The Other Beauty Conversation
With stylists ready to style our hair in the UK, France, Canada and the US, we’re certain Bantu is on to something major. Co-partner of Bantu, Meron Berhe shares the vision behind the app dedicated to Black hair. What made you even think to join Bantu? From as far back as I can remember there…
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Kink isn’t the average self-help book or even a natural hair journey memoir. The UK-based ‘Curlture‘ founders, Jay-Ann Lopez and Patrina Charles, could not have given this work a better title. The photography centers cocoa-skinned women with 4C hair, TWAs and dreadlocks-skin tones and hair types often under-celebrated in mainstream media. Most of us sport…
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Him: “Is that your real hair? Nevermind, yeah that’s your hair I can tell. Yeah, that’s all you.” Dafuq? He said it so confidently and so damn loud that I didn’t have a chance to actually respond. He also had a full blown, 15-second conversation, aloud, with himself about my hair and it’s potential realness,…
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One swift scroll through the Instagram feed of Natasha Bacchus-Saunders, bka Naturally Tash, and you won’t protest her profile description, which reads “Queen of Temp Hair Colors”. Emoji crowns included! Today, her bouncy ‘fro is a ‘Royal Navy’ blue. Before that, the 38-year old hair colorist and owner of the I Rock My Natural blog…
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A round of applause for Yusef Williams, the mastermind behind Rihanna’s mane. We’re pretty sure that watching the makings of a hair mogul-in-the-making, as he perfectly slayed the FENTY Puma by Rihanna Spring/Summer 2017 runway in Paris this season. Supported by the Oribe team, including Kien Hoang and Mandee Hernandez (Yas, Brown stylists!), Williams made…
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Oh, and let us preface this by saying that it’s #BlackOwned. Now, remember that time we talked about Girl + Hair and their amazing new Under Hair Care line formulated specifically for women who love to rock a weave? No, well go read about them now and then come back to this article. But, for…
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For many people, they know Courtney Adeleye as a healthy hair blogger, entrepreneur, and Founder and CEO of The Mane Choice. But, the story runs much deeper than that. If you are from Detroit like I am, you know that it was often hard growing up in a city of high economic struggle. But, I’ve…
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We know: you just want to get to the questions and answers. New York City-based hairstylist La Shawn Thompson breaks down the first part to our most asked questions on Black hair. And don’t worry, she’s got so much more to share with BB readers. How do I actually grow my hair? The key to…
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For some reason, I never thought about the issue of people touching my natural hair until it actually happened. My friends and relatives who I know personally do it, but what about when it’s a stranger-who’s white? I’ve felt beautiful, ugly, insecure, nappy, good, bad, #flawless, and flawed the five years I’ve been natural. Accepting…
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Boston Black owned on-demand in-home beauty service company, BeautyLynk is offering the African-American women of the New England area the chance to get their hair services done in the comfort of their home. Read about BeautyLynk below, and learn how co-founders Rica Elysee and Gesnel Gachelin are changing the hair business game in Boston. Beautifully Brown: What…
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