September marks my 18th anniversary of having relaxer free hair. My natural hair journey wasn’t some journey to reclaim my natural texture or to be free of relaxers. My hair was making me hot. It was the summer of my freshman year in New Brunswick, NJ and 90+ degrees. I remember being on my roller…
Protective ‘low manipulation’ hairstyles reduce the amount of hair breakage, aid in length retention and protect against split ends. Braids, cornrows, twists, buns, updos, wigs and even headwraps can be worn to protect your hair for the upcoming winter weather. Last year, I embarked on a journey of wearing my hair in protective styles for…
Many have heard of the pioneer natural hair community sites such as Nappturality, Motowngirl and/or Natural Hair Digest, but over the last few years there have been several more of these hair communities launched on the Internet. Those in search of and/or who are eager to share product reviews, hairstyles or even advice on life…
I can’t claim to speak for all my lovely ladies who rock hair that is free of chemical relaxers. Such a wide array of hair styles and types falls under the umbrella of “natural hair” (for the purposes of this piece we will define natural hair as sans chemical relaxers). Afros, braids, twists, curls, locs,…
Through a simple online search you will come across natural hair community sites, forums, personal blogs and natural hair albums within Fotki and Flickr. You can find natural hair groups on Yahoo! and MySpace as well as Twitter, and Facebook. By doing a search on these sites for ‘natural hair’ or entering in specific names…
There are two steps you can take to start your natural hair journey – “transitioning” or “the big chop”. In the end, however,both will end with the same result – cutting off the permed hair. There is no such thing as washing out or stripping a perm – a perm is just as it’s name…
