Last week I talked about the unique ways in which I deal with my hair given its challenging texture. Seeing how crazy my methods are, I really wasn’t expecting the post to resonate with so many people. Many of you wanted me to go into further detail on the ways in which I deal with [...]
Tired after an hour long battle with my hair I’ve been doing the BGLH blog for about a year and a half now. And in that time it has grown into way more than I thought it would. When I started this I was clueless about my hair. Now, several months and hundreds of BGLH [...]
I love bangs. Back in my straight-hair days, bangs were my trademark. I was all about the sheeny (though ever-thinning) side-swoop. It was deep to me. Deep enough that I co-signed on this black and white, looking-off-into-the-distance shot taken of me in college, featuring my sheeny bangs. But these days, making “bangs” mainly consists of [...]
So, instead of profiling an icon today I wanted to give an update on my own hair. You might have noticed that we started a new series encouraging BGLH readers to write in with their tutorials. I have to admit that it’s a bit selfishly motivated, because the longer my hair gets the more help [...]
So guest blogger week is over and we had some great entries! Thanks to all those who wrote guest posts! I used my blog-cation to relax and do some light behind the scenes BGLH work. I have a few exciting announcements about BGLH coming soon… so stay tuned! Also during my time off, I bought [...]
Hey guys! A last word before we head into guest blogger week tomorrow. I recently gave a brief update on my hair, and spoke of my entrapment in the seductively easy (and lazy) bun. Okay, I’m not knocking those who choose to bun! It’s a great style. But I was exploiting it… rocking it 24/7 [...]
Hey guysHey guys…It’s me, Leila… So, J and Jc (of the fabulous natural hair science blog, The Natural Haven) tell me I should give more udpates on my hair. So here goes. Brief hair history: I did my big chop about two and a half years ago, rocked a bald head for a while and [...]
So since I did my big chop in late 06, I’d always used some kind of hair butter or cream as a daily moisturizer. But after reading many testimonials, I decided to jump on the “daily spritz” bandwagon. I started spritzing with diluted suave coconut conditioner (before a castor oil seal), then upgraded to a [...]
So, for the past several weeks, my quest for the perfect daily moisturizer has been a soap opera. Elasta QP betrayed me.I dipped out on it, and tried Hydratherma Naturals.Hydratherma Naturals didn’t fulfill my needs.So I decided to try Qhemet Amla and Olive Heavy Cream.But AOHC demanded too high a price. In the midst of [...]
so, i’ve been protective styling for several months now… and after pulling out a set of twists or box braids, i dutifully redo them and pile the hair back onto my head in the form of a bun. well, that bun is fast expanding, and for a girl whose natural hair has always been short, [...]
