How to Grow Long Hair for African Americans

Series Summary

For many years, women have sought the perfect hairstyle. That elusive blend of volume, smoothness and style has created frustration in many women who seek to express their personalities and creativity through their locks. In fact, hair styles often represent the cultural, social and ethnic identity of many individuals and can also represent social status. While hair density, texture and length are all factors in a person's hairstyle, fashion trends tend to play the biggest role in women's hairstyles. In this free video series on hair care, a professional hair designer and color specialist discusses several techniques for styling, dying and caring for different types of hair. Find out how to smooth out frizzy hair, how to straighten curly hair and how to treat relaxed hair. Get tips for coloring and dying hair, including lifting and toning different colors. Find out what hair treatments work well with different hair types, and get the style and color that works best.

Video Transcript

"Hi this is Liz Muller from Liz's Hair Design in Hollywood, Florida. In this clip we are going to talk about how to grow African hair long. This young lady has a very thick hair, she has a really coarse texture and what we do is we treat her hair once a week. I ask her to come and she roller sets her hair. I press her roots and then we go ahead and style it. So this is basically grown her hair out for a while. She also maintains her hair at home with really good conditioners and uses good products like the Moroccon oil. She uses a Moroccon mask, the semi delinos.She also uses the medilio shampoos and conditioner. To strengthen the hair and make it nice. And also it gives it moisture , so I put a lot of moisture in the hair to get this bounce and she trims it also. Because the misconception is people don't want to trim their hair, they feel that if you cut it too short it won't do anything, won't grow. But trimming the hair actually helps the hair stay healthy and grow so all those things in combination can grow this hair long and beautiful. Thank you this is Liz Muller."