{"id":227546,"date":"2026-05-22T19:54:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T19:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=227546"},"modified":"2026-05-22T19:54:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T19:54:30","slug":"natures-gentle-touch-meet-the-founder-behind-africas-haircare-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=227546","title":{"rendered":"Natures Gentle Touch: Meet The Founder Behind Africa\u2019s Haircare Revolution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the 1990s, Nigerian women were paying the price for beauty \u2014 scalp burns, breakage, and the quiet belief that only foreign products could truly work. While others accepted it, chemist Chika Ikenga saw both a problem and a mindset that needed fixing. What began as lab experiments to protect African hair became Natures Gentle [\u2026]<br \/>\nThe post Natures Gentle Touch: Meet The Founder Behind Africa\u2019s Haircare Revolution appeared first on BellaNaija &#8211; Showcasing Africa to the world&#8230;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bellanaija.com\/2026\/03\/natures-gentle-touch-meet-the-founder\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the 1990s, Nigerian women were paying the price for beauty \u2014 scalp burns, breakage,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":227547,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-227546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-africa"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/227546-natures-gentle-touch-meet-the-founder-behind-africas-haircare-revolution.jpeg",1000,600,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/227546-natures-gentle-touch-meet-the-founder-behind-africas-haircare-revolution-150x150.jpeg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/227546-natures-gentle-touch-meet-the-founder-behind-africas-haircare-revolution-300x180.jpeg",300,180,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/227546-natures-gentle-touch-meet-the-founder-behind-africas-haircare-revolution-768x461.jpeg",640,384,true],"large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/227546-natures-gentle-touch-meet-the-founder-behind-africas-haircare-revolution.jpeg",640,384,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/227546-natures-gentle-touch-meet-the-founder-behind-africas-haircare-revolution.jpeg",1000,600,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/227546-natures-gentle-touch-meet-the-founder-behind-africas-haircare-revolution.jpeg",1000,600,false],"chromenews-featured":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/227546-natures-gentle-touch-meet-the-founder-behind-africas-haircare-revolution.jpeg",1000,600,false],"chromenews-large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/227546-natures-gentle-touch-meet-the-founder-behind-africas-haircare-revolution-825x575.jpeg",825,575,true],"chromenews-medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/227546-natures-gentle-touch-meet-the-founder-behind-africas-haircare-revolution-590x410.jpeg",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Jonathan Jeriah","author_link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?author=1"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?cat=40\" rel=\"category\">Africa<\/a>","tag_info":"Africa","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=227546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/227547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=227546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=227546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=227546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}