Archive | frohawk

21 January 2010 ~ 6 Comments

Ayana (tutorial)

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 [...]

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24 November 2009 ~ 16 Comments

Pantene dishes to BGLH on Alicia Keys’ AMA look!

Alicia Keys’ look at the American Music Awards got lots of rave reviews. As a BGLHer I was especially glad to see the incorporation of braiding. Pantene gave BGLH the inside scoop on how their celebrity stylist, Tippi Shorter, created Alicia’s red carpet look! Check it: Alicia recently got her hair colored a few shades [...]

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16 November 2009 ~ 7 Comments

Style Icon: Kae

Do you have beautiful hair and great style? Submit your style icon profile to blackgirllonghair@gmail.com. Where are you from? K: I’m from Boston, MA but I’m a sophomore at St. John’s University in Jamaica, Queens. I’m a singer/songwriter/writer—I write songs and stories. When did you go natural? K: In February of 2006 when I was [...]

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28 October 2009 ~ 30 Comments

Style Icon: Lola in London

Where are you from and what do you do? L: I live in London and I work as a User Experience Consultant. That probably doesn’t mean much to a lot of people (I always find it hard to define!). I basically work with digital products (mobiles, websites, touch screen ticket machines etc) and help to [...]

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05 October 2009 ~ 25 Comments

Monday Style Icon (with tutorial): Kim

BGLH: Where are you from and what do you do?K: I’m from Chicago. I’m a self-employed graphics consultant. I do everything from web design, book illustrations, real-time mindmapping, and conceptual design work like developing board games as learning tools for my corporate clients. BGLH: When did you go natural? Why?K: I first went natural 12 [...]

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02 October 2009 ~ 33 Comments

Tutorial: One banana clip, two styles…

Kimmay is an amazing YouTuber with really inventive styles. She stopped by BGLH to share her looks using a banana clip. Check back Monday for her full style icon profile. FroHawk- I came up with this style after seeing countless of videos on Youtube about creating a frohawk with hairpins or bobby pins. I thought [...]

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15 September 2009 ~ 6 Comments

callalily’s tips for twistout preservation

I received this email from Callalily who wanted to help out Holly and others in regards to the post that I did on “how to preserve a twist out”. In efforts to continue to aid you all with styling here at BGLH, here are her pictures and tips! Hi J: I am a fellow blogger [...]

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13 August 2009 ~ 26 Comments

rachel: NC artist… dope natural hair

Hey guys, I originally posted this on April 30, 2009… but since we’ve been talking about big chops/versatility/’it’s just hair’ I thought this would be an appropriate interview to re-post. Rachel is, by far, been the most diverse chick I’ve profiled on BGLH. She’s done everything from back length locks to a big chop to [...]

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26 July 2009 ~ 13 Comments

preview of monday style icon: sugarysnowpea

We have another Monday Style Icon with a TON of pics, so I’m going to start posting them now. Stay tuned for the full interview Monday. document.getElementById(“post-541-blankimage”).onload(); Tweet This Post

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26 July 2009 ~ 0 Comments

preview of monday style icon: sugarysnowpea

We have another Monday Style Icon with a TON of pics, so I’m going to start posting them now. Stay tuned for the full interview Monday. document.getElementById(“post-655-blankimage”).onload(); Tweet This Post

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