Photo by Tahiti Spears on Unsplash Natural Hair Styles: 12 Easy Ways to Get Relief from Too-Tight Braids By Jacqueline Samaroo There are quite a few upsides to wearing braids. They are super convenient, sleek, stylish, and can help to protect your natural hair when it needs it most. Too-tight braids, however, can turn this go-to natural hair style into…
Discovering Natural Hi Naturals, With the weather being so hot and people taking vacations and needing their hair to not turn from a defined twistout to an Afro in the humid weather, doing styles like crochet twists and braids is an excellent alternative! However, many people feel like they cannot wash their hair while in these styles. I feel that…
By Chantal Kai-Lewis Last week, Malia Obama was spotted out and about in NYC sporting box braids. That “event” made it to a Harper’s Bazaar headline. The blog and media flurry surrounding Malia’s departure from her straight hairstyles brought me back to a conversation I had several summers ago on a balmy late-July day in the bustling café of my…
IG @marihsantosss By Brenda Alexander I’ve always loved braids because they were easy and convenient. But, I would get bored after a few weeks of having them because they were one dimensional. I started working as a teenager and in some places of employment, they were even considered unprofessional. And now that I look back, regardless of how insensitive that…
BeautyWithTy Alright Ladies, summer is coming and what better way to protective style or just switch up your look than with some sleek cornrows!? Here vlogger BeautyWithTy shows us how to feed-in braids on short 4c hair. But don’t fret, even if you have longer hair, this video is still for you! Now if you really wanna go all out for summer,…
Hey Ladies, Ever tried to do crochet braids just to fail miserably? Or maybe you’ve been too intimidated to even give it a try? Well, this mommy-daughter video shows what mistakes to avoid when doing the oh so famous Crochet Braids! Take a look and if you like, share, comment and subscribe to Discovering Natural’s page!!! Continue DiscoveringNatural Web: http://DiscoveringNatural.com Social…
Kim Kardashian By Samantha Callender via Essence.com Braids have long been the de facto hairstyle of the African diaspora. Originally a tribal signifier amongst African tribes, the technique was brought across the Atlantic during slavery and is now a go-to protective style for Black women.There’s no arguing that braids have played a critical role in Black hair culture, which is…
By Siraad Dirshe via Essence.com Protective style season is in full swing. Box braids are a no-brainer when it comes to protecting your strands against winter’s harsh temperatures, mainly for their ease and longevity. For many of us, getting our favorite braided style involves several hours in a chair and a triple-digit price tag. However, we’ve noticed and heard more Black…
Karrueche Tran By Erickka Sy Savané Not all documentaries are created equal. But Elle Magazine’s ‘Braided: An American Hair Story’ taps celebs like Lupita Nyong’o, Young M.A., and Karrueche Tran, as well as stylist to the stars Vernon Francois and author Ayana Byrd to give us an entertaining, political, and historic look at the hairstyle that is more than just…
Chad Milner with daughter Cydney By Chad Milner One Sunday afternoon, when I was 16 years old, I had a random-yet-intuitive premonition. I looked at my then-months old little cousin in her bassinet and thought to myself “My first child is going to be a little girl,” as my grandmother weaved cornrows into my teenage scalp. I didn’t give…
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