Archive | big chop

16 December 2009 ~ 32 Comments

Question of the Day: Does the “big chop” work on oval-shaped faces??

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 [...]

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01 November 2009 ~ 38 Comments

Now and Then!

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 [...]

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28 October 2009 ~ 26 Comments

Style Icon: Lola in London

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 [...]

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15 August 2009 ~ 32 Comments

Shari wants to know: Where do you get a ‘big chop’ done?

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 [...]

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14 May 2009 ~ 9 Comments

why i chopped off my 2-foot long relaxer* pt 3

*This is not an exact hair measurement
Bublnbrnsuga has been kind enough to share her amazing hair journey with us over the past several weeks — from relaxing her super long natural hair in October 2008, to not liking the relaxer, to cutting it all off in March 2009.Some reading to get you caught up:Part 1Rock [...]

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19 March 2009 ~ 9 Comments

a REAL “it’s just hair” chick

so, we recently discussed the “it’s just hair” attitude versus the “it’s not just hair” attitude.a lot of people talk a big “it’s just hair” game… but honestly, from here on out, i am using bublnbrnsuga as my personal standard for the “it’s just hair” attitude.
so i recently profiled her, because she was able [...]

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13 December 2008 ~ 2 Comments

to chop or not to chop?… ways to transition

another question for jenteel, our resident hair expert…
Q: What’s the most effective way to transition into natural hair?
Jenteel says: How you decide to grow out your relaxer/texturizer is largely dictated by your lifestyle and/or hair texture. In regards to hair texture, if there is a significant texture difference between your new growth and [...]

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