She still finds a way to get the look she wants. “If I have an 8:00 a.m. call and I work out at 6:00 a.m., I don’t have time to get my hair blown out before going on camera. On Black-ish we work in a lot of different natural styles. One of my favorite products is Amla’s edge tamer. It’s perfect for slicking down flyaways and giving hair that freshly washed look.” Apparantly, Tracee is a huge of Amla hair products. “They’re all about rejuvenating your hair. They give you the look that you want, but long term, they’re actually helping your hair get healthier. Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate. Moisturize, moisturize, moisturize! That’s my favorite thing about the Amla products.”
Excitingly, natural hair wear is becoming increasingly popular by the day. More and more, Black women are wearing our hair the way it is meant to be – out there! Noticing the trend, Ross explained, “I’m loving the natural hair movement. It’s really encouraging and is expanding the definition of beauty.”
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Tracee Ellis Ross: Big Hair, Don’t Care What You Think! was originally published on blackdoctor.org
