Introduce yourself!
T: My name is Tynisha Smith-Hatcher. Iām from Denver, CO currently residing in Atlanta, GA.
Why did you make the decision to go natural?
T: I have been natural since 2007, but I have only embraced my āownā hair for 2 years. My decision to go natural was mainly for my daughter. I canāt tell her to love herself and how God created her if Iām hiding who I am with ālong-termā weaves. When I speak of long term, I mean I used to believe that I could not go out in public wearing my natural hair. As if my hair was a bad thing, when itās NOT!!! I also didnāt think that it was professional. I was WRONG!!! Also, the financial burden I put my family through wearing weaves back to back was very costly. Weāre saving $1280.00 a year now!!!!
How would you describe your texture?
T: My hair texture is 3c/4a. My strands are coarse and my hair is thick.
Describe your styling regimen over the course of the month.
T: I almost always wear protective stylesā¦no braids or weaves but short-term protective styles. I like a lot of flirty and jazzy updos, buns and twists. I like to have fun with my hair. Long-term protective styles are boring to me and I have not used heat in a year.
What does wash day look like for you?
T: I co-wash my hair every Sunday using TresemmĆ© Naturals. I have totally eliminated shampoo from my routine. If my hair has product build-up, I mix 1/3 of a cup of Apple Cider Vinegar into a quart of water after I co-wash. After I wash, I LOC (liquid, oil, cream) in moisture with Trader Joeās Organic Coconut Oil, or Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Creme of Nature Argan Oil 7āN-1 Leave-In Treatment, and 100% raw Shea Butter.
Describe your favorite go-to hairstyle for days when you donāt have a lot of time to style.
T: When I donāt have a lot of time to style my hair, you can never go wrong with a puff or a bun. Those are my go to styles.
How do you combat shrinkage?
T: I like my hair nice and stretched for my protective styles. After I wash my hair I will twist or plait it in 4 sections and let it air dry. Once my hair is dry I apply coconut or olive oil and Garnier Fructis Sleek & Shine Leave-In Conditioning Cream, and pull all of my hair back into one ponytail overnight. In the morning, my hair is nice and stretched. I also use Curl Formers if I want my hair stretched without having to wait for my hair to air dry.
What are some of your problem areas (if any) that require special care and attention?
T: Since I used to wear weaves back to back, my edges became very thin. I pay more attention to my edges and use Jamaican Black Castor Oil every night. It has really helped my edges.
What are 2 doās for your texture?
T: Keeping my hair moisturized and my ends tucked, while having fun with my hair at the same time.
What are 2 donāts for your texture?
T: Donāt lose patience and donāt compare your hair to everyone you have a hair crush on. Enjoy your hair, love it, and watch it flourish.
Is there a blog/webpage where we can find you?
T: You can find me on YouTube at tymesheher
Instagram: @ ty_me_she_her
Facebook: facebook/TyniNaturalHair
The twisted style when she is in the pink shirt and the twist and tuck style in the photo that is divided into quadrants have got to be some of the best twist styles Iāve ever seen. Not complicated, but classy.
no kidding!!! itās already saved to my laptop and i canāt wait to try it or a variation of it. amazing!!
I will also be doing the same; saving the picture of the pinwheel twist. That style has me salivating! #tissueplease
Beautifulā¦just beautiful!
Some lovely twist styles!
Wow I had given up on Updos but this is great inspiration, definitely heading over to your you tube channel.
Really pretty! Shes the queen of protective style!
Styles for days!
Iāve checked her out on YouTube before. Who wouldnāt?? She is SO creative.
Thank you all for your beautiful commentsā¦BGLH thank you so much for the feature, Iām deeply humbled. I love your site and I get a lot of information from it to incorporate into my regimen. You guys rock!!!!!
Tynisha thank you so much for sharing your natural hair experience with us. I like what you said about patience and not comparing yourself with a āhair crushā. That said your ability to create natural updos that are both professional and fierce is just remarkable! You rock!!
Her Protective style game is on point!!!
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Neat hair-styles, Tynisha!
I love the backwards braid do from the firs pic! Never been able to achieve that look myself.
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Great protective styles! But what immediately caught my attention are her perfect eyebrows and great makeup looks! š
Yeah, saving money is one of the best decisions too. I like how sensitive you were to your daughterās image and that you transitioned because of want, not that you had to.
Her eye-makeup is on POINT!!!
