A Good Idea Gone Bad Sometimes, despite our intentions, our hair plans simply…fail. We get a great idea and maybe we jump in head first without really thinking about how to make that idea actually work. That can happen when you make the initial decision to go natural too. A lot of women think that they can just grow their hair out and voila—a beautiful head of natural … [Read more...]
Hair Tips: My Twist Out Routine
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Ready for this week's "Hair Tip"? I love twist outs. No really. I love twist outs. After two strand twists, a twist out is typically my go to hairstyle. I’ve gotten a lot of questions lately about how I maintain the style so figured it would be easier just to respond in a blog post. As you will see, I have a fairly simple pattern. Step one: Prep hair for washing. Before … [Read more...]
Going-Natural Hair Show
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So over the past few weeks I’ve been feeling the natural summertime love all over Brooklyn. In addition to a fabulous book-signing event, an awesome baby shower thrown by the world’s best little sister and mom team, there seems to have been an increase in natural hair events this summer. International African Arts Festival Hair Show I was super excited that I got to … [Read more...]
Type 4 “Wash n Go” Maintenance
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As I previously discussed here (check the link for written discussion along with video), for Black women with hair described as kinky, coily, nappy or Type 4 (pick an adjective – any adjective!), the Wash n Go can be a bit controversial. For one thing there’s the fact that for this type of hair – it’s more of a “Wash n Go…and Comb Out Later.” Otherwise you can end … [Read more...]
Wash n Go? Or Wash n NO? Maybe both?
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Recently there's been a lot of discussion about whether or not women with Type 4 (i.e. kinky, nappy, coily) hair should wear "Wash n Go" styles. Wash n Go (or "WNG") is the type of style where you get in the shower, wet your hair, get out the shower, towel dry and then...just go. As in no real combing, a bit of styling but basically...shaking your hair out and hitting the … [Read more...]