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By: More T.B.S | afrobella

More T.B.S | afrobella — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 03:46:35 +0000

[...] penetrating power or noticeable effect on my hair. Forgive me, politically correct types when I use Brad Pitt’s terminology. At this point I can only assume that John Frieda’s products are basically made for [...]

By: afrobella » Stylin’ Little Afrobellas

afrobella » Stylin’ Little Afrobellas — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:47:26 +0000

[...] If you’re having a hard time finding products in your local “afro shop” as you call it, my advice is, look for reasonably priced products you can order online. Since you’re in Germany, shipping from Anita Grant shouldn’t be too expensive, and she’s got great conditioning products for naturally curly afro-textured hair. Stateside, I can’t recommend Curls more highly, and their Curly Q’s line for kids might be what you’re looking for. Brangelina swears by Carol’s Daughter for Baby Z, and for the little Afrobella in my life, my niece Dominique, we’ve used coconut oil, and now she’s got a big ol’ tub of Miss Jessie’s Baby Buttercreme that works wonderfully on her two-year-old baby fro. And now if I may, I’d like to address Esther directly. [...]

By: newnaps4me

newnaps4me — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 22:48:08 +0000

i think it’s cute. Ignorant, but cute. He’s doing the best he can without being educated about our hair…hell…many of us aren’t even educated about our hair…give him a break….DANG!

By: earthtone

earthtone — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 22:04:33 +0000

Right on Nakia! You said it perfectly. Just today someone asked me about hair products for their niece who is black ( they are white). They live in Greenbay, Wisc. which has a majority white population. They don’t know where to go to get her hair done. I was touched that she cared enough to ask. The little girl is not just the adopted black girl, she’s her niece. One of my coworkers recommended a relaxer, but I jumped in and told her I would get back to her on what products are good. The little girl is only 6 and even with a relaxer the parents still need to learn up keep. So people need to stop hating on Brad. He meant no disrespect.

By: Nakia

Nakia — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 17:18:42 +0000

People spend too much time worrying about politically correct terminology when they should really be focusing on the fact that at least Brad and Angie have recognized that Z has different needs and are willing to search and find them. They could have just mohawked her out like Maddox! And just look at how much trouble WE have trying to find products that work on our own hair. Personally as the mother of my own afro-american head of hair AND my daughter’s I’m happy to have one more person giving me suggestions! And to top it off he’s promoting a BLACK OWNED BUSINESS! He could have recommended some Ken Paves crap or something.

We need to stop antagonizing the few people in the world who just love PEOPLE. It neither makes any sense or any advancement of our people to constantly whine and pick at a few words. ACTION IS WHAT COUNTS!

By: afrobella » More T.B.S

afrobella » More T.B.S — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 05:06:01 +0000

[...] Dream Curls Curl Perfecter is one of those products that requires “scrunching” to achieve an effect, so I think it wasn’t meant for me because my hair springs into curls on its own. I have tried many of the Frizz Ease products, to similarly disappointing effects. The serum leaves my tresses covered in gloppy residue, and the finishing cream had no penetrating power or noticeable effect on my hair. Forgive me, politically correct types when I use Brad Pitt’s terminology. At this point I can only assume that John Frieda’s products are basically made for white-people hair; ’cause they don’t do diddly for me. But I asked a Peruvian friend who has pale skin, blue eyes, and loose brunette curls, and she said it sucked for her as well, so who do they work for? If any John Frieda products have satisfied your naturally curly haired needs, please let me know. I’m batting 0 for 3 over here. [...]

By: cmarie

cmarie — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 20:40:07 +0000

I def. feel that he could’ve worded it better. But ah well, at least it shows they’re using good grooming practices with the kids.

By: Yana

Yana — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 19:31:45 +0000

Brad Pit is low on brain cells. He should have called Zahara’s hair “afro-textured”, which is what it is. Dumb-azz cracka!

By: SmartBlkWoman

SmartBlkWoman — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 03:04:21 +0000

I’m one more person co-signing what you’re saying Bella. I just went natural about a year ago and it’s been a struggle finding products that work on my hair because my old products made for relaxed hair only ain’t gettin’ it!

I know a black couple that put a texturizer in their one-year-olds head because they said it was too rough to deal with. Trust me, if Brad and Angie had permed that girls hair, that would have set me off.

By: 70ssoulchild

70ssoulchild — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 16:54:13 +0000

This just makes me love Brad even more! I totally agree with you Afrobella, what’s the fuss? Please! We have troops overseas fighting and we’re getting upset about “black-person hair” comment? Thank goodness Brad recognizes that Zahara’s hair needs are different than Maddox’s and Shiloh’s. He is truly in love with his children which is so refreshing to see. I’m thanking God that he and Angie haven’t tried to slap a “kiddie-kit” on Zahara’s beautiful hair. I’ll join you in that babysitting offer