Guest Blogger - CurlyNikki

Sep 12

The Tightly Curly Method

By CURLYNIKKI Curly Nikki 54 Comments

Kim L. Kirsch via Naturallycurly.comBeen looking for a hairstyle routine that has the potential to keep your curls tight and bouncy up to four to five days? Look no further! Curlies everywhere have been utilizing what is called the tightly curly method, invented by Teri LaFlesh, author of “Curly Like Me,” in order to achieve just that. The method is…

Jan 27

Tenderly Tending to Brown Girl Hair, With a Smile!

By CURLYNIKKI Curly Nikki 27 Comments

Little Dolls: Tenderly Tending to EveryStrand of Brown Girl Hair, With a SmileBy DENENE MILLNER of My Brown BabyGood grief, why didn’t anybody warn me? I mean, I had a bazillion dolls—most of them black with coarse hair that I spent hours combing and washing and pulling into ponytails and meticulously parting into perfect and perfectly fabulous rows of cornrows.…

Sep 12

Moisturizing and Sealing Natural Hair

By CURLYNIKKI Curly Nikki 11 Comments

sourceby Kim Kirsch of NaturallyCurly.com Moisture is vital to maintaining perfect curls, but attaining that moisture is often difficult and many methods can end up drying hair out even more, or only working for short periods of time. Unfortunately, as curly haired women, we are seemingly constantly searching for that one miracle hair moisturizer that works, every day from here…

Dec 19

5 Things You Need to Know Before Going Natural

By CURLYNIKKI Curly Nikki 12 Comments

By: Dr. Phoenyx AustinHola chicas!Dr. Phoenyx here! And today I wanted to talk to you about "going natural." Now, unless you’ve been living under a rock, I’m certain you’ve observed a noticeable shift in women going from relaxed to natural hair. Every day, I see more and more women rocking gorgeous afro and natural styles. Some are doing it for…

Sep 12

Segregated Ads May Send Wrong Message

By CURLYNIKKI Curly Nikki 14 Comments

by Kristian Richards via NaturallyCurly.com Earlier this year, National Public Radio featured a revealing story that provided candid insight into how increasing the visibility of black models during a 1970′s French fashion show changed the industry forever. During this time black models were considered “exotic rarities” and the emergence of an abundance of models of color made for a “turning-heads…