by Chantal Kamya | May 23, 2017 | Braids/Twist, Hair, Hair, Natural Hair Styles, Protective Style, Updos
Spring has sprung. It’s filled with sunny skies, longer days and new iced coffee flavors. Through the sniffles and teary eyes of allergies, we see our timelines and newsfeeds filled with graduations and weddings. Your best friend’s wedding, your cousin’s wedding, your...
by Chantal Kamya | May 16, 2017 | Hair, Hair, Haircare, Lifestyle, Natural Hair Styles, Real Talk
I went natural and my life changed. Kind of. Technically speaking I had actually been natural longer than I had been relaxed, but everything was different. Some things I could anticipate and others I had no clue about. Here are five things that happened when I went...
by Chantal Kamya | Mar 7, 2017 | Hair, Hair, Haircare, Health/Fitness, Natural Hair Styles, Protective Style
So you’re comfortably on the seat of your couch, scrolling through your phone knowing should be using that time to probably work out. Then you remind yourself that you had a good reason to stop: the working out thing was messing with your natural hair. It happens to...
by Chantal Kamya | Feb 28, 2017 | Braids/Twist, Hair, Hair, Haircare, Natural Hair Styles, Protective Style, Updos
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...
by Chantal Kamya | Feb 1, 2017 | Beauty, Hair, Hair, Haircare, Natural Hair Styles
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...
