A question asked frequently by my lovely readers is where to find the hair products I use in Nigeria. To readers in the States and UK, you are so lucky to have so many BSS’s and black hair shops that stock great products at your disposal.
For us over here in Nigeria, a lot of those great products are not readily available. In the one year plus since my relocation I have found some great places that stock what I would call a respectable stash of hair products.
What I mean by respectable is that these stores may not have the vast range of products that the huge mega stores in the States or UK have but they carry a good variety of quality and well recommended products. Basically they have enough for you to start and sustain a hair journey here in Nigeria.
As a way to encourage more ladies in Nigeria to start their hair journey, I decided to start a Hair Products in Nigeria series. Hopefully this will help make finding good products in Nigeria feel less like mission impossible.
Rather than simply mentioning these stores, I decided to get more interactive by talking to the owners, meeting the staff and visiting the stores where applicable. I wouldn’t want to expose my readers to stores without being sure of their credibility.
The first store to be featured is the The Sizzelle Store. I first heard about Sizzelle from a Hairducation reader and Hair By Type 4 client, Genevieve. I have since learnt more about Sizzelle and thought it would a great store to kick things off with.
The owner of the store kindly answered some questions about her store below.
A products aisle at Sizzelle
1) Please introduce yourself and tell us about the Sizzelle store.
My name is Ufuoma, also known as Dr Fomsky by my blog readers. I am a medical doctor who loves hair care and skin care. I started my hair journey in 2010 and my hair blog (The Sizzling Mommy) in 2011.
I discovered that many products talked about on many blogs couldn’t be easily found here in Nigeria. I decided to start ordering them for myself and some of my readers, with time, I started having more and more requests. To display the products I had and to handle the requests more efficiently, I designed a simple online store called thesizzlingmommy.com.
After a short time, I decided to design a better site and to change the name to Sizzelle (Sizz for sizzling and Elle is French for ‘she’). The Sizzelle Online Store went live in April 2013 and we now have a physical store in Lagos.
We’ve since added more hair products, tools and accessories. We also have a few skin products too.
2) How do you decide what products to stock at Sizzelle?
My number one way of deciding is to stock products I or my staff have used and like.
We also stock products that other bloggers rave about. Another way I decide what to stock is by reading online hair forums and product reviews. Plus, many products we now carry are based on our customers’ recommendations.
3) How often are products restocked?
We usually restock at least once in two months. For some high turnover products, we restock once a month.
4) Are the staff able to assist customers with product selection?
Yes. All my staff are required to learn about healthy hair practices. My female staff are also on their own hair journeys and personally use many of our products.
Myself and the Sizzelle store manager, Nkiru. . She was very pleasant and was so happy to tell me about her hair journey and the products she used…which I thought was awesome.
5) Can products be ordered from Sizzelle online? Is delivery available in Lagos and nationwide?
Yes. You can order from our website http://www.sizzelle.com. You can also call our store on +2348168072140 or +2348179032966 Monday – Friday (9am – 5pm) to place an order or simply send an email to store@sizzelle.com
We offer free courier delivery within Lagos if your order is greater than 5000 naira. If you prefer cash in delivery however, it’s 1000 naira.
We also ship nationwide. To see our full list of shipping charges per location, please visit this page on our site http://www.sizzelle.com/index.php?route=information/information&information_id=15
6) Why should ladies buy their hair products from Sizzelle?
We have a wide range of quality, genuine hair products which have excellent international reviews.
We also aim to please our customers as best as we can.
I want to say a big thank you to Ufuoma for answering my questions.
I hope this series will help you on your hair journey or encourage you to start one.
I am in talks with other hair product stores and will feature other stores throughout the year.
The next blog post will be about the art of stretching. A lot of ladies stretch their relaxer but if you are not careful, stretching can lead to major setbacks. I will share some of the tips I use to prevent this from happening.
I hope you will stop by soon.
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Lade
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Disclaimer
Please note that I have not been paid nor have I received any form of compensation for this feature.