Lena Waithe By Erickka Sy Savané When I saw Lena Waithe recently, sporting her new do on the red carpet, my first thought was, “Oh shit, she looks like a straight up dude.” Continue I mean, she was no Hollywood glam queen in the first place, but the locs did add a pinch of femininity. And funny enough, when she…
Photo: Onicia Muller- 2015 Wedding Mirror By Onicia Muller My 27th birthday was on the horizon. I was a late bloomer and introvert who finally felt like life was falling into place. I had my Master’s degree, produced my first play, I could still fit into my jeans from high school, and in a few months, I would marry my…
Photo via xonecole.com By Keisha Marie “So you just gon’ leave your hair and your husband in 2017?!” I couldn’t help but to burst out laughing as I looked back at my big sister’s face on my phone screen. It showed a hilarious mixture of shock and amusement as we had an impromptu FaceTime sesh’ that December day. I had just…
Shay via @ShayGlam00 By Joce Blake Coco Chanel said, “A woman who cuts her hair is about to change her life.” Muva was speaking the truth because a hair cut provides liberation and freedom for so many women. It is especially hard for women of color to choose to embrace that freedom because our culture romanticizes long, thick hair. The…
Zara Let’s face it, maintaining our natural hair takes work, and sometimes even vloggers, who seem to have all the answers, contemplate a big chop. This time, ya girl Zara has been feeling some kind of way about her gorgeous mane and is thinking of giving the chop a shot. In this transparent video she shares the highs as well…
By Erickka Sy Savané It was supposed to be a quick trim before an event. My husband had been cutting my hair for the past few years and was largely responsible for my hard fought independence from hair. Obviously, I still had hair, but I’m talking about my freedom from twisting, curling, ironing, and curl defining. I’d finally embraced a…
By Erickka Sy Savané I’m sitting in a chair in the middle of the living room while my husband holds some electric clippers. The buzzing sound is deafening because they are as old as Methuselah. “Do you really wanna do it?” he asks. Man. The truth is, as sure as I was a few minutes ago that I wanted him…
Sanaa Lathan Like Beyonce dropped Lemonade, Sanaa dropped us a video of her new baldie for the movie “Nappily Ever After’ and the internet hasn’t been the same. What’s the big deal? Women cut their hair everyday. Let’s take closer a look. Continue Reading Let’s be real, it’s not everyday that a woman shaves her head. When Britney Spears…
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