From $40k On Wigs To $20k On Natural Hair Products, Women Explore Cost Of Black Haircare | Glam Gap

The problem for me is not necessarily the money women spend on hair care. The problem is that we DON’T OWN ANY OF THE INDUSTRY. We are paying billions to others and those others barely pay us respect. And that’s the issue.

When Suave introduced a line of hair care products for Black hair, each item was twice the price of their other items. Why are we willing to be exploited like this?

40k on wigs fam!!! Damn I could do a lot with 40k 😂

I might be an anomaly, but I literally spend at most $150-$200 a year on hair care. I barely buy wigs, I trim my own hair, mostly stick with the same natural hair styles, and my products last a while. I don't think you have to spend that much money to have "nice" hair.

This video upset me as a black woman. One woman in the video actually said “I’ll miss a birthday, their birthday will come around next year.” So you can’t take the time to attend a birthday party because you of a wash day. It’s NOT that serious. I wish they would talk about black woman who suffer balding or hair loss. My mother has been suffering hair loss and it’s been eating away at her confidence and she constantly has to hear about how she needs to do such and such and make her hair grow back. Why is her identity as a black woman so wrapped up in her hair? I’m sick of so many black women focusing so much on it! There is absolutely no inclusion for women who have no hair. Instead many people get shamed or talked about with statements like “well at least I have my edges” or “I love my 3a or 4c hair”. So many other black women are shamed into hiding their hair and don’t get the ability to bs confidence without being shamed for having bald spots or thin edges. It sickens me.

This is why I make my own hair care products! My own natural whipped shea and my own natural oil treatments!!

The only reason I was spending so much on my hair is I went natural and was obsessed with not making it look natural. So I wanted my hair to have all this definition and do things it wasn't meant to do. Once I stopped feeling the pressure to conform to what society says my hair should look like and embrace my kinky tresses, I've found that I don't need as much product at all. Most of them work the same anyway. I spend about 70% less than I did when I first went natural.

It's amazing how much we spend on products, hairdos, and maintenance, yet so many companies, and salons that Don't cater to us. Sad.

How were Black women caring for their hair 30, 40, 50+ years ago before this Black hair product revolution? What is at the root of this current state of Black women forming their entire lives around hair care? Imagine if that same energy and time was focused on our overall health.

I loved the content from this video, but honestly it would’ve been more beneficial to hear from some of your everyday 9-5 black women speak on how you/we manage to save our dollars in the hair care industry. The more reasonable ones.

This hair industry use emotions to get in our pockets. They feed off black women insecurities to build a billion dollar brand. India Arie said I am not my hair I am not my skin I am not your expectation no. Our dollars need to go towards something else and not on hair.

As black women I love how we are always changing up our hairstyles. However, the amount of money some of us spend on products is insane. Buy some stock too!

I don’t understand how people be spending all these money on products. Like why do u have a whole cabinet of products. And why is it taking 24 hours to braid your hair by a professional?

What irks me is that people believe other races of women are just so effortless with their hair and beauty. They spend a lot of time, money, and effort on their hair especially the bottle blondes. My nonblack coworkers take hours to get ready. Meanwhile my natural hair doesn’t take long at all. Black women can be effortless they are just choosing not to be. That is fine because hair is a cultural statement and can be fun but don’t act like it’s necessary for black women to do all this.

She spent more on wigs than what I made as a teacher in my first year smh

I hate to say it but I spend nothing on hair care. I just shampoo and condition twice a month. I spend nothing on clothes. I am 52 and I have enough clothes to last till I die. The only thing I spend my money on is grocery and my utilities, car, mortgage and car insurance. I have no other bills. I keep my life simple. Very simple. I'm glad everyone is not like me because if they were no businesses would prosper except the grocery store. lol and no I am not overweight because I don't eat out. another expense I don't have.

The owner of Camille rose got a lot of nerve saying we spend a lot on hair care when her hairline is literally an arm and a leg. She would know better than most

That analogy of being groomed by our mothers is a act of love, is soooooooo true. So true.

We make hair care too complicated! Tbh I’m natural and I like to 2 strand, 3 strand box braid (myself) whatever . Every 2 months I spend $50 (shampoo, consitione, styling cream, avocado oils (seal). (I stretch out every drop, and scrape the bottle). Call me cheap but I have other priority bills to pay.

I refuse to spend more than $10 for a product. In my opinion, all of that is unnecessary