The lightness of my skin doesn’t make me any less black than I feel, and the way I wear my hair doesn’t make me any more. It simply makes me, me! Where do you live? E: I’m a Chicago girl, born and raised, currently calling the Logan Square neighborhood home base. I work as a [...]
Where do you live? S: I am from Flint, Michigan. I am an Assembly Worker at General Motors and I have a B.S. in Criminal Justice. Why did you make the decision to go natural? S: I really didn’t decide to go natural It just happen, I tried to go natural for a couple of [...]
Jill heard about BGLH through our Facebook Fan Page. She joins a growing number of FB fans who are crossing into ‘style icon’ territory Where do you live? J: I live in Virginia but I REP Ghana! Right now I’m just going to school and taking care of my baby girl. Why did you make [...]
Precious first appeared on BGLH in November 2009 when I (re-posted (from FroChic) a piece on famous South African naturals. I was intrigued by Precious’ amazing fro so I asked her to come back on BGLH to talk about it. Channeling Grace Jones Are you a native South African? P: I was born in South [...]
Where do you live? I: I’m reppin’ the GTA (Greater Toronto Area) although I’m currently in London, Ontario for school. I’m getting a master’s degree in journalism. And I’m in my final semester! Why did you make the decision to go natural? I: A. I love big hair and B. I got tired of the [...]
What do you do when a style icon has made their appearance on BGLH but continues to fiercely rock their hair? You bring them back for tutorials. Sierra, who was featured back in October (click HERE) is back with a look she rocked while on assignment as an entertainment reporter. Check it out… Photo Credit: [...]
***UPDATE*** I just saw this on one of my favorite sites, Le Coil. This is Sheena Moulton, a model with Models1 in London. (www.models1.co.uk) Check out the shapes on these fros. *************************************** Interesting question submitted by BGLHer Sharifa… “I’m feeling bored with my afro, and I don’t want to straighten it with heat or a [...]
Where are you from? J: I’m originally from the Midwest, attended a historically Black college in the South and currently live in the D.C Metro area. At present I’m a college psychology professor. In addition to teaching, my passion is improving the mental health of the Black community and I have been involved in community [...]
Where are you from? A: I’m from Tallahassee, FL. I’m a student studying Fashion Design. Tell us your hair story. A: It was the summer of 2005 and I had gone 7 months without a perm. I had recently started working out again and it was insane because I had to wash my hair every [...]
Where are you from? M: I live in Atlanta GA, I’m a bartender. When did you go natural? M: I went natural in 2004. I did protective styles for about 3 1/2 years and I still wear protective styles sometimes. I wasn’t really around my family when I decided to go natural. They don’t have [...]
