“Evil Hot Comb” by Leila Noelliste… Yes folks. This is original art I created with the help of Microsoft Paintbrush… We’ve all been there. You’re sitting in that chair, and that unmistakable smell of chemically burnt hair wafts to your nose. Your stomach sinks as you realize that your hair will never be the same [...]
“My hair was in a bantu-knot out that had been stretched via the blowdryer only because I decided to cowash about two hours before prom (BAD IDEA) and didn’t have to time to do my usual banding method. It turned out better than I thought, and I added some hair jewels to snazz things up.” [...]
So, Lilone gave an update on her cousin Taj, an up and coming model with a dope head of hair who we recently voted on for Diddy’s “Face of the Future” campaign “Apparently the contest is not as based on votes as it seemed. The top 10 is posted and people who had little to [...]
so… for the past several months i’ve been protecting styling religiously. but i’ll be phasing it out soon (hopefully!), and i’ve been thinking about versatile styles for work. you know; styles that are pretty and big, but still somewhat contained. i stumbled across bellemuse‘s fotki album a while back (you’ll hear more from her, she’s [...]
Hey Leila! First up, THANKS!! I’ve been following the blog really hard lately and it’s taking me on another journey of taking better care of my hair (MOISTURIZING, protecting, being gentle, etc). So thanks to you for the blog and all of the other followers. Ok, I want to use a daily spritz for my [...]
so, in another BGLH first… our friday afternoon fun is courtesy of two readers natural black women have no choice but to be deliberate and careful with their hair. we do painstaking research (which, i think, is kinda unique to us as a group) and i think sometimes we take for granted all the knowledge [...]
….confession: that picture has NOTHING to do with what i’m about to talk about, but it fulfills the requirement that this friday afternoon post contain a “fun” element… so, here we go… “…we are beckoned to bridge the growing gap between black intelligentsia and those who feel the effects of black-on-black violence, higher levels of [...]
#1 maybe we should be copying little black girls…so, my former college roomate, who is now a 3rd grade teacher, invited me to speak to her class about newspapers. but when i got there — in my cardigan-ed ‘teacher fit’ with a stack of newspapers in hand — i instantly wanted to change my presentation [...]
+=“My hair ain’t never hung down to my shoulders / And it might not grow / Ya’ never know” ~Erykah Badu in her song Cleva there’s a lot i could say like, i love erykyah, but how does the princess of neo-soul and all things natural not know how to take care of her hair? [...]
okay, so i recently started the ‘questions from a newbie’ section, so newbies could get in on the interview action. i’ve also had women send photos and even literature they want posted. and i’m glad to do it! i have to say, though, that i’m careful in who i select to interview, because i want [...]
