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09 March 2010 ~ 8 Comments

Natural Bride: Rania

When did you and your husband meet?
R: My husband and I met the first day of orientation for graduate school in the Summer of 2006. I didn’t think I would like him…but apparently God had other plans!
We got married in Houston, TX on September 5, 2009. It’s so cliche to say this, but it truly [...]

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05 February 2010 ~ 23 Comments

Natural bride: Alycia

My husband Rufus and I got married in July 2008 in Shaw Park Gardens in Ocho Rios, Jamaica. We had a private ceremony by the waterfall in the botanic gardens with just the two of us and the officiant. We came back to the States and had a formal reception with family and friends [...]

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24 September 2009 ~ 36 Comments

Natural bride: Tafakari

“The style is a bantu knot-out that kept very well throughout the intense Florida humidity. The bantu knots themselves were done earlier in the week (Tuesday) for my Saturday wedding, so it was incredibly easy for my bridal party to help take them down. Instantly styled hair!
My wedding day was on August [...]

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09 June 2009 ~ 13 Comments

natural bride: tamika

Tamika at her August 2008 wedding renewal ceremony in Jamaica
“The wedding ceremony was good but funny. Our best man misplaced our vows, the pastor fumbled a lot, since he was thrown off by the missing vows….I was really late blah, blah. Regardless we were surrounded our family and friends in the beautiful island of [...]

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09 April 2009 ~ 9 Comments

natural bride #3 for april giveaway: robin

Thank you for the lovely photos Robin!
Robin was married on August 18, 2006 in South Padre Island, Texas
“I got some highlights at Aveda and did my own twist out. I’d been natural for about 8 months and had not experimented with many styles… The hubby and I always wanted to get married on a beach. [...]

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08 April 2009 ~ 5 Comments

natural bride #2 for april giveaway: alicia

My Pastor’s wife gave me some good advice in the months leading up to the wedding. She told me, “You want to be flawless the morning after your wedding. You don’t want your hair to be matted on one side or cause you to have to jump out of bed early to fix [...]

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07 April 2009 ~ 9 Comments

natural bride #1 for april giveaway: alycia

I wore my hair in finger coils for my 9/29/07 wedding. I was originally planning on doing a twist-out, but decided to play it safe in case the weather didn’t cooperate.Love the blog!Alycia
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05 April 2009 ~ 9 Comments

our first wedding style: nkenge!

Nkenge sported a curly fro for her May 24, 2008 wedding… thanks for the lovely photos Nkenge!
Let’s keep this going! If you wore your hair naturally to a wedding or formal event, please submit your photos to contro_versial@hotmail.com. I really want us to be able to find style options for ALL occasions!

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