Category Archives: Locs

Why is Our Natural Hair Unacceptable?

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Here we go again folks. Another little child suffers the consequences of wearing her hair natural. Apparently, Deborah Brown Community School a public charter school in Tulsa, OK believes that natural hair styles such as afros, locs, etc… are faddish and unacceptable and violate the schools dress code. Parker, who’s a barber, said school officials at Deborah Brown told him Tiana’s hair didn’t look presentable. “She’s always presentable. I take pride in my kids looking nice,” said Parker. - Fox23.com As you can see here … Continue reading →

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Natural Beauty at Georgia State University

I had the pleasure of visiting Georgia State University last week along with Naturally Me! Media/Tarin Boone to meet and greet with some of the beautiful naturals that go there. We had a great time hanging out in the “quad”! It was awesome to see just how many naturals there are at Georgia State. From High Puffs, to Locs, to FroHawks, we saw it ALL! The young ladies were all eager to talk to us, take photos and uber excited about receiving their Curl Unleashed … Continue reading →

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Natural Hair Meet Up at Urban Grind - Atlanta

You know what I miss? I miss good old fashion natural hair meet ups where you can just get together and talk. Call me old school, but I love it when we get back to basics…CANDID face to face discussions about natural hair. I met up with some other Atlanta Naturals at Urban Grind, a trendy little coffee shop in Atlanta. Hosted by my girl @SwarthyDaisy we really had a wonderful evening. It was a small gathering. We sipped caramel machiattos, munched on paninis and … Continue reading →

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The SistahChick’s YouTube Channel!

I am sure that I have made reference to my YouTube Channel before, but please allow me to formerly introduce it to you. In April 2009, I decided that I would like to chronicle my Natural hair journey among other things in a way that documented as well as expressed the real me, doin what I do best and thats running my mouth! LOL. So I set up a YouTube Channel and the rest is history. By joining all of the very knowledgeable ladies of … Continue reading →

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Atlanta Natural Hair Meet Up - 09/19

After checking my e-mail and perusing the web a little this past Saturday morning, I decided to see what was going on in YouTube. I was looking through my subscriptions when I saw a vid posted by LexiwiththeCurls titled “Atlanta Natural Hair Meet Up” and stating that this would happen… TOMORROW 3p - 5p!!! I nearly spilled my coffee scrambling to see the date of the video! Is tomorrow today?!!. omg!! Let me see! Low and behold tomorrow was today!! Yippeee! I am going! Let … Continue reading →

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The Hair Journey Continues!!

Wow! My hair journey has been kicked into high gear! Not only have i been able to test and review several new products, but I am learning about what ingredients to look for in certain products and which ones are important for healthy hair (No Petroleum, No Cones, No Sulfates!). Some of the techniques that I have tried have given me magnificent results (Stretched Out Afros, Twist Outs, Curl Refreshers, Shingling, etc.) I have expanded my hair supplies to include various things that I didnt … Continue reading →

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