AfroHair UAE

Tag your favourite local vendor so we can support the businesses who are still here. During these uncertain times, they need us now more than ever.

They will be added to our story directory so we can find them with ease!

If you are a business owner and would like to be featured on our WhatsApp group too, please send a DM.

Stay safe! 🇦🇪

Eid Mubarak to our Muslim Sheikhas and Sheikhs 🌙 x

Happy Ghanaian Independence Day to all my sistess and bradez 🇬🇭

It’s a very strange time in the world right now but particularly here in the UAE. I’m trying to keep things as normal as possible at home so that means I’ll be eating jollof rice and blasting highlife all day.

I hope you’re all safe and sound and that if things go left, you have another place else in the world - that you call home - that you can return to.

Remember there are 250+ Sheikhas in our WhatsApp group who are just a message away. Reach out whenever you need us x

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Hydrating the hair may be harder when you are not drinking water throughout the day; here are some tips.

Prioritise Hydration (Between Iftar & Suhoor)
Even though you’re not drinking during fasting hours, you can:

🌙 Sip water consistently between Iftar and Suhoor rather than drinking a large amount at once (aim for 6–8 glasses minimum in that window)

🌙 Eat water-rich foods: cucumbers, watermelon, oranges, soups.

🌙 Include healthy fats (avocado, olive oil, nuts) to support scalp and hair health.

🌙 Make sure you get enough protein (eggs, lentils, beans, fish)

🌙 Avoid excessive caffeine (tea/coffee) as it can increase dehydration.

Ramadan Kareem 🕌

Ramadan Kareem 🌙 to all our Muslim Sisters and Brothers who are observing. God bless you x

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2016. What a year. A defining moment in my Afro hair journey.

Coco Chanel once said “a woman who cuts her hair is about to change her life.” There are no truer words spoken. I was done relaxing my hair (by myself) and waiting for the burn 🔥 before washing it out (can’t believe we collectively did that and thought nothing of it for 20+ years!).

In 2016 on the last day of school, I took myself down to a barbershop on Mansfield Road in Nottingham. I had just left my full time job as an English teacher in an inner-city school, a job I loved, to embark on a new journey overseas. A month later, I would hop on a flight to Abu Dhabi 🇦🇪

Little did I know unemployment was waiting for me as well as a rude awakening that barbershops in the UAE were not unisex! I now had plenty of time on my hands to learn how to grow freshly shaven Afro hair.

The rest is history.

Fast forward to October 2025, my loc journey has begun. I wish I had started them sooner. Can’t wait to see what they looks like 10 years from now.

What was your hair like in 2016? Drop some images in our WhatsApp group (link in bio!). I’m tryna see sumn…

Loc’d In AD: one of my favourite events to date. As a newly Loc’d babe, I loved being able to walk into a room filled with people who looked like me and whom I could learn so much from.

We heard each others Loc origin stories, gleaned wisdom from Tvoke (everybody’s favourite loctician) and learned from each other’s personal experience. All over rum punch and jerk chicken whilst listening to music from the islands. Chef’s kiss 💋

We’re gonna do it all again but this time in DXB. Who’s coming?

Merry Christmas to you and yours! We hope you are spending a wonderful time with your loved ones. Lots of love, the AfroHairUAE community x

Still buzzing from our Sipnpaint event last Friday.
Ruth and I had been planning this collaboration for years and I’m so glad we finally managed to do it. So the term ‘trust the process’ is layered - bringing an idea to fruition takes time in the same way that creating an artistic masterpiece does. But it all comes together, beauty is created.

The same is true of our natural hair journeys. Good things take time and energy and effort and adaptation. Hang in there. Trust the process. The result will be spectacular.

It’s time for our final event of the year: with Dubai’s best - .

Join us on Friday 12th December at Bay Club, Business Bay at 7pm. We’ll be painting African queens adorned in natural hair - the perfect Christmas gift for someone special 🎁.

Tickets are AED350 and include entry to the event, a canvas and all painting materials, a food and drink package or a drinks only package and, of course, a goodie bag.

Sheikhas and sheikhs are both welcome. Let’s finish this year in style!🎄

See you Friday 🍸🎨🖌️ x

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Are you thinking about getting locs, just joined the loc tribe (like me!) or have been locd in for years? Then this event is for you!

, and I are bringing you a panel of Loc’d in Sheikhas and Sheikhs who will be sharing tips and experiences for growing and maintaining healthy locs in the desert. We’ll be listening to Caribbean vibes and tasting Caribbean flavours. And of course there’ll be loc-specific goodie bags just for you.

📅Friday 21st November 2025
📍Ting Irie Abu Dhabi, Al Saadiyat Island
⏰ 5-7pm
🎟️ 220AED

Link in bio for tickets or copy the link here Hey Sheikhas and Sheikhs 👑
had locs forever? We’re looking forward to welcoming you on Friday 21st November in Abu Dhabi to our next event, Loc’d in AD. It will now take place at Ting Irie on Saadiyat Island from 5-7pm.

Join our Loc’d In AD event WhatsApp group here:
https://chat.whatsapp.com/BlLFRos8xzSLsRAPQmOEB8?mode=wwt
and secure your ticket here: https://buy.stripe.com/fZubJ1gLje898VO4Mmbo406. Enjoy 10% off with the code AFROHAIRUAE10 if you purchase by Friday 14th November 2025.

See you soon! ❤️💚🤍🖤