Tag: natural beauty

Deep Impact – New, Super Summertime Moisturizing Natural Hair Products

Deep Impact – New, Super Summertime Moisturizing Natural Hair Products

| June 14, 2013 | 3 Comments

When I lived in the Caribbean and in hot, humid Miami, I had no idea how seasonal my hair would turn out to be. I didn’t understand how my hair’s needs would change depending on the weather, and I had no clue that my curl pattern would shift with the seasons. It turns out my [...]

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Afrobella’s Big Reveal! Healthy Ways to Straighten Natural Hair

Afrobella’s Big Reveal! Healthy Ways to Straighten Natural Hair

| November 27, 2012 | 64 Comments

  In the past ten years, I can remember having my hair blown straight exactly once. It was in Trinidad at my mom’s hairstylist. He said he needed to blow my hair straight to apply highlights. When my hair was straight, my mom took her one and only camera phone photo – she was THAT [...]

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Absolutely Andy Allo — Afrobella Interviews Prince’s New Protégé

Absolutely Andy Allo — Afrobella Interviews Prince’s New Protégé

| September 14, 2012 | 13 Comments

She’s got a gorgeous face and a heavenly voice, and the kind of full, fluffy hair that inspires awe and admiration when you see her. And I can report from experience, when you meet her she is lovely, sweet, gracious and friendly. In a nutshell, Andy Allo is awesome. Who is Andy Allo? She’s a [...]

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Nothing But Natural Beauty at the Essence Music Festival!

Nothing But Natural Beauty at the Essence Music Festival!

| July 16, 2012 | 11 Comments

I went to New Orleans with two missions in mind. #1 – to thoroughly soak up and enjoy the splendor of my first ever Essence Music Festival! And #2 – to capture the many stunning natural hairstyles I was bound to encounter during three amazing days of culture and music! Together with Chuck Olu-Alabi (AKA [...]

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Luvvie on Locs – How I Started My Locs

Luvvie on Locs – How I Started My Locs

| June 21, 2012 | 57 Comments

I don’t write as often on natural hair as I used to, but I’m trying to get back in the swing of things – and locs are one area of natural hair in which I’ve ALWAYS been deficient. I’ve noticed that in general on natural hair blogs and mainstream sites – locs don’t get as [...]

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Esperanza Spalding On Fashion, The Oscars, and Radio Music Society

Esperanza Spalding On Fashion, The Oscars, and Radio Music Society

| March 19, 2012 | 13 Comments

She’s got beautiful hair and a stunning face, and she’s talented like nobody’s business. Esperanza Spalding has the whole package going for her. I’ve been a fan for a while now – remember this 2008 interview? Even then I knew she was going to be HUGE. So much has changed for Esperanza since then. She’s [...]

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Natural Hair, On Campus

Natural Hair, On Campus

| September 9, 2011 | 11 Comments

Full disclosure: I wasn’t in a sorority in college. At the time I was so brand new, so fresh off the boat from the islands, that I honestly didn’t get the concept. In my college experience, sororities seemed snobby and elitist and segregrated. I didn’t see why I would pay money or learn secret handshakes [...]

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