Girl it’s only a year and half later but I’m finally getting around to doing the blog post to accompany my popular video on the best twist out ever for 4C natural hair. Please excuse my tardiness. I’m often asked about how I do my twists out, or how to get twist outs to look […]
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The Best Kinky Straight Wigs
Kinky straight wigs are the new trend, offering a more realistic look that blends well whether you are natural or relaxed. And with winter right around the corner many our looking for protective styles that are easy to apply. Wigs are one of the best protective solutions as you can take them off and on […]
What is 4C Natural Hair?
Some will say that hair typing isn’t worth it. Often that’s people with looser curl patterns who have seen plenty of representations throughout the natural hair scene of their hair texture or just a person who has longed figured out how to work with their hair and jumped over the hurdles that would leave others […]
Favorite Winter Protective Styles for 4C Natural Hair
It’s cold outside, hopefully if you’re listening to Christmas music on repeat it’s the MoTown or Cee-Lo x-mas albums and your hair is probably telling you that your summer time moisturizing process ain’t giving you the fluff you had during those long sunny days. Unfortunately, I do not have the magical answer on how to […]
Koils By Nature Product Review for 4C Natural Hair
Yes, I am slowly catching up on all my product reviews. And here we are with the Koils By Nature product line. KBN is owned by Pamela Jenkins, who is one tall ball of fun and she does great workshops/events on natural hair care. If you can catch an event that she’s at, she’s definitely […]
Afro-Kinky Wig/Weave: Finally All the Details!
So folks have been asking and I’ve been holding back on the details for the afro-kinky wig that I’ve been rocking for the past couple of weeks, because I knew there would be quite a few negative comments with regards to the brand and many of them would be completely warranted. I decided that for […]
Let’s Bun It!
A month or two ago, daughter and I came across naturalista Breanna aka Mini Marley’s YouTube channel and immediately daughter tripped into the realm of admiration for this young lady’s vibrant personality, creative hairstyles and easy to follow tutorials making achieving the look(s), well …
Capelli Halo Rollers & Shea Moisture Setting Lotion Review
Retro ‘fro on deck! Capelli Care was a sponsor at out BlackHairKitchen expo and they sent us some rollers to try out and review. With them I created a retro ‘fro look that I wore to the Chic N’ the City event I hosted in Washington DC, September 2013. The Capelli Care Halo Rollers are […]
Empress Bun: Marley Braid Bun ‘Do on 4C Natural Hair
This is one of my favorite protective styles, as super simple for anyone to achieve. All you need is a hair tie, bobby pins and some marley/kinky hair which is available at any and every beauty supply store. My tutorial is specifically aimed at those with kinky hair or thick hair that’s usually harder to […]
Straight Tapered Cut on 4C Natural Hair
I did the unthinkable. I, Jouelzy, a person who has built a decent following based on my hair tutorials and redefining the idea that natural hair is simply curly, chopped off the bulk of my nappy, dry, unmanageable and all the other false constructs people use to define my hair. It’s often perceived that because […]