The Heart, History, and Healing Behind Grow & Glow

Where It All Really Started

Let me tell you something I learned the hard way: your hair will absolutely tell on you. It will snitch without remorse. Stress? It’ll show. Hormones? Loud. Postpartum? Baby, that season had my hair telling a whole testimony.

There was a moment—one of those quiet, late-night, “what is happening to me?” moments—where I realized my hair wasn’t just breaking… it was breaking me. My edges were thin and fragile. My scalp felt irritated and tired. And every product I reached for either coated my hair in grease or came with ingredients I needed a dictionary, a YouTube tutorial, and divine intervention to figure out.

So I did what so many women before me did. I went back to what actually works.

Herbs. Oils. Roots. Ritual.

The things our mothers and grandmothers didn’t need marketing campaigns to trust.

Returning to the Roots (Literally)

Grow & Glow began in the most honest place possible: my own hands.

I stood in my kitchen with jars of herbs—fenugreek, hibiscus, rosemary, amla, cloves, star anise—mixing, testing, adjusting, praying, learning. Not to build a brand. Not to make a product. But to simply feel like myself again.

I tried everything on me first. Then on my edges. Then on my scalp. Then on the people I love. My mom. My cousins. My friends. And then suddenly, people who heard through the grapevine.

“What did you put in your hair?”
“Wait… your edges came back?”
“Can you make me some?”

What started as a personal healing ritual slowly became something bigger… something communal.

The Moment I Realized This Was More Than Hair

When my postpartum shedding hit its worst stage, I felt embarrassed, frustrated, and honestly… confused. No one really prepares you for that part. Nobody tells you how deeply it affects your confidence.

But as my hair softened, recovered, and started thriving again, something else grew with it:

My confidence. My joy. My sense of self.

And I thought, If this ritual can bring me back home to myself… maybe it can do the same for someone else.

That was the moment Grow & Glow was born.

Our Mission

Grow & Glow exists to:

• Help women feel beautiful, grounded, and confident in every season of life—postpartum, protective-style cycles, hormonal shifts, and everything in between.

• Bring ancestral herbal wisdom forward in a way that feels modern, soothing, and effective.

• Make haircare a ritual, not a chore.

• Nourish the scalp so the hair can tell a different story: one of health, strength, and resilience.

This is bigger than hair growth. It’s hair healing.

Our Values

1. Ritual Over Routine

Haircare shouldn’t feel rushed or stressful. We believe in slowing down, massaging your scalp, and actually enjoying the process.

2. Ancestral Wisdom Matters

Everything we use comes from plant medicine that has been trusted for generations.

3. Clean, Honest Ingredients

If we can’t pronounce it or explain why it’s there… it doesn’t go in the bottle.

4. Community First

Grow & Glow grew because people shared it with people they cared about. That will always be our foundation.

5. Real Results Come From Real Care

No gimmicks. No magic tricks. Just consistent, loving nourishment.

How We Make It (The Grow & Glow Process)

Every bottle is: - Small-batch poured to guarantee freshness - Infused for weeks, not hours - Filled with herbs selected for their ability to restore, strengthen, and stimulate - Blessed with intention (because the energy you make something with matters) - Tested by real people with real hair journeys

This is slow beauty. Slow growth. Slow restoration. And the results speak.

Why Grow & Glow Works

Because it wasn’t created in a lab first.
It was created in a life first.

In my kitchen. In my hardest season. With my real edges on the line.

You’re not getting a mass-produced formula. You’re getting something born from: - Experience - Love - Research - Tradition - And a whole lot of lived wisdom

A Love Letter to You (Yes, You)

If you’re here because your hair feels different…
If your scalp is tired…
If your edges are whispering “help”…
If you’re in a life season that’s demanding everything from you…

I want you to know something:

Your hair can come back. You can come back.

And no, you don’t have to do it alone.

Grow & Glow was created for women just like us—those who deserve softness, nourishment, and a moment of care in the middle of everything they carry.

Thank you for being part of this story.

This brand would not exist without women like you.