Hair

10 Ultra-Moisturizing Products We Love For Natural...

  Natural hair is both beautiful and versatile. Some people seem to think that going natural means less hair maintenance, and that can be true wi...
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Come On. You Know You Want to Know What I Used for...

Okay, it’s very rare that I get this excited about a hair product I’m loving, but this one has just got to gush on this. It’s part o...
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Open Thread: Does Being a Natural Make You Feel Li...

I have a confession. I don’t think I’ll ever where my hair straight again for any length of time. Why? Because I feel like straightening m...
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Five 100% Natural Beauty Products that Work 100% o...

I’m proud to say that the majority of the things I put into my body is natural and organic, but I can’t say the same thing about what goes...
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Oh Lawd. The “Ghosts of Mississippi” H...

There’s been fervent discussion as of late regarding the widening disparity between the 3’s and the 4’s–as in curl pattern 3, ...
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Bow Down! BB&W Friend, Gigi Grows Mid-Back Le...

When I saw my friend Gigi’s length check after months of her hiding her hair in protective styles, I could hardly believe my eyes. In ten months...
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You Tube Star, African Export Talks BB Cream for H...

I love watching African Export’s advice on natural hair, because her hair how-to’s crush the myth that kinky hair can’t grow long, s...
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Let It Fro. Let it Fro. Let it Fro…

What type of hair do you have? The answer doesn’t really matter since nearly all ethnic hair has some form of coil, curl or kink. Blacks are the...
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This Mineral Fusion BB Cream for Hair Saved My Loo...

As many of you know, I was on featured on HLN/CNN last March for Swirlr–the first multiracial, multicultural dating show…ever. The folks o...
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Got Mid-Length Hair? Consider Flat Twists To Prote...

Sometimes insomnia is a good thing, because last night while I was tossing and turning whilst complaining in my head about how  my frizzy ponytail is...
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Big, Bold and Beautiful: I’m Loving NeNe Lea...

I don’t know how you feel about NeNe Leakes, or if you even follow the reality show fodder enough to know who she is. But there is one thing tha...
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Really, Nicki Minaj? What Are You Trying to Prove?

I was over at one of my favorite guilty-pleasure gossip sites and saw these photos of Nicki Minaj all-the-way-nekkid self posing dripping wet so all h...
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From ‘Fro to Flat Iron: Carol’s Daught...

Last night I decided to straighten my hair to change my look up a bit while filming “Swirlr.”  You guys know I’m all about rocking ...
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Chile Bye: Black Women Are More Than the Length of...

I’m trying to get my life together and work on things more compelling in this second month of the new year and, dammit, if Facebook doesn’...
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