You have lovely thick hairā¦but no shadeā¦you are not 3C or 4aā¦3c is more like mahogany curls and 4a is Naptural 85. Your hair is too coarse to be 3c or 4a. You seem more 4b with some 4a in your texture.
Great protective styles!
Let me say first and foremost that you have beautiful and thick natural hair. However (no shade), you do not seem to be 3c/4a. 3c hair is more like Mahogany Curls and 4a is Whitney from Naptural 85. Your hair texture seems more 4b/4c, with some 4aā¦multi-textured. What annoys me is when girls have coarser hair and donāt seem to want to accept it. Like brown skin girls calling themselves light-skinned. Accept and love your kinky texture!
My hair is predominately 4a based on the type charts Iāve seen floating around the internet. Iām not a professional in that arena so I may have some 4bās in there but I donāt have the time to pick strands and compare. The only area of my hair that has a 3c type of curl pattern are my sides and front. Itās not a ānaturalā curl pattern but itās a result of the constant heat I put on it when I wore weaves since that was the area of my leave out. Iām not going to cut it off, it… Read more »
I absolutely love your commentā¦and the raw honesty it delivers. I actually know her and I have to say that her real life natural hair journey is more discouraging than encouraging. She is DEFINITELY a 4b/c with no natural 3 anything. So much so that she used to have to gel her permed hair down, something that a permed 3 or 4a would never HAVE to do. She has often used weaves and heat to pull off styles and textures, and then attributes them to nature, like calling twist outs (with fully visible parts that havenāt been picked out) wash-and-gos.… Read more »
Iām curious.ā¦..how do you know what her hair type is and what she is accepting of? Seems like shade IJS.ā¦Mahogony curls is more like 3A, 3B.ā¦Now the pic with her hair wet looks like itās mostly 4a to meā¦she may have some 3cās in the mix somewhere because the edges look like they are laying down easily.ā¦who are you to say she doesnāt.ā¦.and who cares what her hair type is, her hair is beautiful and she seems pretty accepting of it to me.ā¦and those hair type charts are not always on point.
Mahoganycurls definitely isnt a 3a or 3b. Sheās predominately 3c. Idk what youre looking atā¦3a hair is like Moknowshair
I know what her hair type is because Iām 4a and my hair is curly. Hers is coarse and more kink than curlā¦thatās how I know. Her updoās seem like they are the result of blow dried hair ā not from hair done on wet hair. On Youtube there are a lot of girls who have coarse hair that complain that none of the girls with their hair type āownā their hair. I call them NID ā Naturals in Denial. Her hair is beautiful, but she said it is coarse in her interview. 4a hair is NOT coarse!
Why are you so mad āAnonymousā You know her or somethingā¦you seem real upset for some reason. Lol Her hair is based upon HER interpretation NOT yours. Tynisha keep doing you girlā¦I love your hair keep the styles coming. Thereās always haters lurking so beware! Lol
Not mad honeyā¦just honest.ā¦
I looked at her videos and did not see her one time do her hair in a wet, not blown out state. Her hair looks coarse and has no curl definition. That my dear is 4c (or at best 4b) hair. What is so wrong about pointing that out? There are some women with 4c hair that is absolutely beautifulā¦it must be a bad thing for some of you because you are getting MAD that I am pointing it outā¦SMH!
I think that at best her definition of what coarse hair is differs from others. I donāt think her hair is coarseā¦itās thick, not coarse. I watch her on youtube and her hair looks very easy to manage. Now my hair is coarseā¦coarse hair is NOT easily manageable and even when blow dried it has a certain texture to it. Her hair looks really soft.
Love all the updoās š so pretty.
iāve seen her pictures all over the internet. I even shared a few on my facebook page. canāt wait to try some of those updos come this spring.
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Hi Tynisha š
Iāve saved so many of your updos in my āhairspirationā photo folder on my computer and tried a few of your updos. You have been my updo inspiration and totally saved me this winter! So pleasantly surprised by your inclusion here! I saw your photos on the scrolling photo book on the right and was immediately a fan! Youāre beautifulāand thanks so much!
These are some of THE MOST BEAUTIFUL protective styles I have ever seen! LOVE!! Gorgeous hair on a gorgeous girl!
I am soooo glad you guys finally made her a hairstyle icon. Iāve always thought of her as the āQueen B of Updosā. š Just beautiful.
love these awesome updos! Do you think of these on your own? Iāve been looking for more creative hairstyles that I can do and maintain on my own and these are good inspiration.