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Filed under: Hair Care , Trends , Hair Politics For many women, a black-owned hair salon is almost like a sanctuary; a place to go to not only get your hair done, but also to catch up on the latest gossip, catch up with old friends, and have some ‘me-time.’ But in the past few decades, Dominican salons have been taking over neighborhoods with cheaper prices, a more versatile blowout style, and more time-efficient results.

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The Hair Debate: Dominican vs. Black Salons

Filed under: Hair Care , My Hairstory Black hair comes in a variety of shapes, volumes, and textures.

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Ouidad: The Curly Girl’s Best Friend

Filed under: Hair Care , Product Reviews It’s summer and your hair is doing its best to handle the weather. But with that heat and humidity, your hair might as well ask you – what have you done for me lately? If you aren’t taking the time out to show your hair love with weekly deep conditioning treatments, I gotta ask – why not?

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Everyone Needs a Deep Conditioner

Filed under: Hairstyles , Trends , Celebrity Hairstyles When singer Cassie first shaved her head a year ago, no one would have ever imagined the phenomenon the style would become.

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Willow Smith’s Hair Inspired by Grandmother

Filed under: Product Reviews As we move into a new season and the weather grows hotter, your hair’s needs will probably change. Now may be the time to shelve some of your heavier winter-into-spring moisture products and move on into some light summertime products to keep your hair protected from the elements. Here are some new products out there that will keep your ‘do looking well done! You’re probably well familiar with Carol’s Daughter Hair Milk – the product has been a shining star of the Carol’s Daughter line for a long time now.

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New Products You Need To Know About: Carol’s Daughter’s Hair Milk, Doris New York and More!

Are you looking for a fantastic new shampoo that has no parabens, mineral oil, petroleum or artificial colors and also SLS/SLES and Sulfate-free. Look no further! I have just used the NEW Carol’s Daughter Rosemary Mint Purifying Shampoo and Conditioner and absolutely loved it.

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Carol’s Daughter Rosemary Mint Tingle

Filed under: Natural Hair , Product Reviews , How-To The afro has been a striking and significant fashion staple through the years – particularly in the seventies, an afro came to be anonymous with black power, political statements, and reclaiming one’s roots.

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Know Your Fro

Filed under: Hair Politics It’s Black History Month — 28 days of education and celebration of our ancestors.

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Black History and Hair

Filed under: Weaves & Extensions , My Hairstory Conventional wisdom has come a long way when it comes to weaves.

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Hairstory: In Search of Joan (or, my very first full weave)

Filed under: Photos , Trends Ah, Halloween. A time to stuff your face with candy and get dressed up in a crazy costume

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Mel B’s Baby Angel: Poor Little Spice Girl

Princesses with braids, princes with shaved heads donning Kufi hats, and Santa Claus in dreadlocks: this is the textured world of Rachel Isadora’s children’s books. During a decade of living in Africa, Rachel Isadora was inspired to create fairytales retold in African settings

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Santa Claus in Dreadlocks: Rachel Isadora’s Textured Children’s Books

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