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Jan 27

On the Couch with Fayola

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Fayola today Fayola writes: For a long time seeing women with natural hairstyles offended me. Overnight it seemed like blogs about hair care, “transition stories” and styling tips invaded the internet. Models with dreads, afros and curls were suddenly all over black women’s magazines. “Kinky” was no longer a bad word. I wasn’t sure I liked it. I’m a thirty…

Dec 18

Not Feeling My Curls…

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by Tammy Goodson of CurlyChics My hair is super thirsty….whatever is going on must come to an end. Lately I am not feeling my curls. When I say lately I mean the last few weeks. We all have those days intermittently but mine seem to be occurring more frequently and I don’t like it. Yeah, it’s only hair but it’s…

Jan 27

The Emancipation of Black Hair

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by Kelcie Owens of Spiraled There's an old saying that people have quoted for decades: Variety is the spice of life. Yet for so long black women have been made to feel that wearing their hair in its natural state is unacceptable. As I was growing up I do not recall ever encountering even one black woman that proudly…

Jan 27

When ‘Keeping It Real’ Goes Wrong…

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Brittney writes: I am an avid reader of the CurlyNikki website and I love it so much. This website has literally been my go to since December of 2010 when I Big Chopped (pictured above). I have a major dilemma. I love my mother to death. She goes above and beyond to provide a wonderful life for my sisters…

Sep 11

From Blackface to Blackfro…

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by Erica Thurman Postbourgie.com recently posted an article about @michellejoni, a white female experimenting with Blackface Blackfro. @michellejoni wore an afro to a costume party and decided she liked the hair style so much that she would wear it regularly to events she deemed appropriate, and blog about her experience. The perfect event for a white female in Blackfro? A fried chicken extravaganza, of course.…