CONTROVERSIAL OPINION
Youtube Hair Gurus: Do Advertisements On Their Channels Diminish Their Worth?
Before the advent of cinema, celebrities were those who had the good fortune of being born in an upper class ...
Do You Check With Your Man Before Changing Your Hair?
“You talking bout the braided pull up joint? If we talking about the same thing then I’m not a fan. A ...
Can You Learn Anything From A Naturalista With A Different Texture From You?
NaturalNeiicey & I am Lewa ‘Guuurl there is no way, that sistah with the 3C curls is going to be able ...
The Dark Side Of Hair Growth Supplements And Why You May Want To Reconsider Using Them
Even though I prefer to give advice that applies to the majority of our readership, it’s difficult to talk about ...
Westernization Is A ‘Problem’ Across Many Cultures
Have you ever heard the story about the three elderly Chinese men who sat in the gardens of the Changle ...
Have We Replaced Relaxers With Twist Outs Instead Of With Natural Hair?
The other day I looked up the definition of natural hair because sometimes with all the chatter about it, I ...
Why Do Women Still Use Relaxers? – A Retailer’s Perspective
We receive very interesting emails here at BHI and while most of them are your standard ‘help me make my hair better’ ...
I’m So Much More Natural Than You! – A Protective Styling Debate
I saw this comment on a post this week : I do not, however, feel that someone that always wore ...
CRINGE – Crimes Of Hair Fashion That You Should Not Be Committing
I hate the word ratchet, but when I see hairstyles that are a little tasteless that’s the only word I can think ...
Response To “5 Hair Blogger Falsehoods Debunked by a Professional Cosmetologist” On Afrobella Part 2
In Part 1 we were introduced to Camille Reed who was interviewed by Bella creator of Afrobella.com. Camille, a professional cosmetologist had expressed concerns ...
Isn’t It Better To Just Relax Natural Hair Than Flat Iron Your Hair Regularly? Part 2
In the first part of this post we were just getting into the assessment behind the use of a relaxer versus regular ...
Are Relaxer Companies Running Scared Because Of The Natural Hair Movement?
Digital media has been a revolution in the hair care industry. As little as ten years ago there was precious little information online about ...
Response To “5 Hair Blogger Falsehoods Debunked by a Professional Cosmetologist” On Afrobella Part 1
You know what makes twitter amazing? The fact that you can listen to a conversation and not ever be called ...
Isn’t It Better To Just Relax Natural Hair Than Flat Iron Your Hair Regularly? Part 1
That’s a trick question, isn’t it? To answer let us apply a different scenario, Jennifer is on a weight loss journey she is ...
Is Nappy The New N Word? Response . . .
I call this a response because the idea was originally presented by the lovely ECP on her blog Longing4length. I’ve had racism on ...
Why Couldn’t God Give Me Straight Or Wavy Long Hair?
I’ve been pondering and pondering how to present this article, I could present it as a reader question then proceed ...
Meanies In The Forums- How Should You Respond?
We have all been there. You are on a hair site, and you like it. You like the articles and ...
Relaxed Chicks Are Beauties Too!
Hello, Beauties! A while back I was talking to a friend of mine who has relaxed hair. Her hair was ...
Lessons To Be Learned From Naomi Campbell’s Hairline
Oh Naomi Naomi. It’s hard to believe that you are 42 with that fabulous figure and lovely face. The hair ...
“White” Products Are Great On “Black” Hair
I’m sure I’m not the first person to have the race conversation. You know, the one where a family member ...
Culture Clash Hair Extensions And The Natural Hair Movement
Every so often I get some insight into how products are targeted to black people around the world. It’s never ...
The New Hair Product Offering From Dax And Why I Would Not Use It
I had this question from one of our visitors last week and I thought it was important to highlight it ...
Have our Hair Journeys Caused Us to Stop Patronizing Black Haircare Lines?
Our Small “Section” (we don’t even get an entire aisle) I’m an eighties baby and when I was coming up ...
Grading System For Natural Hair Types, Are They Annoying You Too?
Ok, Ok, I guess I have no choice but to ride with the pack on this. It seems that natural hair ...
Hard Core Naturals, Where Does It Stop?
Do you really keep to the word or the spirit of being natural? My hair is natural. By that, I ...
Top 10 Controversial Hair Stories Of 2017
It’s that time of year when we like to take stock of all that has happened in the last 12 ...
Hypermarkets, Beauty Supply Stores and Lace Wigs
If you are anything like me you have a love hate relationship with large supermarkets otherwise called hypermarkets. Walmart or ...
Relaxing Your Hair Is Just A Hairstyle Not A Sell Out
And wearing your hair natural is not a political statement When did how a black woman chooses to wear her ...
Is The J.Crew Struggle Bun Controversy Much Ado About Nothing?
This past week we saw outrage in Twitter land when J. Crew showed a black model in one of their ...
They Say Natural Hair Is a Trend That is Ending…
Contents: Say What? Why All The Talk About The Movement Ending? What’s Their Evidence? What’s The Fuss About? We Made ...
This Video Of A White Woman Getting Locs Was The Worse Thing I Have Seen All Week
Watch this!: Now that I have pretty much assaulted your eyes with something that cannot be unseen can we talk ...
Professional Or Not? – Flight Attendant Says She Was Discriminated Against Based On Her Hairstyle
A flight attendant reported that the airline she worked for discriminated against her due to her hairstyle. She shared with ...
London News Paper Rips Solange’s Image To Sell A Story And Social Media Isn’t Having It
Before I get into the usual crying about appropriation I am reminded of that song Solange did on her amazing ...
WWYD? – Woman’s Ex Husband’s New Girlfriend Cuts Her Daughter’s Hair
Picture this: your ex-husband comes to pick up your daughter around 12 pm for a day of bonding. You figure ...
Beauty Vlogger Exposes Wig Company For Using Her Picture To Sell Their Wigs
This story is so sad and hilarious at the same time I do not even know where to start. Beauty ...
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 ...
After Seeing My Daughter’s Afro Puff My Daughter’s Day Care Immediately Wanted To Discuss Hair Policy
My 3-year-old daughter is my whole entire world, and then some! My mother put relaxers on my hair starting at ...
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 ...
White Women Are Using Fire To Get Rid Of Their Split Ends
As women, we are already a bit terrified of the thought of having to cut because of our for fear ...
Nigerian-American Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Says President Obama Would Have Lost If Michelle Obama Was Natural
I am not sure if you saw the interview posted a few days ago where Nigerian-American author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ...
