White adoptive mom grateful to stranger who helped style her black daughter’s hair
A self-professed “clueless white momma” enlisted the help of Black aunties on the internet to assist with styling her adoptive Black daughter’s hair, Yahoo Lifestyle reported. And the overwhelming response proved that it takes a village to get the job done.
Stephanie Hollifield, 33, is thankful after talking to social media to ask for help and advice on how to style her two-year-old Haley’s hair. She adopted the little darling when she was eight months old and had scoured the internet for help on how to care for Black hair. She even asked her friends but it didn’t prove helpful.
So Hollifield decided to reach out to Black women in a Facebook post on Friday and asked for assistance.
She wrote in her post: “This clueless white momma is humbly coming to you to ask your help with Haley’s hair.
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“I have asked my friends. I have asked strangers in Publix with kids with cute hair, and I’m still not getting it.”
She said she has s routine that includes leave-in conditioner, a hot oil treatment and a hot towel, but nothing is helping to maintain a style.
“I feel like it looks great for about an hour or two and then it is tangly and clumpy again, “Hollifield wrote. “What am I doing wrong? I have literally bought every product that has been recommended to us. I desperately want to get this right!”
Black women came to the rescue.
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A woman named Monica Hunter, a mom of three from Georgia, reached out to Hollifield and offered helped.
The two met up on Sunday and with hair care products in hand, Hunter assisted Hollifield and taught her how to do her daughter’s natural hair.
“It was important to me to touch Haley’s hair,” Monica told Yahoo Lifestyle. “Some hair is really soft, some is really kinky. With some, the coils are loose, with some, they’re tight.’”
Haley’s hair, she said, was “clean, soft and manageable” and has “tight curls.”
Hunter gave Hollifield advice on best practices for her daughter’s delicate hair and taught her how to part in little ponytails for a cute, quick style.
“This lady, Monica Hunter, who I had never met in person before today, offered to come to my house and walk me through exactly how to style my daughter’s hair,” Stephanie wrote in another post.
“She gave us her time, advice, headbands, combs and hair product. She asked for nothing in return and wouldn’t accept my money. By the time she left, I had a little more confidence in fixing my daughter’s hair, and most importantly I felt supported by my new friend.
“In a time of so much hate and division, our world needs more people like this.”
The post has since gone viral and the two women said they’ve also become fast friends and plan on a future playdate.
