Author: marelle76
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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 weaves…
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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 all…
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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 have…
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The Dangers of Hair Straighteners, Pt. 2 | The Dr. Oz Show
http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/dangers-hair-straighteners-pt-2 I usually shy away from the Dogma of Relaxer Shaming but Dr.Oz gives the REAL of what these chemicals are doing to any of us that choose to use them. Watch and learn. Notice the layers of protection he puts on before engaging with the chemical…. is it worth it? The choice is yours.
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It’s Our Special Day *sing that*
*Do you know what today is? It’s our Anniversary!* My deepest appreciation and gratitude for the support/ encouragement/questions/ feedback for the past 365 days. We’re babies in the natural hair blog community but you have shown SO MUCH LOVE! Thank You for trusting me enough to ask questions. Thank you to my unofficial team that…
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More Unity in the Natural Hair Community (Cross-Promo)
As you all are aware I am a member of the Natural Hair Blog Directory, a place where many bloggers like myself can first of all be found by all of you lovely people and secondly find one another and share knowledge. There are so many of us and we all have such unique experiences…
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Product Selection Formula
I’ve received several requests for help with selecting products. Much of my Helpouts time has been spent doing just that, so I thought that I should share my formula on product selection. Step One: Eliminate the products that contain, MEA, EDTA and parabens. Don’t be fooled by the front label that boasts of the…
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Recovery Motivation
The wedding is over, it was absolutely gorgeous, and I get my hair back. There’s a phase that we all go through on the wash day after we know we’ve been acting funny towards our hair. I went into instant heat damage detection mode. I watched every single strand that left my hair and freaked myself…
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Nights like this I wish, I’d just cut it Off.
Picture it Cincinnati 2014. I have my cousin’s wedding coming up and I’m extremely excited. It’s been a few days since the Bachelorette Party in Atlanta. The wedding is a week away and I’m Maid of Honor, which means that I’ll show up in quite a few photos. The bride has requested that we all…
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Stress= Hot Mess
This past weekend I had the pleasure of speaking with the ladies that attended Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. Pi Sigma Zeta Chapter’s Girlz to Women Retreat. My presentation was on pampering your hair. I gave the ladies the three pillars of my hair philosophy; Hydration, Sleep Care and Consumer Awareness. A great time was had…
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