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Claire Mawisa opens up on her struggle with her locs

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Claire Mawisa took to Instagram to pen down her struggles with her locs with lasted for 16years.


The star stated when she started her loc journey 16years ago, she wanted to find out how to take care of her hair.

Claire revealed she struggled to find images of black women with locs online as most of the photos are mostly celebs with faux locs or white people

“when i started my loc journey 16 years ago, i wanted to find out how to take care of my hair, but i struggled to find images of black women with locs online. (even now, when you google “dreadlocks” images, it’s mostly celebs with faux locs or white people)”

She went on to shar that she had difficulties in getting hair care products

“It baffled me! i was like, “but how?!” i also struggled to find hair care products, salons that would treat & know how to style my hair or even people that supported the natural hair route. thankfully a lot of that has changed, but for many, the struggle continues.”

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