hair confession: my boyfriend didn’t like my natural hair
...all I wanted to do was Skype my boyfriend. He’ll still think I’m beautiful, I thought.
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black hair in paris: champagne & cheveux
It's been over a year since I moved to Paris and I'm finally starting to discover the Black hair products and Services that are available here! Check out what I...
why nigeria’s economic potential matters
Knowing what you can be and where you can go is in and of itself a mandate to get going.
black hair in paris: polished hair care salon
This one's for fellow expats who have yet to find a Salon in Paris that they trust or for those thinking about starting a business abroad!
discuss: what’s holding you back?
Sometimes in order to grow it's necessary to "kill your babies."
growing pains: dealing with the lows of transitioning
Transitioning can be pretty discouraging when your hair doesn't turn out as expected. But there are ways to deal some of the emotional frustrations of that awkw...
Relaxers Won’t be Around for Long
I see the demise of relaxers. The caustic chemical treatments that straighten kinky hair will fall as natural hair solidifies its place as a staple and not a fa...
will men marry a woman who’s married to her weave?
The discussion between men and women regarding hair extensions is an age old and often push button debate. As much as we hate to admit, it’s never simply a “jus...
discuss: can curly and straight hair co-exist?
Big, thick, poofy hair is permeating the bone straight images we're used to seeing, but does that mean the end of straight hair?
skin bleaching: who’s the fairest of them all?
Is skin bleaching simply a form of self-fashioning and constructing one's own physical identity or are there really deeper motives at play?
what the baoulé taught me about beauty
We're told to look inside a person to find their appeal. But what does that really mean? My trip to the Branly Museum gave me an alternative way of interpreting...
black history: black images in european art
The classical paintings in the Louvre show us that Blacks indeed had a history of servitude in Europe, but we were also depicted as players in Greek myths, trad...