With Health Comes Length
Contents Start out fresh – ensuring hair is clean and detangled The best products to use The braid out process Examples of results on different textures This week we searched our archives to see what articles we had on braid outs and would you believe we came up short. Now we have a ton of […]
Contents Best Practices Twists Braids Locs Weaves and Wigs Crochet If you are on a hair growth journey one of the most consistent themes you will hear is that you must do protective styles in order to see real growth success with your hair. These days most of us understand this concept completely and at […]
Towards the end of the week most of us are winding down getting ready for the weekend and for me, it also means getting a bit more relaxed with how I wear my hair. One of my favorite styles to wear on the weekend is a good old fashioned head wrap or turban. Head wraps […]
In honor of Valentines day we thought it would be a great idea to give you some awesome hair style ideas that are quick and easy to do for date night tomorrow. In our opinion keeping things simple is always best especially if you are in a rut with ideas and just want to enjoy […]
Wearing wigs as a protective style is a really great idea for women who love the versatility of hair weaves, but still want to be able to care for their own hair. You can take it off at night, wash and moisturize your hair, and put it back on. Simple, right? Well not so much. […]
Change is good, or so goes the saying. Change is also scary. When it comes to those areas in our lives that don’t require mandatory change, we can find that we are really stuck in a rut. It’s not as if we have a buzzer that goes off telling us that it’s time to switch […]
You know that feeling of excitement you get when you come across a picture of a hairstyle that speaks to you? Screams to you! Right away, you start imagining yourself wearing the style. Everything about it feels like it’s perfect. In the days that follow you call your stylist and make an appointment to get […]
Holidays and hairdo’s. Hair for Christmas and the times during the holiday season spent with family and friends is a lot different than New Year’s Eve hair. Sitting around with family, watching football, doing the JuJu on that beat challenge and lounging isn’t the environment for you to be worried about whether your contour is […]
In hair care there are things that have become staples across the board. It takes time for something to become a staple, but once it does, the basics behind it are rarely covered. It’s probably because everyone thinks it’s a no-brainer. Have you seen a tutorial lately on how to part your hair? Not likely. […]
Short hair isn’t for everyone. But, there are those who seemingly were made to wear short hair. There are so many women who absolutely kill it in the short hair game. You know the ones. They are more themselves than ever when their hair is short or cropped close to their heads. Those same women […]
Wearing short hair is the ultimate hair statement. It says a lot about you before you utter a single word. Every woman should cut her hair at least one time in her life. It’s an exhilarating experience. Many times when a woman cuts her hair short, she never turns back. I’ve worn my hair short […]
Trying to have it all can sometimes lead to trouble. We have all been warned of the dangers of doing too much. Doing the most is a line of thinking that doesn’t stop at wanting the perfect family and professional life. Sometimes we have to examine how to balance our desires with our needs on […]
The small and sometimes not so small wispy hairs on the perimeter of the hairline that are often very fine and typically found on a small toddler, thus the name “Baby Hair”, have made a comeback. They can be natural or manufactured but however they come about, the result isn’t accomplished without tedious and masterful […]
Short hair has been assigned its place in the black hair beauty community. Pixies and edgy cuts are reserved for women who are ‘feeling themselves’ or who are ‘about to change their lives.’ Truth is, not everybody can confidently pull off short hair. It takes a bit of sass and a certain level of self-assuredness […]
As a natural who’s obsessed with her curl pattern, I am always looking for natural styles that will make my curls pop or defined! It took a lot of trial and error, but I have finally found 5 styles that are sure to have my curls super defined and poppin’ 1. Wash and Go At […]
Starting locs was probably one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. It was prompted after a cross-country move, and just a time in my life where so much of my identity was wrapped up in what other people thought of me, which included my hair. For as long as I could remember, my long […]
Travel season is upon us and a lot of people travel during this time to be with family and friends or just to get away from the cold. I am travelling too and with three girls in tow I need some great styles that all of us can wear without any hair problems. Box braids […]
Years ago, Cofounder of Urban Bush Babes Cipriana pictured above, gave us the secret to her long 4C natural hair and I am going, to be honest, I thought to myself there has to be more to it than that. Cipriana said that she does loose twists in her hair 99% of the time and […]