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Nikki’s Life

Nikki’s Life and Curly Hair

Essence Black Women in Music!

By Curly Nikki 83 Comments
I almost lost my last nerve yesterday y'all. I left my house at 5am for a 7am flight and two layovers and 15 hours later, I touched down in Los Angeles. In Phoenix, I boarded an aircraft, broke down Gia's stroller, shoved my ish into the cramped overhead compartment, sat on the tarmac for 30 minutes, wrestled with Gia, de-boarded,…
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A Good Hair Day…(that just keeps on giving)

By Curly Nikki 105 Comments
It's official, the cut is bomb... everything I envisioned. It volumized my situation and trimmed about 30 minutes off of my detangling and styling time. Got me grinning from temple to temple...This is the result of a partial Twist-n-Curl. I say partial, 'cause I used about 4 flexis on the sides to create some fake layers. I styled wet, with,…
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Honey Badger Gia

By Curly Nikki 75 Comments
At 16 months, it's been quite entertaining watching Boogie's little personality develop. On one hand, she's a cute little curly topped sponge, a typical toddler with perpetually sticky hands that understands everything that comes out of my mouth yet picks and chooses what to act on. It’s like, she knows that I know that she knows what I’m talking about,…
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Swag on Zero…

By Curly Nikki 67 Comments
...had no choice but to wash and resurrect the curls! Still silky and luxurious, my almost disrespectfully fine hair wasn't even thinking about reverting, making this wash, totally premature and unnecessary. I was jonesing for the volume... the texture... the swagnificence!After a week of perusing the web about ways to naturally thicken fine hair, I came right back around to…
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