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My Best Friend Didn’t Make Partner At Her Law Firm Because Of Her Natural Hair
My best friend, Melissa, is the epitome of the phrase, ‘black girl magic.’ Not only did she graduate first in her ...
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My Secret To Longer And Healthier Relaxed Hair
A lot of you who are still relaxing your hair may wonder why isn’t my hair growing? I buy all ...
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3 Traumatizing Natural Hair Experiences That Proves That A Natural Hair Journey Isn’t Always Easy
I’ve been natural for around 3 ½ years. I enjoy my natural hair and my overall natural hair journey, but ...
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How I Made it Through The Awkward Length Stage
Any natural who has big chopped, knows the struggle of the awkward length stage. It’s the stage where your hair ...
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5 Styles That Will Totally Define Your Curls
As a natural who’s obsessed with her curl pattern, I am always looking for natural styles that will make my ...
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5 Ways I Keep My Hair Soft And Manageable
@simply.comfort Ever since I started my natural journey, one of my biggest issues has been the fact that my hair ...
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My Boyfriend Told Me I’d Look Better Without My Locs
Starting locs was probably one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. It was prompted after a cross-country move, and ...
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4 Tips For Maintaining A Pixie Cut
I rocked a short pixie cut for about 5 years. I loved shedding the veil I was hiding behind –my ...
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4 Ways To Pre-Stretch Your Hair For a Twist Out
@curldaze I don’t know about you but I live for a voluminous twist out. As someone who has fine coily ...
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5 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me Before I Went Natural
Being natural comes with a lot of trials and error. Some things you will get right on your first try ...
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5 Ways To Spice Up Your TWA
@tyliramariemakeup I recently big chopped my natural hair for the second time back in June. Initially, I enjoyed my short ...
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3 Natural Hair Myths That Could Be Keeping Your Hair From Flourishing
Returning to my natural roots was one of the best decisions I have made. But figuring out the best way ...
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My Natural CoWorker Called Me A Sell Out For Not Wearing My Natural Hair To Work
Starting a new job can have it’s own struggles. There is getting to know the culture of your workplace, learning ...
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3 Tips To Complete A Last Minute Dry Twist Out
@marirodriguesoficial Life happens. Your hair included. Just this past Saturday I heading to an 8am vinyasa yoga class and ended ...
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5 Things Most Naturals Have In Common
The best part of the natural journey, for me, is the comradery and commonalities we have amongst each other as ...
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How Going Natural Has Empowered Me
I can proudly say that I have been natural for 5 years (by October)! It has not been an easy ...
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How To Know When It’s Time To Big Chop
@rock_yo_rizos To big chop or to not big chop? That is a question almost every natural asks herself when making ...
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I Am Allergic To Castor Oil – How I Grew Out My Edges Without It
Castor oil is the recommended solution for growing out thin edges. Armed with this knowledge I started applying organic castor ...
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Why I Quit My Natural Journey After Only 5 years
Once I hit my 5 year natural journey I felt like I could actually do this “natural thing.” I mean, ...
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I Used To Be Afraid To Approach Other Naturals
I would like to think of myself as a fairly outgoing person. I mean in a room full of people ...
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I’m Pretty Sure My Coworker Called My Hair Bushy
Hair is a topic that comes up pretty frequently in the workplace. The joys of working with other naturals who ...
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Why I Gave In and Got Box Braids After I Swore I Never Would
One Monday morning I was literally fighting with my hair to at least lay down, so I could leave and ...
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My First New York Natural Hair Salon Experience
Going to a natural hair salon has always been on my things-to-do in New York bucket list. I had my fair ...
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Is Protective Styling Breaking Your Bank? – 4 Ways I Cut My Costs
Protective styling in general can get costly depending on the type of styles you like to wear. In my natural ...
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5 Bad Habits To Avoid When Growing Long Relaxed Hair
@freshlengths By now, we all know that long, healthy relaxed hair is a thing that some of us don’t get ...
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I Used To Be That Girl – Relaxers Made Me Stop Working Out
I’ve always been an athletic girl; for as long as I can remember my mother had me in soccer, basketball, ...
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Curly, Kinky, Coily: Is there a Difference?
Can someone please clarify the difference between coily, kinky and curly? I don’t subscribe to the hair typing system so ...
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Do You Still Relax Your Hair? – 5 Tips For Relaxing Your Hair At Home
I don’t know about you, but my very first relaxer was done in my kitchen by my mother, who is ...
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My Sister’s Coworker Told Her That Her Natural Hair Was A “Hot Mess!”
Yesterday I received an unexpected mid-day phone call from my big sister. I immediately knew something was up because she ...
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My Coconut Oil Hair Catastrophe
Early in my natural hair journey I experimented with a lot of oils trying to find something which works well ...
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True Life: My Sister’s Husband Does Not Want Her To Big Chop – “I Met You With Long Hair”
The other night I was on the phone with my sister. She has been transitioning for almost 5 years now- ...
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4 Reasons I Do Not Comb My Natural Hair?
@vanlenore Most naturals are surprised when I say I do not use a comb on my hair but I don’t, ...
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Haircare Parties Could Be The Newest Trend For Natural Hair
@thecurlybunch Although a lot of our schedules don’t change much in the summer like they did back in our college ...
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My Mid-Natural Life Crisis Forced To Get A Protective Style
Many women of color rely on protective styles as a way to maximize hair growth and to not have to ...
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The Time I Tried To Relax My Own Hair At Age 12
Ever since I could remember, my mother did my hair. It was our Sunday evening routine. We would come home ...
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Adults Constantly Ask My Daughter If Her Hair Is Real And It Is So Awkward
Is that your real hair darling or did mum purchase it from the salon? My eldest daughter was asked this ...
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6 Hilarious Things I Do Not Miss About Getting Relaxers
Relaxers. Good ole “creamy crack” is what it is often referred to. That chemical cream mixture that has the power ...
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How To Help Your Teen Care For Her Relaxed Hair
Being a teenager was a really exciting time for me because I knew that I was going to gain a ...
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Why I Really Failed To Stay Natural The First Time I Tried
As someone who is a little over 2 years into her natural journey, I have noticed how much my curls ...
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5 Bad Habits I Had To Let Go Of Once I Went Natural
@curldaze I’ve been natural for a little over 2 years. As I look back at my regimen and hair care ...
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