********************UPDATE********************** Okay, so I’m going to update this post with some of the best advice I’ve heard from the comments section. When you are having a rough time with your hair some good ideas are to… 1. Put in braid/twist extensions so that you can have a ‘break’ from your hair. Just make sure they [...]
BGLHer RiSheka is currently living and working in the Dominican Republic. Check out her reflection on her time there… I am currently living and doing volunteer work in the Dominican Republic. I view this opportunity as not only a privilege, but a road that will lead me on a journey to discovering the person I [...]
Holidays are the time when we — and our natural heads — meet family and friends we don’t see regularly or often. This can create some tension with loved ones who don’t believe that natural hair is acceptable. My family is pretty laid back and affirming when it comes to my hair. But I didn’t [...]
My name is Camille and I’m from Maryland. I’m 17 and a half and a senior this year. Over the 6 years I had my perm I never had issues with it, I never had breakage or burns. My main reason for going natural was because I received a gift from a friend; a book [...]
You guys asked for it so here it is. The lovely Salimah won our December Now and Then giveaway. Going forward we will only be selecting one Now and Then winner to share their story on BGLH, and possibly one runner up. *** Where are you from? S: I am from The D (Detroit) and [...]
Audrey, a BGLHer who lives in France, shares about her struggles to raise a daughter that accepts both her Arab and afro-Caribbean heritage. I’m a single mother of a biracial girl who turns 5 on November 29, so Happy Birthday, baby! Her father is very lightly-curled-haired Arab and I‘m a Caribbean girl (and as we’re [...]
Hello! My name is Jennifer Chineye Amerachi Udechukwu (what a name!). I am a first year college student at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore and happy and proud to say I am transitioning to natural hair!!!!!! Since I can remember I have had big thick “nappy” hair as other little girls would call it. [...]
by Tiffany H. I’m originally from Queens, NY, but was raised in Southern California – Gardena, to be exact. It’s about 20 minutes south of downtown Los Angeles, and right near Inglewood and Compton. Professionally, I’m a behavior therapist and work with children with autism. I also am a writer and a poet. I got [...]
Question for J from Chandra: Hello Jenteel, Thank you thank you thank you for your blog I must say first and foremost. I really can’t thank you enough for all of the great information and inspiration. I am a singer songwriter currently living in Germany but from Florida. I have struggled with my hair and [...]
“At first I didn’t think there was a place for me in acting. Now I know there is, because I say so. I’ve marked my place. I know a lot of times people say, I don’t think they’re going to let me in. It’s not about waiting for someone to let you in. You just [...]
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