With the recent fallout over the Shea Moisture advertising campaign and then their support of a man who makes a living pushing out anti-Black woman messages, many have been looking to support other natural hair care companies. We all have our opinions on what is or isn’t wrong with the Shea Moisture campaign, but one […]
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How To Look Very Rich in Wigs Under $30
Instagram and YouTube can easily have you feeling like you need 4 bundles of Malaysian, Russian, Brazilian, Mongolian wet and wavy with the full frontal that can easily run you upwards of $300. But never fear for those on a budget, budget weaves and wigs that you can run to your local beauty supply store […]
The Basics for Naturals: Must Have Accessories and Tools for Curls and Kinks
Curly hair is absolutely stunning when left in its natural state as well as when it’s styled, but let’s face it, it takes a lot of maintenance to get our hair looking good. Understanding what works for your hair can take years of experimentation, trial and error, and lots of off days, but when we […]
The 4C Natural Hair Guide | For the Extra Kinky Coily Girl
Maybe you’ve noticed the pop up when you load the site, or the advert in the sidebar, cause we want to make sure every Extra Kinky Coily lady knows about the 4C Natural Hair Guide we’ve dropped for one of the most overlooked segments of the natural hair community. The Guide for the Extra-Kinky-Coily Girl Who […]
The 4C Natural Hair Struggle
Hey girl…you over there frustrated with your natural hair. Ohhh lawd that rhymes! Are you over it? Tired of the dry, unmanageable, impossible to detangle, won’t/can’t/never stay moisturized? No amount of grease will add shine to your coils? Do your twist-out’s always succumb to shrinkage and just become a ball of fuzzy puffiness? Well, hey […]
Great Expectations: 4 Realistic Expectations for 4C Natural Hair
Oh no this is not a negative post about 4C hair. The goal is for this to be helpful in setting some realistic expectations for your hair so you can overcome the hurdle of complicatedness and get to loving what God gave you. It’s all about embracing, baby.
Best Darn Twist Out on 4C Natural Hair
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 […]
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 […]
Healthy 4C Hair: QRedew Hair Steamer
Hair steaming is a GREAT thing for ladies with the extra coarse hair. DarkerthanBrown recently reviewed the QRedew steamer which she has implemented as part of her regimen for her 4C hair and I had to hop on the bandwagon right after her. Steaming is great because specifically helps with some of our biggest problem […]
Semi Protective Up-Do & Bee Mine Product Review on 4C Natural Hair
My most recent video is an extension of the Guide to Curls for 4C Hair video series. In this video I show you how to achieve a cute and curly up do with flexi-rods on my 4C natural hair. This style is great because it will last for at least 3 days since the curls […]