Cuban men and women who embrace their Afro-descended heritage and hair. La Habanna hosted on late August the island’s first Afro beauty-aesthetics convention.
The trend that has been taking place around the world is gaining traction in the Caribbean nation. Until 2021, Thalía Quesada had straight hair that was straightened with laborious treatments. She decided to break the stereotype of what was considered beautiful, even within her own family, and now proudly shows off the voluminous curls of her Afro hair.
The medical student turned entrepreneur used her own experience to create a line of oils, creams and waxes based on natural products – coconut, flaxseed, rosemary- with which she seeks to benefit the Black community on the island.
“Nowadays my job is to help people like me, who want to find themselves again, and get rid of the straightening and the torture of the hot comb,” Quesada, who participated in the first Afro-aesthetics convention with her brand ThaliAfro, told The Associated Press.
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