…there is something great about washing your hair and having it smell delicious. I remember way back in the day as a child, my mother would use all types of Black hair care products on my hair, including the smelliest of the smelly: Dax hair grease. We started off using the blue and the red,…
OT: What!?! I actually like Tiny & Toya’s show
While I love talking hair, every now and then, I want to rant/discuss/opine on something different. So, this is the first post in an occasional series, OT – Off-Topic. Yep, I do. Last night, while I was doing my hair, I tuned into the show and I was pleasantly surprised. When the show first aired,…
Toronto folks: Treat your mom to a Happy Nappy photoshoot!
HoneyFig is hosting a Happy Nappy photoshoot for Mothers’ Day. What a cute idea! I would love to do this with my mom, but we will be at the salon on May 1 getting my hair straightened. Alas! Here are the details from HoneyFig: iHEARTmyhair.com presents HAPPY NAPPY PHOTO DAY… Pamper yourself for mother’s day…
Side-eye of the week: Nightline Face-off: Why Can’t A Successful Black Woman Find A Man?
Really. Is Nightline serious? Sigh. SMH. This was the topic that was discussed on Nightline last night. I did not watch it and I don’t think I missed anything. If you’d like to hear some tidbits, feel free to watch them here. OK, so for the past six months or more, I’ve been bombarded with…
Hair politics: Is kinky hair sexy?
I was trolling around my Goo.gle Reader as I do each morning, and I came across a number of natural hair bloggers discussing whether natural hair is seen as sexy or not. The issue came from a post written over at Afro-punk. She wrote about her own experiences and then posed this question: “Will kinky…
A new challenge: Hairlista’s Castor Oil challenge
Mornin’ all, I’ve noticed something about myself: I respond best to challenges and deadlines. If I’m left to linger around at my own pace, I’ll take forever to do something. But, if I know that it has to be done by today at 12, I’m gonna get it to you today by 12. I guess…
Hairlista Healthy Ends Challenge – final update
As many of you know, I joined the Hairlista Healthy Ends Challenge in October 2009. The goal was to strengthen my ends and retain length. Here’s what I did over the last six months: kinky twists wigs protective styling of my own hair I kinda fell off during the last few weeks just because the…
Product review: Darcy’s Botanicals Avocado & Honey Twisting Cream
I was supposed to update you on the Hairlista Healthy Ends Challenge, but I had a bad hair day. I boldly said on Friday night that “I don’t have bad hair days anymore!” Ha! Well, I had one today. Last night, I decided to try something new: a braidout. Now, I’ve been wanting to try…
HoneyFig Customer Appreciation Days update!
Hi ya’ll! Just a quick note today — I’m super busy at work. HoneyFig’s Customer Appreciation Days started yesterday and will end on April 17 — giving you more time to save and check out their product line-up. Check out the email the ladies at HoneyFig sent yesterday: Customer Appreciation Days We would like to…
Product review: Kimble Ginger Cream conditioner
When I went to New York last year (it feels just like yesterday!), I was on a mission to find some Kimble Hair products. I wanted to get their Hair Butter, Bounce Back Curl Revitalizer and the Ginger Cream conditioner. When I walked into Target, I really did expect to come out with arms full…
The Accidental Natural 