Natural Hair and Lifestyle
I genuinely feel like my hair isn't growing anymore. My brother has locs which he started in 2019, and every time I see him in person or even on FaceTime, they look like they grow! Why is it when I look at photos of myself, my hair looks the same length all the time? It…
I'm still committed to a new "look" and I want to explore my options. This is definitely one of them! I would like to silk press my hair again being that weather is getting cooler and winter is coming. My press would last longer and I probably wouldn't even have to touch it up with…
I haven't worn my hair out in 8 weeks. Ive been struggling with shrinkage and accepting how my hair looks when its shrunken. I have found ways around it (stretching my hair with and without heat). I have even tried to accept my shrinkage for what it is (a sign of healthy hair). However there…
My birthday is 7/28, guess how old I am now?
It is easy to forget my hair is growing. Every time I wash my hair I see and feel it getting longer (so much work on wash day) but when it dries I'm left with the same length I've had for what seems like years. It shrinks all the way up and I'm tired of the shrunken look.
Straight hair don't care! I had the wonderful privilege of getting my hair done at TEXTURED PRESS this past Sunday. I got a silk press for the first time and I loved my results. I got my hair done by Ebony who recently launched Textured Press! Textured Press is: A NEW silk press and blowout based…
Continue reading ➞ My First Silk Press at Textured Press in NYC!
We have all seen the many articles and heard countless stories of people being mistreated or reported or disciplined because of unprofessional hair in their workplaces. What is unprofessional hair? Well employers have said this is "unkempt" hair ...and almost always unkempt equals kinky/coily/frizzy/messy. Firstly I must say I can understand why messy unkempt hair…
Continue reading ➞ What is Unprofessional Hair in the Workplace?
Men unfortunately have opinions about everything (just kidding), and their number one concern happens to be a woman's appearance! (again just “kidding”) We all know they have opinions on how we dress, how much makeup we wear, and of course our hair. I asked a few men to answer some questions for me regarding their…
Continue reading ➞ I Asked 3 Men What They Think About Black Hair…
Brands come out with new products daily, and if not it feels that way. There is always a new product with a new name and new packaging but the secret is it does the same thing the rest of your products do. There are gels, thick creams, water based products like leave in conditioners, regular conditioner, shampoo, deep conditioners, edge controls/pomades, and oils. (I…
Recently I did a poll on my Instagram stories asking “do you feel you see a fair representation of 4C hair on social media?”. Here were the results. This interested me a lot, it being split right down the middle. I got someone who asked what was type 4 hair, and I found that funny…
Continue reading ➞ Type 4 Hair Representation in the Natural Hair Community
Hey all! On my birthday (July 28th woo!) , I got a protective style for my week long cruise. Because who wants to do their hair on vacation? I wanted something quick and easy, so I got the fairly popular style of 6 feed in/goddess braids with small braids in between. There was much deliberation…
Continue reading ➞ First Time Feed In Braids! : Trigger Warning Included
I happened to be natural all my life, but only taking the healthy hair journey seriously about 5 years ago. However dealing with my hair the wrong way for some of my life helped tremendously in learning what works best for my hair and my journey.
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