What is the Tracee Ellis Ross “Hair Love Campaign”? LIKE BlackDoctor.org on Facebook! Get Your Daily Medicine…For LIFE! Hair has long since been an emotional…

Somewhere in a small section of hair hell, weaves and half wigs are looking up to us naturalistas wondering where it all went wrong. No…

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I will shamefully admit that it was quite comforting to learn that my favorite YouTube Natural Hair Vlogger, Taren Guy, didn’t always love her hair. I was a little excited when she confessed that she had bad hair days just like the rest of us, and fought that painful hair struggle on days when the humidity isn’t on […]

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Actress Thandie Newton is the latest fab celebrity to join #TeamNatural. The 40-year-old chatted with us about her natural hair journey and her Chris Rock inspiration for giving up those chemicals. Check out the video above. Originally seen on HelloBeautiful.com 

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The natural hair movement has taken face across the celebrity world. Solange Knowles has been singled out, however, as jumping on the bandwagon. The singer’s social media pages were being flooded recently with comments about her hair. “My hair is not very important to me…so I don’t encourage it to be important to you,” wrote […]

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With spring around the corner, it’s almost time for wedding season to commence!  If you’re a naturalista who’ll be saying ‘I Do’  in the coming months, be inspired by these ESSENCE readers who rocked their coils and curls on their wedding day. Go to Essence.com to see photos.

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Jacque Reid goes ‘Inside Her Story’ with Landra Johnson about the impact of hair care products and perming on children’s hair.

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Chescaleigh–the YouTube sensation behind “Sh*t White Girls Say To Black Girls,” “No Mo’ No Homo” and more has added to her fun-loving videos. Her latest parody comments on the natural hair phenomenon that has taken over black women’s minds, tresses and blogs. She teamed up with popular hair vloggers and bloggers Taren Guy, The Urban […]

Jacque Reid 'Goes Inside Her Story' with Kim Coles about The Nappiology Convention for natural hair which is happening Nov 2, 2012.

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The topic of hair in the black community, as many know, is a sensitive subject. Dreadlocks and braids are seen as expressions of pride to some while for others, the hairstyles can be polarizing and seen as limiting in today's society. Hampton University's hair ban policy was enacted in 2001 but today is the topic […]

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This week a mother posted a photo of her 5-month-old daughter's straightened hair on her Facebook page. Since then the web has gone wild with comments on both sides of the argument. The mother does not disclose how her child's hair was done. However, people are upset thinking she is too young for the hairstyle […]

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Like Mitt Romney’s tax files situation, Gabby Douglas’ hair controversy just doesn’t seem to want to go away. In fact, in a recent interview with Fashionista.com, Gabby’s mother, Natalie Hawkins, says that this wasn’t the first time her daughter’s hair had come up. “I started hearing about [her hair] earlier this year actually. I started […]