Wearing your natural hair is all the buzz these days! Beautiful, curly natural hair is highly sought after by beauty advertisers; but what if your hair texture is cottony and kinky? When someone enters a room, school, workplace or even the grocery store with tightly coiled textured hair; there are immediate stares and whispers. Some…
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How to Find the Best Natural Hair Salon in Atlanta
Do you know how to find the best natural hair salon? Atlanta, Georgia has been nicknamed the black Mecca. It is a city rich in style, tradition, and culture. Abound with places to live, shop, and play; the city is continuously growing. Atlanta is home to roughly 243,285 black residents with most of those individuals…
Why Your Hair Doesn’t Look Like the Girls on YouTube Videos!
Hello Beautiful! Lets talk about why your hair doesn’t look like the girls on YouTube! Embracing natural hair is a journey of discovery. As a naturalista, you are tasked with finding what works best for you and your lifestyle. However, the journey does not have to be difficult. Many women start their journey by viewing…
How to Style Natural Hair
So how should you style natural hair? Some like it long, while others like it short! Some like it either way it comes as long as it’s hot! I know I’m beating a dead horse when I say this, but natural hair is so versatile. Some people have yet to embrace their natural hair. One…
How to Get Your Curls In Formation
Have you ever wondered how to get your curls in formation? We’ve all seen girls with gorgeous natural hair that just makes our jaws drop in awe or even a little envy! We’ve all also wondered how on earth did they get their curls to pop like that. Well, believe it or not, the secret…
Why Cut When You Can Faux Hawk!
Why cut when you can faux! I love the versatility of natural hair! It can be worn in so many different styles; especially if you have a decent length. I like the look of tapered natural haircuts, but I know that I would probably have “buyer’s remorse” soon after cutting my hair. Some Naturalistas love…
Baby Hair: How to Take Care of Your Child’s Natural Hair!
Ever wondered how to take care of your child’s natural hair? It is far too often that we spend a lavish amount of money taking care of our hair, but neglect the tender strands of our little ones. Their tiny locks need love too; maybe even more than ours. Thank God, if you haven’t resorted…
Different Hair Requires Different Technique
Did you know that different hair requires different technique? There are some things that we all must do in orders for our hair to thrive. Natural Hair 101: Becoming Hair Goals, outlines some of these. For a typical twist out, I usually only use a leave-in and a styler with some type of hold. With…
The Right to Choose: Should Parents Perm Their Child’s Hair?
As parents, our greatest responsibility is to do what is best for our children. Unfortunately, we tend to do what’s best for us when it comes to their hair. I can clearly remember the beautiful fluffy, curly puffs of my oldest daughter’s baby hair. Then her texture changed and her hair became difficult to manage….
Overprotective: When Protective Hairstyles Are No Longer Protecting
Hello How Natural Beauties, we all love great protective hairstyles! There are so many options to choose from. Box braids, twists, updos, and corn rows are all categorized as protective styling. Our How Natural Beauty pictured here has been rocking her favorite protective style, Senegalese twists, since 2k1; well before she even embraced her natural tresses. …