For the many women silently suffering from hair loss, there is hope.
It is becoming more evident with each passing day that many feel that just about everything regarding black people needs to be policed and/or regulated. In the latest case of attempting to diminish our value, worth and beauty, and appeals court has ruled that employees who opt to wear dreadlocks do not have a legal […]
Here’s a legal ruling that looks to have an immediate and negative impact on a lot of folks … Black and non-Black, for that matter. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 3-0 that banning employees from wearing their hair in dreadlocks is not a form of racial discrimination. The legal ruling grew out […]
It’s stories like this that makes me celebrate the fact that I went au natural nearly a decade ago. For the life of me though, with several proven Black hair care companies and products by them out there, I don’t even know why folks would trust a company like L’Oréal when trying to perm Black […]
Let’s just say that when Black folks do this in public, they get a LOT of reactions, but New York Times articles aren’t one of them.
Imagine you get a call from the Today Show producers to model in their beauty segment live on television. That’s exactly what happened for Malyia McNaughton last week. She met with YouTube celebrity Deepica Mutyala to prepare for their summer hairstyles that could be mastered in 60 seconds segment. The two mapped out a plan about which style […]
As a master hairstylist and celebrity hairstylist with over 20 years in the hair care industry, I have had the opportunity to work with all…
Styling natural hair can be both FAB and DRAB! When it comes to the dog days of summer, some even argue it’s impossible to find…
Nathaniel Mathis might not ring bells outside the Washington, D.C. area, but he is a renowned hair stylist who has worked on the hair of local and international celebrities. With the nickname of the “Bush Doctor,” Mathis has been in business for nearly 50 years and portions of his legacy are enshrined in one of […]
Dr. Afriye Amerson is a board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist. During her training at George Washington Medical School, Dr. Amerson also studied Eastern and African healing arts. She became a Reiki Master, and practices holistic healing as well as traditional Western medicine. In private practice for the past fifteen years, Dr. Amerson has encountered a […]
How many times have you seen pictures of women with amazing colored natural hair and you suddenly feel the urge to color your hair? But after the rush you begin to wonder if color is right for you. Coloring your natural hair can be a tough decision but it’s not something that you should be […]
When women decided to return to their natural roots there was an explosion of naturals trying to figure out their hair type by identifying their cur pattern. To be honest I never played into the hair typing system because I knew there had to more to natural hair care besides knowing your curl pattern. The […]
