Is The Natural Hair Community Dying #Natural #Naturalhair

What'S up guys, it's dewan aka curly guy here and i am boo, boo, boo boo back with another video. I know um i've been off the scene for a little bit, but honestly, i've just been feeling really uninspired by the natural hair community and that's what this video today is about. So let's talk about it, okay, guys so before i even jump into it. I'M going to go ahead and let you guys know that i do have some of these uh bohemian braids uh, whatever you want to call them a lot of people, call them bohemian braids. So that's what i call them um and i actually did just refresh them - and this is like my summer style for the rest of summer. I'Ll probably be rocking this more so than even wash and go's, because it's so convenient it's so easy to keep up with, and it looks good so i'm just going to come close and show you guys what they look like now. My hair is still wet right. Now because i did just refresh them, but i love the aesthetic that this hairstyle gives it's just a gifts for me and i'll go ahead, and let you guys know what i did when i done them as well as refresh them. All i did was you know, of course, part of my house and braided. I do have a reel on my instagram, showing you guys exactly how to do this style. So if you want to see that then go check it out, i don't think i'm going to film a whole youtube video about it, because a lot of people already have. But anyway i just used my curl enhancer smoothie. As my moisturizer, of course, i shampooed and conditioned my hair, i let it air dry most of the way, because for this type of style i didn't want to braid on soaking wet hair. You can do that. I just chose not to, and then i applied the shea moisture curl enhancing smoothie all over and then all i did was proceeded to braid and i used eco styler for my braids and then once all of my hair was braided. I went through and defined each strand with the eco styler gel, and then i just let my hair dry to refresh i've been basically doing the same thing. Just rinsing. My hair, which i did just film. A video that'll also be an instagram reel about how i refresh these so stay tuned for that, but i really been loving as long as i've been having braids in this royal oil scalp elixir by head and shoulders. I really love that my scalp has not itched me one time since i've been using this, so i'm pretty impressed it does contain periphery and zinc in it, which is an anti-dandruff treatment. I don't really struggle with dandruff, but i was having a little inflammation on my scalp um about three weeks ago and this has really helped with that. So i'm not experiencing any of those symptoms and i do attribute it to this product. So, if you're in the market - and you have dandruff or anything, definitely go check out this product, if nothing else and of course i used just a denman to define those curls, and i also left some curl out on the end um. I didn't braid all the way to the end, just to give it that more boho effect, but anyway moving forward, let's go ahead and get into what this video is about is about, and the topic is, is the natural hair community dying? I personally feel like the natural hair community is not what it used to be yeah. It'S not just that. I feel that way. The natural hair community is not what it used to be. I mean i look at other influences, much larger influences than myself and their views have drastically decreased, like people just aren't consuming natural hair content. The way they used to at least here on youtube. I know since tiktok has come around it - has taken everything by storm. I know a lot of people are still posting instagram reels, mainly myself, and just to keep up with that, because instagram is what we know and youtube was what we knew and some people are having a hard time, adapting the tick tock i dabble in tic toc, But i don't use it as a social media form of income, not really not yet anyway um, i don't know if i will even i'm okay with just using instagram, predominantly for income, and then you guys also know. Of course, i am a full-time nurse, which is why this style has been so convenient. It'S so convenient at work. I can just pull it back, it's not like. I have a lot of hair and i do have last week i did have a color patient, so i definitely was wearing like an n95 and it's just more convenient to put this on with the n95 um. But that's not at him or there. The natural community people just aren't consuming the goods anymore, people just don't sit down and watch. I guess the attention span has shifted people really i mean some people are don't get me wrong. I still get probably about the same amount of views that i was getting here on youtube um, but i've never really gotten like thousands and thousands and thousands of views. It has been my consistent audience for a few years now um, but i noticed a lot of other influencers are shifting to other platforms because they're not getting the views that they used to get people just aren't consuming 10 minute plus videos like they used to um, Especially in the natural hair realm, it just isn't what it used to be, and i understand there is a shift, but my issue with the social media platforms is: when will it be enough um, because i was just watching um curly chris shout out to her. I love watching her videos um, and i was just watching her videos the other day and in one of her videos she just reached. I think a hundred thousand here on youtube and recently on instagram as well, and she was like basically saying once i get to a hundred thousand on tick tock, that's it, but i just feel like what's gon na come next, like what's gon na come next, i Am not using tic toc to promote i just post content that i like to post. I have a mixture of like you know, um, like the viral type of content that i post as well as um lifestyle, stuff, skincare hair care. All of that more professionally edited videos, and my my tic toc - is a mixture of both. I don't really use it again as a marketing tool. I guess it kind of does market on its own, but i don't use it for that purpose. I use it for entertainment and that's what i like to do, um, but as far as youtube, i just haven't been feeling the motivation and i think it is because people just aren't watching people aren't really subscribing. I know i've been at like 60. I think i'm right at 61, 000 um and i also am on a road to get to a hundred thousand, but people just aren't subscribing, and i know some of that is my fault. Some of it is the inconsistency just because i don't know it's kind of a synergistic effect like a cause and effect. If i don't get the engagement, then i don't feel the motivation to post, even though i like posting, and especially with my job, you guys know, i am a travel nurse, so traveling around makes it a little bit more difficult to commit that time to filming content. If people aren't going to watch um and i do know - i have those loyal subscribers that have been here since day, one and that still watch and still comment and still like and all that, but on social media. If you get to a point where you're not growing or you feel stagnant, it just kind of feels like redundant to be making content. If that makes sense, i mean, of course i want to make content for my regular viewers to see, but i can also do that on instagram and make reals that take less time and not that it's about the money. But i make more money off of a shorter amount or a smaller piece of content. So um that's been my main issue. Also, there hasn't been a lot of stuff for me to do in the natural community like how many walks and goals can i do. How many twist outs can i do how many styles can i do like that? We haven't seen how many products can i review that we haven't seen and honestly guys company send me product and i haven't even been using a lot of product just because i've been keeping my routine very minimal with the travel. I try to keep like about four products in rotation as far as shampoo and conditioners, and then i have only been using as of late. The shea moisture curl enhances smoothie for moisture, and then i've been alternating between wet line and eco styler gel. For definition, that's why this style has been so convenient, because i can literally just rinse my hair in the shower use conditioner. If i'm on that day, where i don't need the shampoo, i can just condition my hair, throw in a deep conditioner for about five to ten minutes, rinse that out put in some more curl enhancing smoothie and then top it off with my gel of choice and That has just been so easy and convenient for me. That'S why i like this style, but again i'm trying to keep this video under 10 minutes, even because i just feel like the algorithm is not pushing videos that are more than 10 minutes just because it's trying to move away. I know they're doing youtube short videos. Uh, i feel, like every platform is doing everything they can to keep up with tick-tock um but yeah. I just wanted to get on here and get you guys feedback. Definitely let me know down below in the comments. What do you think about the natural hair community? Is it dying? Is it dead? Can we come back from this? Are you guys still watching? Just let me know your opinions. I would love to hear them and also give me some ideas of videos that you guys would like to see from me content, even if it's lifestyle, if it's about nursing whatever that may be and yeah um, just remember guys if you can't keep it curly, keep It classy and i'll see you in my next one