Taraji P. Henson’s New Hair-Care Line Is Truly a Blessing for All Hair Types
If Taraji P. Henson weren’t acting, she’d probably be doing hair. As a college student, the Empire star would do wet sets (styling wet hair with rollers immediately after cleansing) for her classmates as a side hustle. And while her talent and onscreen magnetism have gained her 32 awards and a mess of nominations, the latest chapter in Henson’s career is taking her back to her first love. “I always loved and understood hair,” she tells Allure. “Growing up, we took [it] very seriously. I was always in a salon every week getting a different hairstyle.”
TPH by Taraji is the fruit of Henson’s decades-long passion for hair, grown from her own experiences styling and nurtured by the kind of trial-and-error we all go through when learning how to take care of our own hair. The 18-piece line is divided into four color-coded parts: teal for cleansing and care, red for repair, purple for treatment stylers, and yellow for scalp-care products.
As Henson tells Allure, scalp care lies at the heart of TPH, due to her own experiences wearing weaves over the years. “The first time I went to get the weave taken out, it smelled like mildew. I was so embarrassed. I was washing my hair, but wasn’t doing drying the weft,” she explains. “When you have a weave or an install, your hair is braided down and then sometimes they sew a hair net down on top of that and then they sew the hair tracks on top of that. My dilemma was how do I get to my scalp? How do I clean it? I didn’t ever want that mildew smell again.” Her Master Cleanse, the hero product, is inspired by a homemade concoction Henson made just to refresh her scalp when she wears weaves.
The collection wasn’t made with a specific hair type in mind, nor is it solely for people who wear weaves. Henson says she created TPH hair for every texture, from silky and stick-straight, to fluffy, gravity-defying z-shaped zig-zag strands. So, we tested the range on five different hair types.
Read the testimonials of the women who tried the product with y. our hairtype here.
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