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Sep 11

On the Couch with Brenda- ‘It’s a Love-Hate Thing’

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It is a Love-Hate Thing by Brenda Fadeyibi of CakeandEggs One of my friends who recently BC’d decided that natural hair was not for her, “I haven’t felt pretty since the day I cut my hair.” She told me over brunch. She made an appointment and slapped in a perm on hair that I thought was gorgeous in all of its…

Sep 11

pRoy is Naturally Glamorous!

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CN: Were you a slow transitioner or a Big Chopper & why? I started transitioning in the fall/winter of 2007. I started by researching natural hair online and stumbled across www.nappturality.com. It is a natural hair community that discusses everything including styles, products, thoughts, current events, etc. There were also a couple of YouTubers then that caught my attention, one…

Jan 27

Do Curly Girls Think They’re All That?

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Naturally Glam Idol- Lovely Mali Do Curly Girls Think They're All That?: Styling Divisions in the Natural Hair Community by Erica Thurman “You natural girls who always wear your hair curly act like you’re better than those of us who straighten our natural hair.” My sister-in-law (SIL) made that comment in the midst of a discussion about whether some naturals…

Jan 27

Shakiyla is Naturally Glamorous!

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Were you a slow transitioner or a Big Chopper & why? I played around with the idea of going natural for quite some time before I decided to take a leap into the natural world. In fact, I transitioned a few times before initially going natural, however those other times always ended with me relaxing my hair due to frustration.…

Jan 27

Ashley Yancey is Naturally Glamorous!

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Were you a slow transitioner or a Big Chopper & why? When I was three years old, my mother sent me to the salon for my first texturizer. A year later I got my first relaxer and for the next 20 years I maintained chemically processed hair. I never thought anything of it because it was how life had always…