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Where are you from?
E: I come from Lagos, Nigeria but I live in Toronto! I work as an administrative assistant however I have my up and coming fashion label that I work on.
When did you go natural?
E: I went natural [...]
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 [...]
I’m pro natural hair because it’s natural, it’s ours, it’s mine and no one, no standard or beauty or ugliness, no stereotype should dictate what I do with something as defining and as personal as my hair. ~Brianna
BGLH: Where are you from? Are you a native of that country? Brianna: I’m from Trinidad and Tobago, [...]
“The U.S. really pushes light skin, and straight hair BUT I am seeing the U.S. incorporate more ethnic beauty in the media. It’s so refreshing!!!” ~she2.petite
BGLH: Where do you live? Where you reppin’?S2P: I live in Atlanta. My family is 100% Jamaican so I would say I identify with that most. I grew up in [...]
~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 [...]
source: Slate magazine
Slate magazine has a DOPE slideshow of natural hair from the 60s. See this is what I’m TALKIN’ BOUT! This is the era BGLH is seeking to usher in again…
Check it out here: http://todayspictures.slate.com/20090617/
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Zara, of the amazing blog ‘Leave in the Kinks’ achieved this look by tying her ponytail down with a scarf overnight. Amazing.
You can check out the new and improved ‘Leave in the Kinks’ site at www.leaveinthekinks.blogspot.com
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Hey Leila!Your blog is awesome and I thought I can talk about my city..Montreal, Canada -WeenaMontreal, Canada
BGLH: Where are you from? Weena: I’m 19 and I was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Both sides of my family immigrated here from Port-au-Prince, Haiti in the 1970s
BGLH: What’s interesting about the place where you live?Weena: Montreal [...]
RMichelle has been featured as a Monday style icon before, and I noticed on Fotki that she had recently intensified her regimen. Since July 1, 2008 she’s been on a ‘no sulfate, no silicone, no mineral oil, no petroleum or drying alcohol’ regimen, and I can definitely see the difference in the shine, thickness and [...]
it’s my nappiversary!
well not exactly…lol…unlike many of you, i (jenteel) did not write down the date! but i do know that 10 years ago in the beginning of may 1999, i officially went natural (again). i did my first big chop in may 1998 (what was it about may?), but after 8 months of [...]
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