Archives Tag: Afro Hair
5 Easy Tips to Detangling Natural Hair
April 19, 2022
Grooming natural hair can be quite exhausting for the most part. On the one hand, you’re struggling to maintain a steady growth, but on the other, you’re overwhelmed at the thought of combing it out what with all the tangles. Detangling is often the crucial part of an all natural hair care regimen as combing through … Continue reading 5 Easy Tips to Detangling Natural Hair
By beckonoise
6 Natural Afro Hairstyles That Do Not Require Extensions
April 19, 2022
Hair without extensions reminds me of the phrase: to be confident in one’s skin. You are neither afraid of the water that might ruin your hairdo or the sweat that brings with it that awkward feeling of discomfort. Here are 6 different styles for natural African hair that can be rocked from time to time. Twists: … Continue reading 6 Natural Afro Hairstyles That Do Not Require Extensions
By nnenna
A Message From Your Natural Afro Hair
April 19, 2022
Dear Owner, At first, you may have doubts about keeping me in my original state. This is understandable, as you have for a long while been used to applying relaxers to make me straight, or covering me up with artificial braids and weaves. But if you’ve truly made up your mind to keep your afro … Continue reading A Message From Your Natural Afro Hair
By nnenna
5 Beautiful Protective Hairstyles for Black Women
April 19, 2022
If you love your tresses and want them to stay healthy and beautiful, then you’ll need to occasionally protect them from the elements. Especially if you’ve got a head full of dense, kinky African hair. Although kinky hair is beautiful and can be worn in unique styles, it needs extra special tender loving care. This … Continue reading 5 Beautiful Protective Hairstyles for Black Women
The Comeback of the Afro: Fighting Colonialism One Curl at a Time
April 19, 2022
“I can’t do it.” My friend and I stand outside our frequented hair salon. Me with a bag filled with nail polish, This Day newspaper and a bottle of Fanta and her with a box of relaxer. “I can’t, it took so long to grow it out like this.” She touches her hair which is … Continue reading The Comeback of the Afro: Fighting Colonialism One Curl at a Time
Hair Care: Could Enemies Be Lurking in Those Friendly Jars?
April 19, 2022
The kind of alcohols present in hair products is vital to hair health and progress. In Chemistry, there are Short Chain alcohols (volatile alcohols) and Long Chain alcohols (fatty alcohols). The former possess very few carbon atoms in their chain structure, thereby making them highly soluble in water and can leave hair or skin feeling … Continue reading Hair Care: Could Enemies Be Lurking in Those Friendly Jars?
By afriziny
Origin of Hair Relaxers
April 19, 2022
In 1910, Black American inventor, Garrett Augustus Morgan, while working at a sewing machine repair shop and attempting to invent a new lubricating liquid for the machine needle, wiped the liquid off his hands on a wool cloth. He returned the next day to discover that the woolly texture of the cloth had smoothened out. … Continue reading Origin of Hair Relaxers
By afriziny
Following the Natural Hair Journey
April 19, 2022
By Ebun Oluwole For many of us (ladies), the concept of a healthy hair journey seemed like an utopian task especially before the popularity of the internet. It was an ideology we could only connect with via foreign movies and music videos. In order to satisfy this far- fetched need, our local industry began to manufacture synthetic weaves. … Continue reading Following the Natural Hair Journey
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