Hair
How To Maximize Volume with Fine Natural Hair
When people comment that my natural hair is “thick,” I laugh. Inside and outside. It’s the same laugh you feel when someone says you’ve lost weight, but you know it’s your Spanx. Or the mental chuckle you have when someone says you have full eyebrows, but you know you...
Celebrities Who Embrace Their Natural Hair
After decades, if not centuries, of enduring the stigma that a Black women’s natural hair is less than undesirable, many naturals have taken strides to create our own narrative. Freeing our coils in professional and social gatherings is enough to get a nod of respect...
How To Achieve The Perfect Twist Out
Today is all about the grave details to creating the perfect twist out using Big Chop Hair Corkscrew Curl Clip-ins. I had so many questions about this style I felt revisiting it would hopefully answer a lot of those questions! I am sharing every important step as well...
Natural Hair Bloggers You Should Follow
The first time I decided to stop chemically straightening my hair, I started following multiple natural hair pages on Instagram. When that wasn’t enough, I followed a few natural hair bloggers. They have many tutorials for beginners and they also show their hair...
Was My Big Chop a Mistake?
Picture it: the downtown strip of an otherwise homogenous northeastern town. A strip with the hallmarks of a mini cultural center: the monolithic beauty supply store, African grocery store, and beauty shops. My big brown, teenage eyes are set on one beauty shop, where...