I’m Proud My Daughter is Locked Up… So to Speak

Filed under: Hair Politics , Hair and Beauty From Essence: Way before my 12-year-old was a big ol’, tall-as-I-am thang, she was an adorable baby who happened to bear the burden of the slowest-growing stuff you’ve ever seen sprout from somebody’s scalp. Her hair started out promising enough. After the crown of her head poked through into the brave new world, the doctor smiled and said, “Look at all that curly brown hair! But then she went through that balding phase that a lot of Black babies endure, when the back of their heads look like some really mean prankster replaced their hair with patches of wooly-looking carpet

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Is Your Weave Holding You Back From Your Man?

Filed under: Weaves & Extensions , Hair and Beauty From Clutchmag.com : The construal of the model black woman garners the ability to encompass an immeasurable range of unparalleled love. With a repertoire like that, some would believe that the black woman is a force to be reckoned with

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Is Your Weave Holding You Back From Your Man?

Book With Advice For Growing Healthy Black, Afro Caribbean, and African American Hair Now Available Through iTunes

From PRWEB : Now more than ever before, Black, Afro Caribbean, and African American women around the world are embracing methods, advice, and products to help them take care of their hair naturally, without chemicals. Now, those that use the ipad, ipod touch, or iphone, have an additional resource available to them. Originally published in print in 2007, the book Twelve Steps For Growing Black Hair is now available in the iTunes iBookstore.

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Book With Advice For Growing Healthy Black, Afro Caribbean, and African American Hair Now Available Through iTunes

Nupur Henna Review

Promises: Godrej Nupur brings to you the best quality of Rajasthani Mehendi with nine carefully chosen natural herbs valued for their hair care benefits.

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The Best Hair Colors for Your Complexion

Filed under: How-To With spring and summer right around the corner, it’s time for us brown beauties to update and refresh our looks. Whether you’re a scoop of caramel cone or a swirl of chocolate, we’ve found a color for you to dye for! Share Tweet DROP-DEAD RED Lovely caramel latte Rihanna has taken a true hair-or-dare risk with these ultra-bright red locks. The color brings our her amazing bone structure and brightens up her skin tone

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Hair Transformation: Wendy Williams Is Wigging Out!

Filed under: Celeb Transformations The Woman America Loves to Hate is now on our television five days a week. Ms. Wendy Williams took her radio empire to the next level and found herself taking over daytime television with a simple “How you doin’?” With her public appearance now becoming more important, the chatty lady switches her wigs up with the best of them

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*NEW* Tropic Isle Living Jamaican Organic Coconut Black Castor Oil Hair & Skin Treatment

I’m totally EXCITED for the arrival of the new Tropic Isle Jamaican Black Castor Oil with Coconut Oil.

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*NEW* Tropic Isle Living Jamaican Organic Coconut Black Castor Oil Hair & Skin Treatment

Best Celeb Hair: Amber’s Bang-in, Lauryn ‘Fros Up, And More

Filed under: Celebrity Hairstyles Stars are going bold! Whether it’s a blunt cut, a cute bun or a big ‘fro, celebs are doing great things with their manes. Blowing up the black celeb scene, Amber Riley is nothing short of glam at the 2011 Screen Actors Guild awards with a beautiful Anne Barge dress and a straight style with long, blunt bangs. While encouraging fans to join the ‘X the TXT’ movement at her 4th annual J ordin Sparks Super Bowl Experience in Arlington, Texas, Jordin herself encouraged us all to play with temporary hair dye while sporting cute pink streaks

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Picked, Pressed n’ Curled: Share Your Best Do’s with Black Voices

We’re looking for your best moments in black hair history. Did you rock an asymmetrical cut like Salt and Peppa ? Did you know the joys of picking and patting your Afro into the most perfect puff?

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My Top 12 Products/Methods/Tools/Styles Of 2010

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I Love My Relaxer! Why The "Going Natural" Craze Just Isn’t For Me

Everyone seems to be cutting out their perms these days, but there are still millions of black women who are proudly addicted to the “creamy crack.” Quiana Stokes tells us why she loves her relaxer and isn’t getting rid of it anytime soon. The debate over the “proper” way for black women to wear their hair is one that I have gotten into more times than I can count. From going to a college where most of the black female population chopped off their hair so as not to feel “oppressed” by “the man” to Chris Rock’s widely acclaimed, seemingly pro-natural documentary, I always feel like I am the minority vote in this debate

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I Love My Relaxer! Why The "Going Natural" Craze Just Isn’t For Me

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