NEWS STORIES
Raissa Santana Was Crowned Miss Brazil And Is Only The Second Black Woman To Do So
Last weekend Raissa Santana became the second black woman to be crowned Miss Brazil in a pageant history of over ...
Teacher Asks Chicago Mom To Stop Using So Much Coconut Oil In Her Daughters Hair Via Note
What would you do if you received that note from a teacher about your daughter? I had a pretty interesting ...
WWE Mandy Rose Expressed Her Annoyance With A Black Woman’s Fro While On A Plane Snapping
In “let’s make fun of Afro’s” news reality star Mandy Rose got herself in a little hot water yesterday after ...
Elle Canada Did An Awesome Piece Called “Natural Anthem” Featuring All Black Models
Recently Elle Magazine did a photo shoot called “Natural Anthem” and it was published in their September 2016 issue. The ...
L’Oreal Is Being Sued Over Baldness And Scalp Burns From Their Celebrity Endorsed Relaxers
Did you all hear that L’Oreal is being sued because of their Softsheen Carson Optimum Alma Legend Relaxer because it ...
Loc Wearing Professionals Celebrate Wearing Dreadlocks At The Work Place Under Hashtag #Professionallocs
This week we told you about The 1th U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that said that it is not racist ...
Marc Jacobs Finds Himself In Yet Another Cultural Appropriation Scandal At This Years NYFW
I swear I am so tired of Marc and his shenanigans! Marc Jacobs closed out New York Fashion Week with ...
Teyana Taylor Launches A Baby Turban Line In Honor Of Her Daughter Junie
Baby head wraps are very popular this year and Teyana Taylor’s little girl Junie has her own set that she ...
Taren Guy Explains Her Decision To Transition To Free Form Locs
Taren Guy has been making some small ripples in the natural hair community because after over a decade of rocking ...
U.S Court Of Appeals Rules That Dismissing Someone From Work For Dreadlocks Is NOT Discrimination
If you find yourself a little bit confused about why we get upset when Marc Jacobs appropriates a black hairstyle ...
Cierra Jackson Was Told Not To Wear Her Natural Hair For This Miss America Pageant But She Did It Anyway
These days women in the public eye are choosing to wear their natural hair even despite attempts at getting them ...
High School Girls In South Africa Stage A Week Long Protest Against Racist Hair Policies
There is a firestorm happening in South Africa surrounding natural hair where high school girls are protesting the racist hair ...
Texas High School Cheerleader Being Bullied By Coach Over Braids
It seems like the fight to wear your hair the way you want at school has been a continuous battle ...
This New Online Service Will Bring The Salon To You At Home
Have you ever heard of Yeluchi? Well if you haven’t it is an online service that allows professional hairstylists to ...
Social Experiment: Men Try Random Hairstyles On Black Women
We all know that some stylists do not get the respect that they should get for the work they do ...
Natural Hair Magazine CRWN Now Has Launched Its First Official Issue
CRWN Magazine has launched its first issue after one year of curating, laboring, ‘picture taking’ and downright hard work. Recently ...
Get Your Hair Done At Home With The New “Colour” App
How would you feel if you could get your hair done at home at a time of your choosing? This ...
Why Are People STILL Coming For Gabby Douglas’ Edges?!
It’s been 4 years since the London Summer Olympics where, unfortunately, people brought more attention to the way Gabby Douglas ...
This TODAY Show Hair Style Fail Had Us All Shaking Our Heads
The TODAY show got roasted yesterday when they introduced a 60-minute style segment that included a diverse group of women ...
Today Show Stylist Apologizes For Natural Hair Model Disaster
Remember this post that went viral last week with the TODAY stylist that made that huge hair disaster style on ...
Shani Crowe Showcases African Ancestral Braiding In A One OF A Kind Art Exhibit
The other day we introduced you to Naturally Isis who we interviewed about her 20-year fight with the State of ...
“No Dreadlocks, Cornrolls, Twists, Braids” – Kentucky School Bans Natural Hair
Here we go again. Yet another ban against natural hair. “I can’t believe this is happening in 2016”, a phrase ...
Viola Davis Admits Stylists Do Not Know What To Do With Her Hair
I have always wondered what it is like for celebrity women who choose to wear their fro’s predominantly in their ...
Norwegian Blogger is Called out for calling Bantu Knots “Big Heatless Curls”
Another day, another case of gross cultural appropriation. Norway-based beauty vlogger Gilan Sharafani, who made a tutorial for Bantu knots ...
Mother and Daughter Invent Solution for Missing Barrettes
Every girl who has owned hair barrettes has lost them at some point. Sometimes she finds them, but sometimes they ...
The #iCanSheDid Campaign By Madam C.J Walker Seeks Empower Women Through Memes
This year started off with a ton of shifts in the hair world one of them being the fact that ...
Find Natural Hair Stylists Easily with Bantu App
Natural hair is becoming more and more popular as an increasing number of women stop relaxing their hair and embrace ...
Naptural85 Tweeted About A Horrible Hair Touching Experience She Had While At Essence Fest
Of course, we all know and love Whitney White, also known as Naptural85 on social media. She is the epitome ...
Black Bridal Party With Beautiful Voluminous Afros Goes Viral
I’ve shared my personal story about how my sister almost didn’t let me in her wedding because of my natural ...
Woman Told By Stylist That Her Hair Was “An Animal That Cannot Be Tamed”
Bianca Dawkins emailed us two days ago and asked if we could share her story and after reading it, I ...
Georgia Woman Ends Up With Relaxed Hair After Salon Sneaks Relaxer Into Her Shampoo
Recently one of our writers shared her experience with her stylist sneaking a relaxer into her hair on purpose and ...
Miss Naturally Crowned: A Beauty Pageant that Celebrates Natural Hair
The Miss Naturally Crowned beauty pageant is a pageant unlike any other, simply because its main aim is celebrating natural ...
Stylist Releases Video And Pictures Of A 23yr Client Who Has Severe Hair Loss From Weaves
Razor Chic of Atlanta Salon recently posted a video of a 23-year-old black woman who has suffered major hair loss due ...
Sephora Is Looking At The Natural Hair Community To Push Sales For Products
SEPHORA has never used natural hair community to market their products like other brands. For example CURLS, Alikay Naturals, Shea Moisture, ...
This Hair Dryer Cost $400 But It Minimizes Heat Damage, Would You Buy It?
Ya’ll know Dyson ain’t no joke when it comes to providing the best darn vacuum in the vacuum industry. Ok, who ...
New Study Warns of the Dangers Some Hairstyles Pose To Black Women
Your hairstyles might be causing you more harm than you might think. According to a new study by researchers at ...
Another Student Removed From Class Over Her Hairstyle – “Hairstyle Not Consistent”
According to Fox 13 news, another child has been yanked out of class due to her hair, this time, the ...
Florida Middle School Child’s Hair Set On Fire By Bullies And No Comment From The School
Yesterday I saw a story where a Florida middle student’s mother was trying to figure out why her daughter’s hair ...
One Italian Teacher Helped Her Student Feel Better About Her Natural Hair After Being Teased
After a healthy dose of negative stories about natural hair in the news lately it feels great to report a ...
A Startup Connecting Users to Black Hair Care Stylists Wins the Campus 1871
Every time Maria Mckiever wanted to find a black hair stylist, she always had to depend on word of mouth ...
