I wanted to use that and create a product that could help alleviate the problems I was experiencing and that’s how the Forbidden Oil was born. My mom recommended coffee to help with my hair growth and then I researched and saw that caffeine could help with hair growth/hair loss. I tried every remedy under the sun and when I went home during the holidays, my Dad literally proclaimed I was going bald. This eventually caused my edges to recede and push back my hairline. When I was first transitioning there weren’t a lot of products or education that helped guide your journey so I often wore tight, slicked back ponytails. How did having Alopecia influence your approach to buying hair products? My hair is a story that reflects my roots, ancestry, and has helped me to love and embrace my hair and create my business. My mom was the only person who tried to help me as I was growing out the perm with tips on protective styles and products that can help restore my hair health. It was a complicated relationship, but it taught me that I didn’t have something to be fixed, there was nothing wrong with me. I received a lot of backlash from my community, family, and friends who had a pretty intense reaction to my hair. I wanted to go natural for me and thought I was doing something admirable by eliminating all these toxins from my life.
#Bomba curls full#
I went natural and then never looked back, went vegetarian, and overall embraced a full natural lifestyle.
I had to straighten out my kinky hair in order to fit in and be seen as beautiful which I did until I was 17. From these experiences I learned that beauty standards were not reflective of people who looked like me. After that experience I got comments like “your hair is so nice” and “that’s how a proper young lady should look” because I had a silky/straight Eurocentric look. There was a stigma attached to my natural hair and I was 9 years old when I got taken into the Dominican hair salon to get my first relaxer. I don’t know how many combs I have damaged in my hair journey. Growing up I was always told I had “pelo malo” which would come out when someone was doing my hair or complaining about being unable to style it. ! What was your relationship to your hair like when you were growing up? We’re so excited to chat with Lulu and talk about all things Bomba Curls. Her enthusiasm and passion for her brand and business is seen in her product ingredients, customers, and bomba squad who are champions for her vision. She has always believed in instilling seeds of self-love that would empower customers to love their layered textures and has promoted this across the various products in her brand whether hair mask, oil, or scrunchies. As a native of the Dominican Republic she wanted to use her own blends and beauty secrets to create products that could meet the needs of curly and coily hair to nourish the scalp. Lulu Cordero is the Afro-Latina behind the bodacious Bomba Curls which was created when she needed homemade remedies to cure her severe traction alopecia.
#Bomba curls series#
The Naturall圜urly Leaders in Curl interview series highlights the people and the brands that are redefining the beauty industry – one curl at a time.
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