I was being curious on my iPhone one day and decided to look and see if there were apps for natural hair. I mean, they should have an app for everything right?
By golly I found some! By the way all of these apps are free. There were a number of paid ones I may review in the future.
Naturally Me
Overall thoughts:
Brands itself as the first app for natural hair. I don't know how true this claim it. It was a so-so app. Great pics of hairstyles. Some sections did not work well.
Features:
Pics of hair styles:
First off this app has TONS of hairstyles. From what I see users can go to the website and upload pics for them to be placed on the app (I uploaded a few myself). It has different catergories such as wash n go's, frohawks, locs, and more. I was looking for a headwrap category but did not see one. Maybe they can work on that for the future.
Beauty Supply Locator
Did not work very well...
I don't know what the criteria for being a beauty supplier was. When I told it to find a store for me it said that there was one about 13 miles from my house. I tried to find the one it located on Google but the search came up with nothing.
Also there are lots of "black beauty supply" stores that are around me. Black meaning they are geared towards black hair and sell weaves, relaxers, gels, and the occassional clothing and huge hoop earrings. Like I said, I dont really know what was meant by black beauty supply...maybe they meant one owned by black people. I will never know.
Shopping for products
When I clicked on the "Vendors" icon a list of brands that are marketed toward natural hair such as Shae Moisture, CURLS, and Pura Body Naturals. If you select a brand it takes you to an online store in which you could buy a product online. I thought that was pretty convienent.
Social Networking
Also there is a social network type section called "Curlfriends City". I don't know much about this b/c I did not want to create a profile. The also have a blog.
Events
"'Fro Fashion Week" info section... apparently it is Sept 24-30 in ATL. Who knew? It appears that this event is hosted by the makers of the app so I assume other events won't be advertised but maybe they will.
Real Life Use:
I would use the app for hairstyles and nothing else. Maybe if I did not have access to a computer and I moved into the wilderness where I could not purchase any natural hair care products I would use it for shopping.
By golly I found some! By the way all of these apps are free. There were a number of paid ones I may review in the future.
Overall thoughts:
Brands itself as the first app for natural hair. I don't know how true this claim it. It was a so-so app. Great pics of hairstyles. Some sections did not work well.
Features:
Pics of hair styles:
First off this app has TONS of hairstyles. From what I see users can go to the website and upload pics for them to be placed on the app (I uploaded a few myself). It has different catergories such as wash n go's, frohawks, locs, and more. I was looking for a headwrap category but did not see one. Maybe they can work on that for the future.
Beauty Supply Locator
Did not work very well...
I don't know what the criteria for being a beauty supplier was. When I told it to find a store for me it said that there was one about 13 miles from my house. I tried to find the one it located on Google but the search came up with nothing.
Also there are lots of "black beauty supply" stores that are around me. Black meaning they are geared towards black hair and sell weaves, relaxers, gels, and the occassional clothing and huge hoop earrings. Like I said, I dont really know what was meant by black beauty supply...maybe they meant one owned by black people. I will never know.
Shopping for products
When I clicked on the "Vendors" icon a list of brands that are marketed toward natural hair such as Shae Moisture, CURLS, and Pura Body Naturals. If you select a brand it takes you to an online store in which you could buy a product online. I thought that was pretty convienent.
Social Networking
Also there is a social network type section called "Curlfriends City". I don't know much about this b/c I did not want to create a profile. The also have a blog.
Events
"'Fro Fashion Week" info section... apparently it is Sept 24-30 in ATL. Who knew? It appears that this event is hosted by the makers of the app so I assume other events won't be advertised but maybe they will.
Real Life Use:
I would use the app for hairstyles and nothing else. Maybe if I did not have access to a computer and I moved into the wilderness where I could not purchase any natural hair care products I would use it for shopping.
