Food For Thought - CurlyNikki

Jan 27

Natural Hair Products and Organic Foods?

By Nikki Walton Curly Nikki 52 Comments

This topic was submitted by Brandiss:I know that most women with natural hair are aware of the "bad list" of product ingredients that we should stay away from. The bad list contains mineral oil, parabens and the list goes on. From what we hear and read online, we know that these substances can absorb into our bloodstreams. BUT, my problem…

Jan 27

Food for Thought and Hair Today

By Nikki Walton Curly Nikki 27 Comments

Question:**How do you really know a product is moisturizing? Do you blindly trust in the ingredients, or do you look for tell-tale signs? **I was thinking about this last night while doing my hair. The products that make my hands feel soft, even upon rinsing thoroughly, (instead of sticky, coated, or weird), I judge to be super moisturizing. How about…

Sep 12

Black Men and Natural Hair

By Nikki Walton Curly Nikki 41 Comments

The beautiful and insightful Leslie, of Naturally Leslie, will be contributing cultural pieces to CN.com weekly!Check it out, and weigh in!Image from Essence.com So one topic that tends to come up over and over again on the blogs is related to how men view our natural hair. I've shared before how I never had an issue with this since all…

Jan 27

A Representation of the Natural Hair Community!

By Nikki Walton Curly Nikki 37 Comments

A CN.com reader writes:Nikki,I just want to say thanks for all the hair advice you have given! As a teen still in high school, it is challenging to find supporters for natural hair when most black girls have always reached out to extensions and relaxers to "fix" their hair. I decided to use my inspirations in my Advanced Placement Art…

May 04

Black-Latino Identity–Naturally Leslie

By Nikki Walton Curly Nikki 75 Comments

The beautiful and insightful Leslie, of Naturally Leslie, will be contributing cultural pieces to CN.com weekly!Check it out, and weigh in! I used to be a Spanish teacher and one thing I always found interesting was how my students did not know that you could be Black and Latino/a at the same time. They did not know that there were…