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Fall Natural Hair Trends 2014

Often when it’s time to style, especially in the early stages it’s not easy to come up with what’s next. For many loose hair naturals (not in locs) the fall presents some interesting styling options that keep our hair safe, stylish and function. The temperatures rival the perfect Fro weather that the Spring brings, butContinue reading “Fall Natural Hair Trends 2014”

99 Problems And A Kink Ain’t 1

So I have to say this. I know I’ll probably get a few wild email responses but I’m prepared to defend my opinion. There are many things within the community of those of us that have curly and kinky hair to be upset about. Crime, Wealth disparities, Police Brutality, Educational gaps, the Prison IndustrialContinue reading “99 Problems And A Kink Ain’t 1”

Nappy Out Loud 1.0 ~ The Movement

I know that this site is for naturally curly and kinky hair and there are many of you that are not African-American. Know that I love you, but in this post, I’m not talking directly to you. However, I am a believer that we can all learn from one another and apply universal lessons introspectively withoutContinue reading “Nappy Out Loud 1.0 ~ The Movement”

Fun with Fake Fake Hair…

Who said that weave had to be an instrument of self hate and a perpetuation of European standards of beauty? ( A bunch of the old head naturals….. you know you can name at least 3) Well I’ve always been fortunate to find textured extensions and there are some people who believed that some ofContinue reading “Fun with Fake Fake Hair…”

OohMy One Lovely Blog Award!

I honestly write this blog on 100% faith that I’m not just talking to myself. There are times that I simply refuse to even look at the stats because I want to keep going no matter what. To have two absolutely wonderful peers in this blog genre recognize my work and share in this awardContinue reading “OohMy One Lovely Blog Award!”

Nappy Out Loud 0.1

So I hope you all rock with me on this. This is the first post of many where I plan to explore the life of being natural in a world that hasn’t quite figured out what that means. These posts are strictly for entertainment/encouragement. I still want it to be easy for you to findContinue reading “Nappy Out Loud 0.1”

The Fine Print

The devil is in the details. So I thought I’d share a hair journey moment brought to you by moving too fast and not reading enough. So I’ve been rocking the crochet braids this week and getting lots of compliments. One of my coworkers decided that she wanted to try the technique to add aContinue reading “The Fine Print”

The Secret Life of Edges

…….nor height nor depth nor any other creation will be able to separate our #edges from God’s love — Style By the Lb Boutique (@Stylebythe_Lb) July 10, 2014 (AMEN) So you want to know what happened to your edges. After years of micro braids that revealed nothing but scalp because they were so “crispy” and weavesContinue reading “The Secret Life of Edges”

The Decision

I listen to The Breakfast Club every morning on iHeart Radio, and since it’s Monday, I thought it would be appropriate to title this post after the famous segment that sometimes feels real, but there’s no way that it is because the stuff is just so extreme, “The Decision”. I chose this name because allContinue reading “The Decision”

The Natural vs Nurture

Remember that post a while back about how we still need to do something to our hair and that being natural is not an excuse to just not do anything at all? I’d like to modify my comments. While I strongly believe that one should refrain from being out in the world appearing that they haveContinue reading “The Natural vs Nurture”