Tionna Marsh drops a dollop of ultra-moisturizing mango-butter and carrot shampoo into her palm and holds out hope that, one day, her 1-year-old daughter, Avia, won’t grow up hating her hair.
Rubbing both hands together, the mom massages a lather into Avia’s scalp over the kitchen sink. This has become a ritual for the D.C.-based mom of two, who recalls sitting in her own mom’s lap while she cared for Tionna’s ultra-curly and laborious type-4 hair.
