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Sep 12

Neo Soul Sistah- Perceptions

By Nikki Walton Curly Nikki 25 Comments

"Neo Soul Sistah"by Sheena of SheenaLaShay.com I was once riding on the bus and a guy started talking to me. Eventually the conversation led to him playing guessing games about my personality type. "Let me guess. You listen to Neo Soul. John Legend. Alicia Keys, Musiq Soulchild....." he went on.I rolled my eyes. Did he think that because of my…

Sep 12

Is Relaxing Hair Child Abuse?

By Nikki Walton Curly Nikki 79 Comments

Is Relaxing Hair Child Abuse?by Maria of tobeanaturalista.comAs we wrapped up my women’s studies course for the semester this week, I was to report a summary of my action project to the class. My action project was the very beginning to creating the Naturalista’s student group which has now, rather quickly, sprung into many different things. My class is small…

Dec 19

Protective Styles for Your Natural Hair

By Nikki Walton Curly Nikki 5 Comments

The Best Protective Styles for Your Natural HairaJwitaFrOProtective styling is a cornerstone in most natural hair care routines, especially if overall health and length retention are goals. In this post, I share with you some of the best types of styles to use when protecting the hair, and criteria that you should consider when you are determining which ones are…

Jan 27

What Does it Mean to Be Natural?

By Nikki Walton Curly Nikki 78 Comments

Obsessed with hair manipulation…am I truly a natural?DocI’ve been pondering this for a while now. What does it mean to be natural? If I dye my hair and constantly manipulate my hair texture, can I still claim to be a natural gal? I started thinking about ‘going natural’ in late 2004 during my last year of college. I think it…

Sep 12

Hillerie’s Gorgeous Bantu Knot-Out

By Nikki Walton Curly Nikki 25 Comments

Hillerie writes:Hi CurlyNikki Community!I'm finally learning how to work this natural hair thing. Lately, I've been rocking a Bantu Twist- Out. This is done by twisting the hair (big chunks) and then wrapping each twist around itself into a knot. They end up looking like little meatballs, but the result is a gorgeous twisty roller set!What do you think? I…