This is a re-post from the awesome blog Naturally Leslie.
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Have you ever gotten so fed up with your hair that you need to do something you’ve never done before? Well, I did! This past Saturday I woke up and decided that I needed a change. I had been thinking about a good protective style that [...]
February 7 to 13 is BGLH’s second annual guest blogger week. I will be turning the mic over to BGLH readers to say what’s on their mind. Nickie is up next…
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I was just thumbing through one of my favorite plays, Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun. She is right up there with Tennessee Williams [...]
February 7 to 13 is BGLH’s second annual guest blogger week. I will be turning the mic over to BGLH readers to say what’s on their mind. Simon is our first guest blogger and the first dude to ever post on BGLH.
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Before I begin I must admit that growing up, I never found natural hair [...]
Ever wonder what it’s like to be the blogger for BGLH? To stare at your computer for a couple hours every night, thinking of interesting content to generate to the masses? Well wonder no more because guest blogger week is back on BGLH!
If you have something to say, and want to use this [...]
~by Oghomwen E.
My story is simple. I went natural in January 2001 while I was living in Lethbridge, Canada. And after a very brief encounter with a texturizer, I have been natural ever since. My hair has grown the longest since I became natural. However, I am scissors happy. My whole family seems to be [...]
~by Shari N.
I’m sure quite a few of you have at some point encountered resistance to your natural hair or have been on the receiving end of snarky comments (My mom asks me every week when I’m going to get a relaxer. Love you mom, but it’s not happening!). But ladies in the spotlight who [...]
~by Sunshine A.That was me with the last weave and relaxed “do” that I ever got. It was the summer of 2008 and you couldn’t tell me nothing! I was happy with my weave. Not too thrilled with the price tag though. That one cost me a whopping $400 for the hair (had to be [...]
Tamika working in rural Jamaica
While I may be preaching to the choir here, I thought it necessary to articulate the connection between sustainability and the natural hair community. In particular this article speaks to the unprocessed hair of women of African decent. Sustainability according to UNESCO “means consuming goods and services without harming the [...]
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