RAW HAIR vs VIRGIN HAIR : Pros & Cons / Which one is better ?

hello my name is jamila and today i'm

going to be telling you about our raw

elite collection that is launching later

this month ever since we posted the

videos and the images of our raw um

south indian wavy hair you guys have

been going crazy in the dms and the

emails wanting to know more about the

hair um how it is compared to the virgin

hair that we sell currently and it's a

lot of the same questions so we thought

it'd be a great idea if we just make a

video where we kind of compare and

contrast

our raw hair and our virgin hair talk

about the pros and cons

and at the end finally tell you which

one we believe is the best option for

you so um we're just gonna do a very

very quick concise video so um

i have some talking points on my phone

so if you see me looking down i'm just

looking at talking points just so the

video can stay very concise and very

specific and of course at the end of

this video if you have any more

questions you can also leave those below

so let's start

so what is raw hair so raw hair is

basically single donor unprocessed hair

that means that the hair is cut from the

donor's head

cleaned put onto a weft and that's it

nothing else is done to the hair there's

no chemical processing there is no steam

processing

the way the hair is cut from the donor's

hair is the way you will receive it so

if the person has naturally wavy hair

the hair is going to be wavy if the

person has naturally straight hair it'll

be straight and whatever color the hair

is that's exactly how you're going to

receive it nothing is done to the hair

hence the name raw okay so i'm going to

show you two examples of our raw hair

here this is our cambodian slight wave

so as you can see it's mostly straight

and you have a little bit of a wave as

you get to the bottom so this is exactly

how the hair is cut from the donor's

head as you can see has a nice beautiful

beautiful luster and i love this texture

so much because it's so versatile and

then here we have our burmese curly

beautiful beautiful

so i just want to show you a quick

comparison between our raw hair

and processed hair so this is also this

is processed hair um we are also

launching this hair so this is not raw

hair but it's very very high quality um

it's our bone straight texture so the

straight texture actually comes from

being processed but as you can see it's

full from root to tip

it's like

super super super super high quality

virgin hair and this is our raw hair so

i just wanted to give you guys a side by

side so you can compare

um this is still very excellent quality

but it is processed meaning that a

chemical process was done to this hair

to keep it straight like this

another very important aspect of raw

hair is that it comes in a variety of

shades so you can get anywhere from a

very light brown bundle to a jet black

bundle it all depends on the color of

the donor's natural hair and the most

important aspect

is the longevity

great quality excellent quality raw hair

can last you anywhere from a minimum of

five years up to a lifetime depending on

how well you take care of the hair and

we'll talk more about the maintenance of

raw hair later in the video

so now we're going to talk a little bit

about virgin hair so virgin hair is

processed hair so that means it's

processed for color and it's also

processed for texture so this is a curly

pattern as you can see is uniform

throughout so all bundles in this

texture would look identical because

it's created and this is

a wavy bundle

after it has been washed and conditioned

and this is a straight bundle

so

these don't come like this off the

donor's head no one has this these curl

patterns that are so uniform and so

perfect so these are created and this is

why um

we call it processed hair because a

process was done to it to get you know

these patterns in terms of the longevity

of virgin hair it all depends excellent

quality virgin hair like the one we

currently offer can last you

two or more years if it's well taken

care of and lower quality virgin hair

i've seen last for like less than a

month

so it honestly depends on the quality of

the hair but of course the virgin hair

is not going to last as long as the raw

hair because it is processed

another pro of raw hair is that it

blends excellently with natural hair so

if you're more of a leave out type of

girl when you like to maybe get you part

wigs or get sew-ins with your hair left

out this will blend excellently with

your hair and you won't have to worry

about damaging your hair to have your

hair blend with it because the hair

already has so much texture and body

so maintaining your raw hair is just

like maintaining your real hair you have

to shampoo it ever so often you have to

condition it you have to deep condition

it when you're using hot tools you have

to make sure you use a heat protectant

you don't want to overly use

hot tools so it's just like maintaining

your real hair and that's what's going

to give you

the best return on your investment and

that's what's going to make your hair

last for the longest possible

because raw hair is so full from root to

tip less bundles are required for a full

look so for example if you needed four

bundles for a particular look with

