This week’s feature is a “newbie” to the natural journey, although her decision to return to her roots took shape a year ago. Sunita, or Bulletz, as we lovingly refer to her in the Blogosphere, is a proud tribal member of the Nanticoke Lenni Lenape People. Sunita is also transitioning from a Wave Nouveau [...]
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Journey Feature — Bucket ‘O Bulletz
Posted in frustrations, hair care, journey feature, natural life, natural pride, natural shout outs, pics, products, styles, tagged breakage, bucketobulletz, bulletz, deciding to cut your hair, hair considerations, journey feature, Journey Peeps, losing length, misconceptions, multi-ethnic hair, multiracial hair, nanticoke lenni lenape people, native american, natural hair, natural hair styles, overcoming misconceptions, satin pillowcase, suni t, sunita, taino indian, transtitioning, wave nouveau, wrap your hair up at night, www.nappturality.com on June 21, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Journey Guest 09 - On a Mission to Transition (pt. 2)
Posted in frustrations, hair care, journey guest, natural life, natural pride, natural shout outs, styles, tagged 2 strand twist, 2 strand twists, amy, braid out, curled two strand twists, flat twists, from relaxed to kinky, natural hair guide, naturalhairguide.com, protective styles, roller set, straw set, transitioning hair, transitioning styles, transitioning to natural, twist out, two strand twist, two strand twists on June 12, 2008 | No Comments »
Keeping in line with the theme of transitioning, again, from the pages of NaturalHairGuide.com, here are some popular protective hair styles ideas that will keep your hair hands free and growing healthily!
Transitioning Styles
by Amy, founder of NaturalHairCareGuide.com
What makes a good transitional hair style? Good questions. A good transitional hairstyle keeps hair handling to a minimum. [...]
Journey Guest 08 - On a Mission to Transition
Posted in frustrations, hair care, journey guest, natural life, natural pride, natural shout outs, products, recipes, styles, tagged from relaxed to kinky, two strand twists, two strand twist, twist out, no poo, apple cider vinegar, co wash, 2 strand twist, 2 strand twists, naturalhairguide.com, natural hair guide, amy, transitioning to natural, transitioning hair, transitioning styles, straw set, roller set, braid out, flat twists, protective styles, curled two strand twists, what to expect when transitioning, transtitioning facts, breakage, shedding opposing opinions to goign natural, change in hair care routine, transitioning questions, should i press my hair, pressing natural hair, hair falling out, how long should i transition, proper moisturizer, scalp itch, what products should i use, safe shampoo, acv, scab hair on June 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
There are a good number of you who are taking the naptural plunge and braving to wearing your natural hair, and for that I applaud you. But for as many of you who are picking up the gauntlet, just as many find themselves back on what diehards call “the creamy crack”, after your first [...]
Twist & Shout: Twist Out - Take Two
Posted in hair care, natural life, natural pride, styles, tagged 2 strand twists, natural hair styles, natural styles, second attempt at a twist out, twist out, twist out take two, two strand twists on June 10, 2008 | No Comments »
Hey Hey Every People! I did my second twist out today, and here are the results:
Pre-Pick Pics
Definitely got the twisting part down pretty well, as you can see from the squigglie coils that remain when the hair is untwisted. Didn’t like the “uneveness” of it all so I got the pick out and [...]
Sweltering Sunday Retwist Pics!
Posted in frustrations, hair care, natural life, natural pride, pics, styles, tagged nappy head, nappy, natural hair, black hair, naptural, natural hair styles, two strand twists, self twisting, twists, two strand twist, second attempt at two strand twists, two strand twists take two, let's twist again, retwist, re-retwist, fuller, twists untwisting, unraveling twists, twisties, black hair styles, nappy styles, buckwheat, 2 strand twist, 2 strand twists on June 8, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Since I said I would, and there aint much to do on this 94* day, I decided to retwist my hair after a good night’s rest (the twist were properly secured under a satin wrap, of course), because even with twisting each individual subsection, I would up with untwisted bases:
Some of the strands had even [...]
Let’s Twist Again: Two Strand Twists - Take Two
Posted in hair care, idadi, natural life, natural pride, pics, products, styles, tagged 2 strand twist, 2 strand twists, black hair, black hair care, let's twist again, natural hair, natural hair styles, overcoming black hair stigmas, overcoming misconceptions, second attempt at two strand twists, self twisting, twist & loc gel, two strand twists, two strand twists take two on June 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It was a dark and stormy night!
Actually, it was a hot and humid Friday, and since I was involved in an In the Mix hair-priment, I figured the day was as good as any to try my hand at two strand twists for the second time.
As with anything, the more you practice, the easier it [...]
Journey Feature 04 - Ms. Dani
Posted in hair care, idadi, journey feature, natural life, natural pride, natural shout outs, products, styles, tagged african-american hair, black hair, dani, danielle tillman, from relaxed to kinky, going natural, journey feature, latch hook locks, latch hook method, naptural, natural beauty, natural hair, natural hair care, natural pride, natural shout outs, natural sistahs, natural styles, sisterlocks, umblessedbeauty, umblessedbeauty_1 on May 31, 2008 | 4 Comments »
This week’s feature is a fellow Motown native, who has since transplanted to the ATL, Ms. Danielle Tillman. I’ve known Dani since my beginning Blogging days at Xanga, and was there at Ground Zero when she made her decision to go natural. To have watched her progress from start to present has been [...]
Ye Olde Press ‘n Curl - Take One
Posted in hair care, idadi, natural life, natural pride, pics, products, styles, tagged acceptable workplace hair styles, black hair, black hair in corporate america, bumping iron, corporate acceptable styling, corpotate acceptable hair styling, corpotate american hair styles, doing what i gotta do, employer's hair concerns, first attempt at a press and curl, gold n hot, hair styles in the workplace, hairstyles in the workplace, heat damage, how to style hair for a job interview, job interview styling, nappy at work, nappy in the workplace, natural hair styles, press 'n curl, press and curl, pressed hair, pressing comb, pressing hair info, pressing your natural hair, pressinghair.info, styling for corpotate america on May 28, 2008 | No Comments »
So yesterday I had a job interview, or more accurately, I was invited to a preliminary information sharing session for a possibly position with a company that… well… let’s just say a company I won’t be working for (full story can be found HERE). At any rate, I was very concerned about just how [...]
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