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02 March 2010 ~ 15 Comments

NFATW: Precious Kofi

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 [...]

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21 December 2009 ~ 17 Comments

Monifa (tutorial)

Where are you from? M: I am from St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands. I am an architect practicing project management at our local transportation agency. I manage our designers, architects and general contractors. When did you go natural? M: I went natural in 2005. My last perm was in March 2005. I had been [...]

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10 December 2009 ~ 14 Comments

HaitianRoots’ bantu knot out (tutorial) *re-post

This was originally put up a few months back but taken down because of posting difficulties. Having worked the kinks out, I’m reposting it now… **** BGLH: Where are you from?HaitianRoots: born in port au prince, haiti. bred in the burbs of chicago. BGLH: How many years have you been natural?HaitianRoots: my last relaxer was [...]

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07 December 2009 ~ 20 Comments

Nnenna (tutorial) ***update***

Where are you from? N: Im originally from Little Rock Arkansas, currently residing in Los Angeles, CA. My ancestors are from Nigeria, but I was raised in the States. I love traveling and snapping photos, particularly photos that document. Photography is my passion, my love. When did you go natural? N: I went natural in [...]

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03 December 2009 ~ 3 Comments

An adorable straight style!

So, I posted Tiera’s style icon profile on Dec. 1, but I checked her blog (http://www.peaceloveandnappiness.blogspot.com/) the day after and found a style that I just had to post. So here it is, this adorable pinned up style was done on flat ironed hair. (You can see the back of it in the mirror.) document.getElementById(“post-5239-blankimage”).onload(); [...]

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21 November 2009 ~ 16 Comments

Marsha

Where are you from? M: I’m from NEW YORK, concrete jungle where dreams are made of, there’s nothing you can’t do!!! My family is Jamaican, but my sisters and I were born here. I moved to Philly last year, but will rep NYC till the day I die. I started a small entertainment company, BrownFace [...]

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28 September 2009 ~ 21 Comments

Monday Style Icon: Sharri (one of our most phenomenal to date!)

“I love rocking my ‘fro. The bigger, the better.” ~Sharri Where are you from and what do you do?S: I’m from New York, currently living in Harlem. I work in retail for the Jean Shop. When did you go natural? Why? S: The first time I went natural was back in 2005. The Big Chop [...]

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09 September 2009 ~ 14 Comments

Krystal: Tips from a style maven

“Natural hair is just so much more interesting, so much more fierce, and requires so much more confidence! It’s a definite challenge, but that’s why I love it so much.” ~Krystal Where are you from and what do you do?K: I’m a Jamaican born in Brooklyn, New York, and I grew up in South Florida. [...]

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19 August 2009 ~ 17 Comments

workout plan!

Question for J from Rochelle:Wo! Talk about a wealth of information. Thank you. I work out 5 days a week. 3 of them are in bikram yoga with only 30 min to get dressed before returning to work. How does natural hair care / conditioning fit into that? I generally throw some kind of hydrating [...]

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27 July 2009 ~ 22 Comments

Monday Style Icon: SugarySnowPea

“Natural hair shouldn’t be something that catches people’s attention for negative reasons, it should be something normalized in the black community. It’s so crazy how accepting yourself for who you are can be so strange to some.” ~SugarySnowPea BGLH: Where do you live? Where you reppin’? SugarySnowPea: I live in NYC! To be more specific, [...]

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