Should We Use The Word Texture When Talking About Afro Hair-

Re-thinking texture – an all-inclusive approach to hairdressing with celebrity hairdresser Vernon Fran?ois

Vernon Fran?ois, celebrity hairstylist, educator and founder ofVernon Fran?ois Haircare for all hair textures with an emphasis on curly and afro hair.

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New terms for afro hair

Irene Shelley, Black Beauty & Hair’s editor-in-chief agrees that using the term ‘texture’ when talking about afro hair can result in ambiguity that can eclipse afro hair. “All hair is essentially textured, so you have to be more specific when talking about what that texture is. As more people are mixing, we are looking to find other terms to describe the resulting mixed textures. So, you’re hearing terms like ‘African descent hair,’ ‘hair of African origin’ or ‘textured hair.’ Textured hair seems to be the catch-all phrase that everyone from influencers to haircare brands are now using to describe the panoply of afro hair textures.

“One international hair competition doesn’t have an Afro category, instead they have a ‘Texture’ category, which in the past used to attract afro entries. But if you take a look at that category now, you’ll see mostly Caucasian textured hair entries.”

Vernon’s tips for working with afro coily and kinky texturesthere’s nothing more beautiful than someone who honours what they were born withstart by creating an interesting shapeDon’t go for perfection

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