Wow, y’all have been really active sending in questions, news alerts and thoughts. Keep ‘em coming This question was submitted by BGLHer Crystal.
“My name is Crystal and I have a question… With an oval shaped face should I have my hair cut short or should I wait to grow it out? I would [...]
Jana was one of 10 winners in our recent Now and Then giveaway.
I am from Bessemer, Alabama and I’m a senior at the University of Alabama at Birmingham majoring in graphic design. I am an artist and I never limit myself to one thing. I like to explore different areas from music to modeling to [...]
It’s the first of the month! Email photos of your hair before and after you went natural to blackgirllonghair@gmail.com and I will post them throughout the day. The giveaway will end at midnight or when we get 40 entries — whichever comes first. So you know the drill. Send in your photos, then help me [...]
So, BGLH readers recently asked J, Shari and I — who all have very different textures — to list our top products. J kicked us off with her list below, and Shari and I will post ours in the coming days… but there are a VARIETY of textures represented by the women who follow this [...]
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 improve [...]
Busayo was one of five winners in our recent “Now and Then” giveaway.
I am from Toronto by way of Nigerian parents. Currently I am a full time student and part-time counselor for children.
On going natural…
I transitioned for a few months and finally did the big chop in Summer of 2007. To be honest, it was [...]
So it’s official; After debating for several weeks our in house designer, Shari, has decided to do a big chop. That’s a foot of relaxed ends gone.
She’s been blogging about her transition experience (here and here), and now she needs our help to figure out where to get her chop done. Read on…
My big [...]
Shari is up in the lab designing a new webpage for BGLH. But she’s also trying to figure out a new regimen for her transition from relaxed to natural. Peep her questions and help if you can…(continued from Sunday)
There are a few challenges I run into on a weekly basis. Maybe all of you [...]
~by Shari (BGLH’s graphic designer)
I think I got my last relaxer around November or December of 2008. It wasn’t really a conscious decision on my part…one day, I just decided I didn’t need a touch-up. Then a week passed, then several weeks, then months…and here I am now with two completely different hair textures sitting [...]
Yes, BGLH now has an on-site graphic designer. Shari — who debuted with the Saturday retrospective during guest blogger week — will be re-designing the site and also do some writing. The new BGLH website will debut in early Fall.
She works for an advertising firm in Chicago and has done design work for top blogs [...]
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