Nadine Harding
Founder of www.curlharmony.co.uk
L
oose waves, thick corkscrew range and understanding how doing this?’ When I couldn’t
spirals, mixed-race curls or certain of the ingredients work and answer myself, I knew I had to
tight Afro coils – whatever the components needed to make a stop. I’ve recently cut off my
the level of curls in your hair, finished product. Mostly, it helped relaxed ends after growing my
Manchester-based Nadine Harding me make products that worked. hair out for 11 months, and for the
has developed natural hair first time in my life I appreciate my
products to nourish curly manes. What are some of the harmful natural hair – and it feels good!
Here she tells Flavour why she ingredients that are usually found
ditched the perm and how she in average hair-care products? How rewarding or difficult
produces her own handmade hair The worst culprit of all is mineral oil have you found it being a Black
care range – Curl Harmony. – found in many American imports British woman entrepreneur in
marketed for afro-hair. It coats the the marketplace?
How long did it take you to hair shaft preventing water from Running your own business is
develop a complete line of hair getting to the hair, which leads to very rewarding despite the hard
care products and what was the hair becoming hard and brittle. It work. I get a lot of satisfaction from
process of testing them out and can also clog pores on the scalp making up my products by hand
beginning to sell them once you inhibiting hair growth. Secondly, and from the positive feedback I’m
were ready to open your own avoid sulphates, which are found in getting. There’s nothing like being
hair-care business? shampoos. These harsh detergents able to have complete control over
I scoured the internet looking for strip the hair of it natural oils and your working day.
people going through the same afro-hair is already the driest hair
experience I was. I learnt a great type around. In shampoos, avoid Will subscribers of Flavour
deal about the structure of hair and sodium lauryl (laureth) sulphate and Magazine be able to benefit from
natural ingredients. The biggest in conditioners or styling products any special promotions?
realisation of all was learning that again avoid mineral oil, paraffin Readers who quote ‘Flavour’ at the
afro-hair was a type of curly hair liquidium and petrolatum. checkout will receive 10% off their
which I had never known before. order. What are you waiting for?
From conception to opening, the How long did you use a relaxer Visit www.curlharmony.co.uk today.
business took seven months. in order to straighten your hair
During that time, I experimented and what finally prompted you
with different natural ingredients, to stop using them in the end?
giving hand samples to friends and I started relaxing my hair when
family, and the feedback was great. I was about 16 – what most
I was keen to develop a range of black girls do around that age. I
hair-care products for the whole continued to use relaxers for about
curly spectrum from wavy to afro. 10 years. I’d often get chemical
burn from the relaxers, and after
Was this what inspired you to one experience (using a so-called
pursue a Masters in Chemistry? natural relaxer), my scalp was burnt
Having a background in Chemistry so badly that I was weeping for a
certainly helped in developing the week. I asked myself: ‘Why am I
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