Category: The Journey

• August 28, 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 Industrial…
• August 12, 2014

  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 without…
• July 24, 2014

  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 find…
• July 19, 2014

  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 a…
• June 23, 2014

  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…
• June 11, 2014

  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…
• May 9, 2014

  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…
• April 28, 2014

  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…
• April 21, 2014

  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…
• April 4, 2014

  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…