I Big Chopped - CurlyNikki

Sep 21

A New Hair Social Order

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glam TWA, Katia by Dori Phelps So, first of all I want to state some givens. I’ve been black all my life. I don’t know what it is like to be anything else. My life experience consists of the fact that I have never been skinny: never very large but svelte is not a category I would fit in. Nor…

Jul 13

Christina Is Naturally Glam!

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Were you a transitioner or a Big Chopper? What was your journey like? I tried to be a transitioner. I really wanted to transition because my hair was long, but I was far too impatient. I wanted to see my curls far too badly. So I big chopped twice! Had you always embraced your texture? I hadn’t always embraced it.…

Sep 21

Celeste- ‘Never let anyone tell you that you have “bad hair”…’

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via Global Couture, LLC Tell me a little about yourself and your hair journey. My name is Celeste Young. I am 22 years old and I am from Jackson, MS. How long have you been natural? I have been fully natural for 7 1/2 months. What motivated you to go back to natural? I decided to go natural when…

Sep 21

On the Couch with LeKyndra- “Love it, rock it, respect it!’

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Via Global Couture, LLC My name is LeKyndra and I’m from Missouri. I am a recent college grad, Mass Communications major. I work in a studio at a TV Station and at a Radio Station. How long have you been natural? I’ve been natural since March 2013, I would get perms every month (once I think about it that was…

Sep 21

Gael- “I am done over-complicating my hair situation.”

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Describe your hair (fine or coarse, thin or thick, highly porous, low, etc.)  Honestly, I don’t know. I tried doing all kinds of research prior to the chop and got overwhelmed with all this scientific information. I mean, I’m pretty sure Angela Davis & Diana Ross didn’t have to know any of this to grow big fros. I know my…