The New Must Try Hair Care Line for Curly Girls!

Micole Elise
Sep 13, 2019
3 min read

WHO

Tracee Ellis Ross!

I've watched her since she was in Girlfriends and continue to watch her in Blackish! I love to see her playing Rainbow (Bow) Johnson on the hit sitcom Blackish because I can look at Tracee and see myself in her. I see pieces of my husband in Dre and pieces of my kids in the Johnson kids. I am always drooling over her fashion and beauty in the show and in her real life. She constantly makes me want to wear cornrows with hoop earrings and a bold lipstick. I'm a little obsessed with her.

To see more post with Tracee Ellis Ross, check out my previous post 3 Must See Celeb/Store Collaborations where I discussed Tracee's JcPenny collection.

Images from the Pattern Instagram Feed

WHAT

A carefully curated hair care collection for curly hair called PATTERN. The collection includes products for all different types of curl patterns. Don't know what your curl pattern is? No problem, the site provides a page dedicated (HERE) to how to determine your pattern or patterns because if you're like me and my daughter, you have more than one!

"PATTERN was inspired by robust variations of curl patterns in any given mane of hair. In our hair journeys, knowing and embracing our individual and sometimes ever-changing curl patterns is key to rocking hair that is healthy & hydrated, juicy & joyful." -Tracee Ellis Ross

Image from Pattern website

WHERE

So far all Pattern products are sold through the Pattern Beauty website! Pattern ships to approximately 40 states right now including the US. I hope in the future she decides to carry the collection in select stores!

All Products can be found and purchased on the Pattern Beauty Website

WHY

After years and years of trying to force her hair to fit in with society's definition of what beautiful hair was (straight bouncy, blowing in the wind), Tracee made the decision to listen to her hair and go natural. Back then there weren't a lot of women of color who were rocking natural hair outside of afros. Most black women went through perming, relaxing, ironing (Tracee admits to using an actual iron on her hair), heat combs, and rigorous night routines in order to achieve hair that was acceptable to society and still made them feel beautiful. Still today there are a lot of women of color who go through these routines and if not they are adding weaves and extensions in and still damaging their hair. Because of the damage done over years, we are finally learning to embrace our natural hair and realize that natural hair is not boring and ugly or any other terms that others have used to define it. Natural hair is beautiful and should be celebrated! That is what Tracee's collection is all about. She inspires us by referring to our hair as

"the unique dance and song that lives in all of our hair".

Pattern is about community, self-love, and acceptance. The strength of our DNA and recognizing that were all different. Everyone in my family has curly hair but we all have different curl patterns. We love seeing the difference in them all! My husband's pattern is different from our son and our son's is different from his moms. Mine is not the same as my daughters nor either one of my parents. I bet the same goes for you, but whatever your pattern is...