Thursday, December 26, 2013

Fight 2319 to ORD: A plea for my Natural Hair...Why doesn't Afrocentric come in travel size?

I am an avid traveler who takes advantage of the holiday season to travel to new, adventurous places. For me last weekend was skiing at Whistler Mountain and this weekend its back in my hometown of Chicago to visit my family for holidays. By the time I land where I live, I would have spent 3 weeks on the road. And my hair can tell. I am part of the natural hair movement, and the combined travel and cold weather is not good for my tresses. I have to be creative in order to get my Shea products and olive oil into travel size, spill proof containers that cater to my lifestyle. 
Track and Field High Jump athlete, Chaunte Lowe, rocking fly natural hair during 2012 London Olympics


It is hard enough to balance my involvement in the natural hair movement with my dedication to corporate America when I have full sized bottles of hair products, an endless supply of bobby pins, and a spray water bottle readily available. So this is more of a request than an inquiry to all of those innovative natural hair product companies. Can you please consider the on-the-move professional woman in product container sizes? Not just for the moments when I’m trying to get through airport security, but for a getaway girls weekend, or even impromptu date night. A purse sized container of leave in conditioner, style cream, curl enhancers would do wonders. If not for me, please, do it for my hair.

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