Beauty Secrets We Learned From Jawara Wauchope

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Jawara Wauchope, the hairstylist responsible for the tresses on the Spring/Summer 2020 runways of Area, Off-White, and Mugler, has been doing hair since he was a boy. The Brooklyn-born, Jamaican-raised stylist practiced on his sister before he got an apprenticeship and worked his way up to the chair while he was in college. After time spent pursuing a fashion merchandising career, Wauchope returned to hair, training under masters such as Sam McKnight and Guido Palau. Now, the hairstylist is known for his sculptural approach to braids and a client list including Solange and Cardi B. Wauchope recently caught up with CR about haircare, what’s in his toolkit, and knowing what works for you.

What’s your daily haircare routine?
“First and foremost, the first thing I do is take off my durag. It’s a thing I wear at night to lay my hair in place. Then, I gently shampoo and condition it with Cantu conditioner, and I oil it with Jamaican castor oil. Then I brush it, and that’s basically it for my daily hair.”

What are your go-to products when working?
“Well it all depends on what I’m doing. It ranges from Cantu products, to Oribe products, sometimes Tresemmé. I also like Fiji products. There are also a few vegan or organic products that I make myself. It all varies depending on the hair type.”

What are the products that you make yourself?
“I have been experimenting with oils, literally mixing things together to make products. Hair nutrition is one of my most important things. I mix my own oils and things for different hair types–more coarse hair types, more fine hair types, thinner, thicker hair. I’m still playing with that, but I have a few of those in my kit as well. I’ve been developing a lot of things, so there might be a few things in the future that I have perfected, and people love and have been trying out. That may be something I want to dive into in the future.”

What’s your top tip for maintaining healthy hair?
“Once in a while people should give their hair a breather with what I call a ‘hair diet,’ and just do nothing with it. A lot of people like to put a lot of products in their hair every day, blow dry it every day. I say every once in a while just do nothing with your hair and let it breathe for a day or two. That keeps hair in the balance of being healthy, not stressing it out with too much product. I also believe in understanding what actually works for you. I tell people to do a lot of research on their own hair to see what really works, opposed to how you think it works. Also, every once in a while a deep conditioning and mask treatments [works] on all hair types. I think that’s always needed.”

What was it like training under Sam McKnight?
“It was amazing. He was such an amazing artist and icon. Person to person wise, he was absolutely amazing and really cared about what you were getting form the experience. I couldn’t ask for a better introduction to the industry–definitely changed my outlook on a lot of things, both business and personal.”

How has your approach to doing hair evolved?
“I was raised in Jamaica, the island. This was at the time of the early ’90s, the time of disco hair culture. Disco hair culture was very big in Jamaica and that was my start. I came to New York later on and started working with different types of people with different types of hair. And then I went into the fashion world later on. I would say my style is very mixed. Not one specific style, but if I had to describe it, I would definitely say beauty ingenuity–using beauty to find and come up with new ways to do things and to look at things. Always being adventurous. But definitely some kind of chic aesthetic as well. That’s one of the things I like to do, make things look beautiful. Even if it’s in a weird way, it still looks beautiful, hopefully.”

Are there any current hair trends that you like or particularly dislike?
“Well I don’t know if I really like the phrase ‘hair trend’ because hair is such an evolving thing and basing it around one thing feels stagnant. But I do love the idea of people wearing their own natural hair in its actual texture. I think it’s amazing and really cool. I also like the idea of protective styles, like wearing wet hair in the summertime. Doing effortless things, coming out of the shower and wearing it wet, and in respect to drying it later, making sure it’s healthy. I think there’s something really easy and beautiful about that.”

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