Entries that shaped how the work is approached.
These posts name realizations, history, and perspective that altered the standard over time.
Written with past sight and restraint.
Working With Hair That Is Between Textures Hair is resilient, especially hair that is transitioning. Here at Main Character Hair, we have come to understand several things about transitioning hair. One of the most important is that, regardless of the challenges that may appear when hair is moving from one texture to another, there is…
Three years ago, when we first began developing our silk press system, we entered a season where the dream of a press with true fluidity seemed almost out of reach. Our goal was simple but delicate: to guide kinkier hair bonds to lay in the direction we desired without sacrificing their natural vitality. Every texture…
The latter part of my teenage years was especially formative in my relationship with hair. Between the ages of seventeen and nineteen, I began working small jobs and, for the first time, could afford to splurge on professional hairstyles. I had reached my dream. I wanted to look as though I lived inside a music…
Scene I — Miami Lakes, Florida · September 2025 There I was, walking through the hallways of a high school I was visiting, having a grand, marvelous time—thinking everything was perfect. My hair was freshly done. I thought every i was dotted and all t’s were crossed. A few hours later, I was reviewing the…
If I could sum up what long hair means to me in one word, it would be gift. I have been drawn to long hair my entire life. Since I was a very young girl, I remember desiring it for myself more than anything else. I saw the possibility reflected on others and wondered if…
Consistency.If I had to sum it up in one word, that would be it. In 2023, I combed out my microlocs. But the thought behind that decision actually began years earlier, around late 2018. I remember telling my cousin—who would later start my locs with mini braids—girl, I need to look good every single day….
A Little Girl’s Longing for Long, Healthy Hair “No, you cannot go to school with the Pocahontas towel tied on your head—no matter how meticulously you place it there and secure it with the bobo.” I was about six years of age when I vividly remember running around my house with a Pocahontas towel carefully…