So, I’ve been wearing Korina for a good week and I can’t wait until tomorrow when I untwist my flat twists and rock a big puffy afro. It’s so strange — for a good 20 years, I couldn’t imagine my life with my own natural hair. A year and some of being natural and I…
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Love/Hate: Wigs
This week I’ve been wearing Korina. For those of you who don’t know, Korina is my silky, straight, almost shoulder-length wig. I was sick with some cold/flu/exhaustion bug (I slept 12 hours – I haven’t done that since I was an infant) and on Sunday afternoon, I decided that this was going to be a…
Doing the ‘do: Holiday hair
The holidays are over. Sigh. I’m a little sad to tell you the truth – I love Christmastime. I’m not a big fan of New Year’s Eve, but I was out celebrating with family and friends. So, my readers, what did I do with my hair? Well, I thought that I’d be in wigs for…
Doing the ‘do: Introducing Korina
My twists are out. Woo hoo! Don’t get me wrong – I enjoyed them very much, but I get bored with my hair very quickly. So, I loved my twists for the first few weeks, but by week five, something had to change. I lasted seven weeks – that’s a record for me – and…
Urban Sista in Gotham: Day 2 – In search of Rihanna
Not Rihanna the singer, Rihanna the wig. If you’ve followed my blog, you would have read that I was planning to purchase Shake-N-Go FreeTress Equal Wig Rihanna during my trip to NYC. After my shopping on Wednesday, I was already pretty satisfied. I had planned to help my cousin with Thanksgiving dinner, while the mens…
Winterize your hair – relaxed or natural
Sunshyne of Hairlicious Inc. gives 10 good tips about how to winterizing your hair. Anyone in Toronto knows that winter is here, ’cause it’s only 10 degrees today. What kind of madness is that for the second day of October? SMH. Here’s a taste of the article: For those who live in colder climates (including…
A wigalicious winter?
Last winter, I had been natural for a few months and my hair wasn’t long enough to do much with – including protective styles. I didn’t know what products to use and the winter – the dry, cold, bitter Canadian winter – was getting ready to deal cruelly with my kinks. In November, I got…
The Accidental Natural 