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Why Natural Hair is Dehydrated
Read Part Two Here: Why Perms Are Afraid of Water Read Part One Here: Hair and the Nervous System Natural hair is actually not as dry as it sometimes looks, but the reason it is typically drier than other styles is all in the hair strand. There are, for the most part, three kinds of… Continue reading
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Why Perms Are Afraid of Water
This is part two in a three part series. Read Part Three Here: Why Natural Hair is Dehydrated Read Part One Here: Hair and the Nervous System If you don’t know about the health deficiencies of the relaxer by now, then you just don’t know. Perms and relaxers have been a long time favorite of… Continue reading
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Mama Put a Curse on Me, by Stella May
Mama put a curse on me When she gave me that name Attaching history to my skin When she knew it had stains on it Though her eyes were green She acted like her skin was brown And teleported her daughter back to slavery What kind of name is Stella anyway? It don’t hardly go… Continue reading
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All Natural Shea Butter Shampoo
Yes, with a little effort you can make your very own version of Shea Butter Shampoo. Shea Butter is a natural conditioner for hair. Produced from the Shea-Karite nut tree in West and East Africa; it is a triglyceride derived mainly from stearic acid and oleic acid. It is widely used in cosmetics as a… Continue reading
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Hair and the Nervous System
The year 2009 was big for me. I moved away from home, went natural, and advocated for it by producing a documentary after watching Chri Rock’s Good Hair. I set out to do my own research and interview my own people to find out the root cause of all this hair talk. After all, if I… Continue reading
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