If you are anything like me you have a love hate relationship with large supermarkets otherwise called hypermarkets. Walmart or the UK counterpart, Asda, are like a bloodsucking parasite for local independent shops and it physically pains me when I see yet another closing down sale at a beloved local butchers, boutique, grocers, electronics store, the list [...]
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Since I started this website 3 years ago, the site has followed the wisdom and direction that guided me in attaining longer than bra strap length hair in that time. I have given advice based on what has worked for me in the past but I truly believe that BlackHairInformation.com should be a community website [...]
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Ok, Ok, I guess I have no choice but to ride with the pack on this. It seems that natural hair now has to have a grading system in order to interpret hair types. I wish we could go back to times when your hair was either kinky or straight. But with companies cow-cashing in on curl [...]
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What is your hair type and does it really matter? So, you have the Letter part of the grade which goes as follows: The letter A would be a looser curl pattern. The letter B is a little more defined and the letter C is the tightest curl pattern of each group. Now the numbers [...]
Continue reading …Have our Hair Journeys Caused Us to Stop Patronizing Black Haircare Lines?
December 11, 2011 9 Comments
I’m an eighties baby and when I was coming up we never used products that were marketed for Caucasian women. My mother and I primarily used Queen Helene’s, Cream of Nature, DAX grease – the red or blue kind to press my hair, Isoplus products and the infamous Luster’s Pink Oil Moisturizer. As I got [...]
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I’ve seen too many posts to count from ladies complaining that they have no support from their family or friends, that they are surrounded by doubters and naysayers, and that their friends/family make fun of their methods and turn their noses up at the products they use. However, in another equally popular hair forum question, [...]
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With the recent tragic news of the death of Whitney Houston at 48, how does one begin to reflect on the life and career of a black woman who has had such an impact on the music industry? I don’t think I could do her justice by relying on idle expressions like ‘It’s such a loss’ or [...]
Continue reading …Valentine Thoughts: Does Your Hair Dictate The Type Of Man You Attract?
February 14, 2012 5 Comments
In an article titled 9 [Happy] Thoughts From the Single Woman (yes, people actually send me links like this thinking that I for whatever reason need uplifting?! lol) I came across the following from MadamNoire: 4. I don’t feel any type of way about making drastic hair decisions A lot of times women, black women in particular, are scared [...]
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