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Hair, Our Hair

A-Z BLOGGING CHALLENGE Letter “H”: Since the times of Madame CJ Walker (maybe even earlier than that), Black women have had a strong interest in their mane. Her development of hair care products for black women was revolutionary. Now it may be that this affection we have for our hair comes from a desire to […]

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Our Culture/Our World Random thoughts

Acceptance through Assimilation

Watching TV, (DVR only, don’t watch commercials much anymore) Dish Nation, my favorite radio TV show, and the topic of discussion is OPRAH and the Cover of this month’s magazine. The cover features Oprah as most of the issues do, only this time she’s rocking a blown out extensive afro. LOVE IT! Heidi Hamilton, the […]

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Back 2 Natural (cont’d)

Today was day 3 of the wash-n-wear hair, and the styling is the same as day 2.  I washed it, put leave in conditioner on it, and pushed a headband on the front.  This is the problem I have.  There are only so many styles I can implement with the wash-n-wear.  Next week, if time […]

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Back 2 Natural

Tired of the damage being done to my hair, tired of shielding it from the rain. I decided to drop the flat irons and pick up my wide toothed comb.  I’m going back to natural.  I’ve always been natural. I have a fine grade of hair that curls up with the touch of water.  What […]