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‘Going Natural’ Requires Lots of Help
2011/06/08 By
Filed under: Natural Hair , Hair Care From The New York Times : Maeling Tapp remembers the moment three years ago when she saw her mother and sisters wearing their coil-prone hair in its natural state and decided that she, too, would stop slathering caustic paste onto her scalp to burn her own similarly textured locks into straight submission.
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‘Going Natural’ Requires Lots of Help
Gabrielle Union Rocks Her Natural Hair
2011/04/25 By
Filed under: Celeb Transformations , Natural Hair , Celebrity Hairstyles Gabrielle Union is an actress admired for both her talent and beauty. She’s rocked a number of hairstyles throughout her career and worn several different weaves to add length and volume to her natural hair. But now she’s going bold, and proudly showing off a weave-less look.
Raven Symone Lets Her Natural Hair Show
2011/03/08 By
Filed under: Celebrity Hairstyles Something’s different about Raven Symone , and it’s not her fantastic weight loss! The actress was recently spotted at Epcot Center sporting a new ‘do – her own, untouched, relatively unseen natural mane! Share Tweet A former Disney star herself, Raven was in Orlando, Florida to speak during a Disney’s Dreamers Academy event hosted by Steve Harvey and Essence Magazine . Did she join the natural hair movement, like Kim Coles , or is she just letting her scalp breathe weave-free for a minute? We can’t wait to find out! What do you think of Raven’s new ‘do
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Raven Symone Lets Her Natural Hair Show
Kim Coles’ Natural Hair Journey
2011/03/07 By
When actress and comedienne Kim Coles decided around the new year to shed her trademark microbraids for a headful of her own cinnamon-toned natural coils, she couldn’t have imagined the avalanche of support that was to follow. “I had no idea that this would take off like this, but it’s a pleasant surprise
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Kim Coles’ Natural Hair Journey
Tiffany "New York" Pollard Goes Natural
2011/02/01 By
Filed under: Natural Hair , Hairstyles , Video , Celebrity Hairstyles Who’dve thought they’d seen the day when VH1 reality star Tiffany “New York” Pollard would rock anything but her signature long-weave-and-ample-cleavage combo? The ‘Flavor of Love’ and ‘I Love New York’ star is “so excited” to rock her natural look during an unspecified photo shoot, and she assures us that there is a website coming soon. Perhaps we’ll be seeing more of Miss New York in the coming months after all
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Tiffany "New York" Pollard Goes Natural
My Hair Journey: Back to My Roots
2010/12/23 By
Filed under: Natural Hair , Hairstyles , My Hairstory , Hair Politics I don’t remember the exact first time that my hair was relaxed, but I do remember my first chemical burn. The person who had applied the relaxer had mistakenly applied a super-strength instead of mild formula onto my no more than six-year-old scalp.
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My Hair Journey: Back to My Roots
5 Ways to Style Your Locs
2010/12/07 By
Filed under: Natural Hair , Hairstyles , Hair Care Locs are just like any other hairstyle in that every so often you may feel the need to switch up the look. And by switching up, we don’t mean completely shaving them off
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5 Ways to Style Your Locs
The Perfect Haircut for an Oval Face with Textured Hair
2010/10/26 By
Filed under: Natural Hair , Hairstyles From StyleList: Our latest makeover client comes to us with a head full of unruly ringlets . Even though Vanessa Paul says her current style is easy, wearing her tight curls in a ponytail are not flattering to her oval face shape. Celebrity hairstylist Shirlena Allen knows a thing or two about curly coifs so she gets to work on making Vanessa’s hair sexy and simple
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The Perfect Haircut for an Oval Face with Textured Hair
Celeb Stylist Derek J’s Tips for Creating Short-Weaved Cuts
2010/10/26 By
Filed under: Weaves & Extensions , Hairstyles , How-To , Celebrity Stylists , Hair Politics Before ‘Real Housewives of Atlanta’ star NeNe Leakes recently broke her weave addiction and began sporting a natural short ‘do, she turned to Atlanta celebrity hairstylist Derek J to create a similar look using a weave. “She had another stylist for the third season to create her new short coif,” says Derek J. , who styled NeNe’s hair for the series first reunion show and throughout its second season
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Celeb Stylist Derek J’s Tips for Creating Short-Weaved Cuts
Sesame Street Encourages Black Girls to Embrace Their Natural Hair
2010/10/15 By
Filed under: Natural Hair , Hair Politics From the Frisky: “Sesame Street” has aired a new song, “I Love My Hair,” aimed at young black girls to teach them to value and love their natural hair.
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Sesame Street Encourages Black Girls to Embrace Their Natural Hair