Sakief Baron, 30

Hair Type: 4-A

Products:

M: What do you do?

S: I’m a creative for a delivery service called Pearl NYC and I’m also designing clothes right now; Clothing collection and a brand called YACTEN

M: How long have you been growing out your hair?

S: Probably like seven, eight years now.

M: The bleach is interesting, do you bleach it yourself?

S: No I don’t bleach it myself. I’ve got actually a stylist that [a friend] put me on to do blonde. I went blonde probably last year. It started with just the tips and eventually, we just went lighter and lighter and lighter.

M: What products do you use specifically or any routines that you have?

S: I use a soft conditioner once or twice a week. I use a leaving conditioner Knot-Today or Mizani leave-in conditioner and then condition with OLAPLEX and I’ll do like a hair mask once a week.

M: Both your parents are black I’m assuming?

S: No. My dad is Haitian and my mom’s white.

M: And growing up you didn’t have an afro?

S: I’ve had a fro my whole life. Growing up. I’d have a fro like pretty much throughout the year. I’d get braids. I grew up idolizing Allen Iverson so I’ll get cornrows and I always kept the fro. I would cut it during summertime just because of the heat but I’ve always had one.

M: Did your mom teach you how to do your hair?

S: My mom didn’t necessarily teach me. She gave me some sense but she used to work with a lot of black women. So she used to get advice from them to come back to me and I would get my styles and things.

M: Any specific comments or compliments that you get?

S: These days. I get compliments all the time. You know, I mean, but I’ve also learned how to like do my hair and style it more. I get compliments all the time and I appreciate it a lot from women. But you’d be surprised a lot of men will compliment me on my hair and just like the style.

M: Is there anything specific you wish people knew about black hair?

S: It’s not as limiting as we make it seem. I think even myself, I used to limit myself so much. I can do so many unique, different styles within my hair and I think that’s something that we should constantly embrace.