Hair Care

Hair Creams Versus Hair Butters

By Choya Randolph I love winter. With the snow, decorations, and gifts, it truly does feel like the most wonderful time of the year. But you know what isn’t wonderful? Dry hair. Keeping my coils hydrated during the winter is imperative to my crown’s health. So I decided to do my own research to boost…

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Yarn For Protective Styling?

By Choya Randolph Winter is here and that means we have to go the extra mile to make sure our hair is hydrated to survive the cold. If you’re a lazy natural like me, you ain’t got time for alladat additional deep conditioning. It’s time for protective hairstyles.  Protective hairstyles tuck the ends of our…

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Black Hair Guide

By Jenna Brooks For those of you who have gotten comments, looks, or even punishment for your natural hair at school or at work, a saving grace has finally come. This new black hair guide, called the Halo Code, has recently just been introduced to protect all black women and men from any form of…

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Gabrielle Union Haircare Line

By Jenna Brooks From the absolutely gorgeous and radiant actress and tv show host personality, Gabrielle Union, comes a brand-new black-owned and completely black-designed haircare brand called Flawless. In combination with Larry Sims, the brand flawless was created to provide black women with a dependable hair product brand that protected the health of their hair…

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Toxicity in Hair Care Products

By Jenna Brooks Black hair care is a giant industry, with sales in the hundred millions each year. However, with so many different products and a massive audience, not all brands are trustworthy and not every product that states it’s marketed specifically for black women’s hair is natural and safe to use.  There’s actually a…

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The Importance of a Great Comb

By Jenna Brooks Whether or not to comb your hair and how frequently you should be doing it, have spun some controversy in the natural hair community. While some say you should come every day, others say every few days, and some say no combing at all, many disagree on the comb’s role in their…