virgin hair you could probably get away

with three bundles if it was raw hair

another pro is that raw hair holds a

curl very well so the curls can last for

days and days so this is not the type of

hair that you're going to need to

re-curl every time you wear it so these

these waves that i did i've actually had

in this week for about a week

um and they still look very good so this

is hair that you're going to be able to

wear over and over again without having

to restyle and finally raw hair gets

better with every wash so the more you

wear and wash your raw hair the more

beautiful the texture will look

let's get into some cons of raw hair

so one con is that there's a limited

amount of textures so because the hair

is collected how it's grown off the

donor's head you don't have like a

million different patterns you only kind

of have wavy patterns you have some

straight patterns and you have a few

curly patterns so you don't have like

tight curl spiral curl kinky curl um

those are all patterns that are achieved

from processing the hair another con is

that raw hair tends to get a little

frizzy but that's actually a pro if you

ask me because i feel like the

frizziness makes the hair look very

natural but if you don't really like

frizziness you can just use an

anti-frizz serum and it'll tame the hair

another con is that raw hair reacts with

the elements so if you go outside and

it's humid it's going to puff up a

little bit you know if you go outside

and it's raining your hair may get a

little frizzy so it is real hair so

you're going to have to take care of it

as real hair so whatever natural hair

does you know in the humidity and the

rain and the snow

that's exactly what your raw hair is

going to do so it is going to require a

little bit of maintenance another con of

raw hair is that sometimes it is

difficult to stock consistently because

it is single donut unprocessed hair

there is a limited supply so there will

be moments where the hair will be sold

out for weeks on end that's just

something you want to keep in mind

and finally the last con of raw hair is

the price point because it is the

highest quality of hair available on the

market and because of the way it's

sourced while hair bundles can start at

about 100 to 120

and finally some pros and cons of virgin

hair so virgin hair requires less

maintenance because it is already

processed

it also tends to be a little silkier to

the touch which could be a pro or con

depending on who you ask

it's more readily available in different

textures as i mentioned earlier so

with virgin hair you have hundreds and

hundreds of different textures because

the textures are created

another pro is that virgin hair tends to

be more affordable than raw hair and

good virgin hair bundles can start at

around seventy dollars

as i mentioned earlier in comparison to

raw hair virgin hair is also more

readily available because of the way

it's collected and because it is

processed another con is that virgin

hair doesn't hold a curl as well as raw

hair excellent quality version here like

the one we offer does hold the curl

pretty well but it's just not going to

last for days and days and weeks on end

like raw hair

and to my final point which of the two

do i prefer

virgin hair or raw hair

to be honest that decision is up to you

and that depends on a multitude of

factors it depends on your lifestyle it

depends on your budget and it depends on

whether you have time to maintain hair

to make sure that it's hydrated i

personally am a little bit more biased

towards raw hair but i can still see why

somebody would prefer virgin hair so raw

hair is going to be your investment

piece it's going to be something that

you're going to invest in that's going

to last for years and years on end

um up to a lifetime where virgin hair is

also going to last you a while but it's

going to be something that you're going

to have to switch out ever now so often

so honestly it all depends on what

you're looking for so

another factor to consider like i

mentioned earlier is the different curl

patterns that are available when it

comes to raw hair you have a limited

amount of patterns but virgin hair you

have patterns galore so if you're

looking for more of like a kinky curly

spirally curly you know bouncy wave um

you know

different textures that are not

available um when it comes to raw hair

of course you're going to go with the

virgin hair because you have more

options but if you're looking for

something that's just going to last you

several several years and you kind of

are okay with having to style your hair

yourself and creating those patterns

then definitely go with raw hair

and just some quick specs on my hair

this is our raw south indian wavy

texture

this is our jasmine unit she is 400

grams so very very full and 26 inches um

this is a glucose frontal so you can put

her anywhere you want on the left on the

right on the middle you can put her up

so she is very very versatile

and she can be styled anywhere you can

straighten her you can wear her in waves

like this you can wear her in curls so

this is our most versatile unit when it

comes to our raw collection

so thanks again for watching this video

once again if you have any questions

feel free to leave those down below