Alona of Hair Politik writes:Nik,I just came across this AMAZING "Whip My Hair" video by Will and Jada's very own Willow Smith! I had to share it with you and the CN community. I am definitely loving everything about this video: the different hairstyles she's rocking, the positive message relayed about hair by her music and of course her little…
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L. Michelle of My Hair is Me writes:Thanks to my Sorority Sister Laila of MamaLocs, I am appalled at Kohl's!! She just shared with me that they're advertising a curly afro wig. The kicker? It's called the Ghetto Fab Wig!!!What is GHETTO about a curly afro????????Uhm, check out the ad, here's the link if you want to see it up…
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The video below was submitted by NikG of BeadsBraidsandBeyond, Divine Diva, Tania, Monique, Fatoumata, Porchia and Seyi!Seyi writes:This video was forwarded to me by a friend. I had to share it with you and the CN community. This clip was featured on Sesame Street recently. I want to run out and show it to all the little girls who are…
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Sistagirl1267 writes: So, I’m sitting in my college dormitory; watching television when I could be doing something better with my time, and what do I see on MTV? A Living Above the Influence commercial that features a young black teen. She says, “So what if everyone is getting a relaxer; I’m going natural”!! I was so excited and surprised that…
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NaturallyCurly writes:Where do we find our cultural influencers, see examples of who we are and get ideas of who we want to be? Today the answer is everywhere, but before we were bombarded from countless media sources, there was “Soul Train.” In the pre-DVR days of the early ’70s, Saturday afternoons were carefully choreographed around the broadcast of the “hippest…
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