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News Channel Warning on DIY Hair Care Trend after a Little Girl Receives Second Degree Burns
News channel WREG of Memphis Tennessee is warning us against DIY hairstyles. We all know how important DIY is to ...
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QVC Apologizes for Their Remarks About Their Model’s Natural Hair
The other day we shared a video on FB where you could hear audio of QVC host Sandra Bennet making ...
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I’m Stunned: QVC and Dooney & Bourke Reps Laughing at Woman’s Natural Hair
My jaw is on the desk, and I’m stunned to silence…*drops mic* Watch the video and give us your thoughts. Harmless ...
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What Do You Guys Think of the New Invention Called “Selfie Capz” on Kickstarter?
Every now and again we will come across a Kickstarter that make us wonder if this could really be a ...
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Barbadian School Bans Twist Outs because the Style is Not Considered Neat
I was born and raised in Jamaica, I attended an all girls Prep school and and all girls high school ...
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Hair Braiding Laws Ruled ‘Unconstitutional’ According to A Texas Judge, a Win for Isis
I had the pleasure of seeing Isis at work first hand at a natural hair event, and I knew her ...
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Man Cuts off the Dreadlocks of a Man He Found with His Daughter
What would you do? If you have ever lived with a testy teenager, you know how sneaky they can be ...
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Miss Jessie’s Co-Founder Titi Branch Has Died In Apparent Suicide
It has been reported that Titi Branch Co-Founder of the Miss Jessie’s brand has died in an apparent suicide due ...
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MBA Student Denied Access To Academic Conference Because Of His Hair
Well here we go again! How many times have thought that finally hair discrimination is over but it has become apparent that ...
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Gym Teacher Physically Drags Girl Into The Pool After She Complained About Getting Her Hair Wet
Jesus take the wheel because Lord knows if this was my child, he would have hell to pay. A Stockton, ...
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“Weave Runner”: Detroit Woman Scams Multiple Hairdressers Out Of Bundles Of Weave And Services
We all have our gripes about stylists from time to time, but on the other side of the coin when ...
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The Term #Nappyhair Is Being “Columbused” By White Girls
The other day we told you about some girls on Twitter using the hashtag #afro to describe their hair that ...
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Note To Our Readers: The CWK Girls Straight Plates Will Be Issuing Refunds To Investors
Remember this post? We were so excited about this invention because it was a brilliant solution to really stretching your ...
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L’Oreal USA Has Purchased Carols Daughter To Help Them Reach The Multicultural Market
My first thoughts on this story: another one bites the dust! L’Oreal USA announced in a press release today that ...
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What If Your Human Hair Extensions Had A Little Goat Hair Mixed In, Would You Care?
A couple days ago, the BBC news did an article called “The Salons That hope you can’t tell goats and ...
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Do You Think Crowd Funding Is A Great Way For Natural Hair Businesses To Get Themselves Out Of Debt?
I saw this question on BGLH; I thought it was a pretty decent topic that needed to be explored – ...
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“Olivia’s Back to straight hair so you KNOW she means business. #Scandal” – Are You Offended By That @Peoplemag Tweet?
Another day, another insult? You decide! Insensitive media is getting a serious butt wooping out there in Twitterville, and you ...
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The LA Times Thinks Cornrows Are NOW More Chic And Edgy Because They Are Less Urban
“Cornrows are moving away from urban, hip-hop to more chic and edgy. “Just one Cornrow or a couple on the ...
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Tyra Banks Fitted One Of Her Top Models With A Lace Front Beard, Yay or Nay?
I know this question sounds ridiculous, but would you date a man with a lace front beard? Let me be ...
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Rastafarian Boy Faces “Unlimited Suspension” From His Louisiana School Because Of His Hair
boy not pictured When I was growing up, I had a pretty good understanding about what it meant to be ...
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Navy Discharges Black Sailor For Refusing To Cut Her Hair
Apparently the Navy did not get the memo, but then again, nobody said this battle was going to be an ...
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SimplYounique Did Her Second Big Chop! A Follower’s Perspective
Remember this post? Well, it seems the YouTuber has made waves again because she did her second big chop, which ...
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News Anchor Women Wearing Natural Hair Is Considered Historic?
I was reading the forums, as usual, and came across the above picture of an anchor woman who wears her ...
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Update: Military Revises Hairstyle Rules
In March 2014, the military announced that locs and twists could no longer be worn. When the military announced its ...
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Nikki Mae AKA Natural Chica Big Chops After 5 years of Natural Hair Growth
Can I call this hair cutting thing “a trend” yet? You know how we do it right? Two people do ...
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Just For Me Brand Targets Children With “Texture Softeners”
This is a pretty interesting topic which makes for great a great discussion and maybe some serious change. We all ...
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Hair Weave Heist At Another Beauty Supply Store
Another beauty supply store robbed of the most expensive hair weaves that thieves could get their hands on. This time ...
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#GetWellMeechy We Are All Rooting For You
I have watched Tameka otherwise know as MeechyMunroe for a long time, so naturally when I saw her story last ...
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Have You Heard About The Hookie Do? Another Successful Kickstarter Campaign Revolutionizing The Hair Industry
Demajali West has already met her goal for her Kick Starter project through a network of support for a pretty ...
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One Of Our Favorite Natural Hair Guru’s Simplyounique Relaxes Her Hair
Girl, my jaw dropped, but how presumptuous of me to have such a reaction but sometimes you cant help it, ...
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African Export Big Chops! 3 Reasons A Woman With Long Hair Might Choose To Cut It Off
Guuuuuurl! Ya’ll watch AfricanExport on YouTube right? Well the self professed queen of keeping it real big chopped and she ...
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Chicago Teen Survives Being Shot In The Head Due To A Hair Weave
Chicago has been riddled with stories of gang related violence and in this case a Chicago teen, Chantal Hammontree was ...
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Meme Makes An Attempt To Make Fun Of Black Women For Wearing Fake Hair
I’m going to keep this real short, because I don’t want to risk giving this odd attempt at a joke ...
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Can A White Girl Be A part Of The Natural Hair Movement? – Curly Nikki Post Controversy
We cannot even sit here with straight faces and pretend like we have not noticed the controversial topic of discussion ...
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Thieves Steal $50K Worth Of Weave From a Chicago Beauty Supply Store
The black market has been a thorn in the side of society as a whole forever, it is the worst thing ...
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Do You Only Wear Your Real Hair Because You Are Broke?
I guess we Naturalistas are broke as heck for daring to rock our real hair, right. My fiancé tagged me ...
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Former AEG Employee Fired For Not ‘Taming’ Her Afro
Apparently if you have a job as a security officer you cannot have an afro. One lady learned this the ...
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Dr. Oz Talks Natural Hair And Helps With A Big Chop
There has been a little bit of uneasiness with Dr. Oz’s latest show surrounding natural hair. He had two young ...
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Stylist Cuts Little Girls Braids Out Because Mom Did Not Pay For Service
If I could be honest with y’all for a second, there are some posts that we do here that are ...
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New Controversy: Does It Really Matter If A White Woman Gets Braids?
I saw the above post on FaceBook recently and the caption was “I do not see a problem”, it was ...
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