Meet Riley, 3-Year-Old Natural-Hair Tutor

If you spend any time in any natural-hair community anywhere on the Internet, then you've seen this photo of Riley from Houston. Basically, she's an icon: Suggested Reading The Root 100 – 2020 Black History Month – 2022 Hip-Hop 50 Year – 2023 Video will return here when scrolled back into view Stefon Diggs and…

If you spend any time in any natural-hair community anywhere on the Internet, then you've seen this photo of Riley from Houston. Basically, she's an icon:

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She's 3 years old now, and just as an enterprising person would do, she's adding to her skill set. She's no longer just a perfect baby model; she's also an Instagram-video hair tutor. Here she is explaining the important steps of styling a frohawk:

Did you get all that? Huffington Post broke down the steps:

1. Start with a twist-out. 2. Pin up both sides. 3. Pick your "woots," aka roots. 4. Laugh hysterically.

Listen, if I don't have one that's exactly like Riley โ€ฆ never mind, there's really no good way to finish that sentence.

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