In 2009, Toni Carey and Ashley Hicks created Black Girls RUN! in an effort to tackle the growing obesity epidemic in the black community and…
Memphis-area news anchor, Pam McKelvy decided to share her natural hair with the world on camera, and the results were beautiful! After battling breast cancer,…
How you wash your natural hair is very important in maintaining its overall health. You want to make sure you are following a regimen that…
According to a new study published by Wake Forest University School of Medicine, scientists discovered that two out of every five Black women or 40…
Fashionistas take pride in their looks, from head to toe. Women are realizing that the sacrifice of their bodies to have hype hair is not cute, or that starving themselves to keep a flat tummy is not good either. Here are five ways you can spend time at the gym and step out with your […]
Fall and winter bring changes in nature, fashion, and even hair maintenance! For instance, going outside with damp hair can cause you to become ill. Also, the cold, dry weather can extract moisture from your hair, making it brittle and prone to breakage. But wearing protective hairstyles prevents the weather from having such harsh effects […]
After two months of becoming acquainted with my natural hair, I realize that several notions about natural hair and its care just aren’t true. Before I went completely natural, I had ideas of ways my hair and beauty routine would be different, even easier certain ways. But my hair proved many of those ideas to […]
After one month of having completely natural hair, I have learned more and more about myself, how people perceive me, and how to care for my hair in its natural state. Although I doubted whether or not I could pull off an extremely short haircut, I went through with the big chop without tears or […]
According to the United States surgeon general, black women are harming their health avoiding physical activity because they’ve invested considerable amounts of time and money in their hair. Dr. Regina M. Benjamin, who is black herself, knows the issues black women have when it comes to “sweating out” their hair. Benjamin made her statement recently […]
When a woman with chemically processed hair decides that she wants to go natural, she may consider doing the big chop. To ‘big chop’ or ‘BC’ is to chop off the majority of one’s hair, which is relaxed, while leaving only the new growth, which is natural. Although many women of color are deciding to […]
