When Rachel Blistein couldn’t find hair products that worked for her curly texture, she took matters into her own hands. Mixing formulas in her kitchen, she launched Original Moxie. It’s a hair care company rooted in Ypsilanti, Michigan, focused on sustainability while celebrating diverse hair types.
“I spent most of the first three decades of my life really trying to not have curly hair,” Blisten said. “I was just very frustrated with the lack of solutions that actually worked for my hair.”
Blisten didn’t embrace her natural hair until she was in her early 30s. In the early 2000s, she noticed a significant lack of products specifically designed for curly hair. Even when she found items that claimed to be for curly hair, they failed to keep her hair moisturized…