by admin.maria | Jun 22, 2019 | Afro Hair, Natural Afro Hair, Natural Hair
I attended the World Afro Day launch in 2017. I wanted to know the mission which as it turned out would be more than a celebratory gathering of people with Afro hair. It’d be an empowering, educational, campaigning movement. Recently, World Afro Day released the Hair...
by admin.maria | Jun 4, 2019 | Afro Hair, Hair Treatments, Haircare, Natural Hair, Natural Hair and Motherhood, Pregnancy and Natural Hair
I’ve been rocking my natural curls for 9 years. When my first child was born, I was 10 months into my natural hair journey. My TWA had gone from cute to …what the hell? A few weeks before he was born, I had my hair styled into twists with extensions . Although the...
by admin.maria | May 13, 2019 | Afro Hair, Expat, Mixed Textured Hair, Natural Hair, Natural Hair and Motherhood, Natural Hair and Self-Esteem
(First published circa 2014) I first ‘went natural’ when I was in my late twenties. I wanted a change after a relationship break-up. I wanted to be invisible to men. Perhaps, cutting of my hair and wearing an afro would do the trick. NO, I’m not being ‘full of...
by admin.maria | Apr 21, 2019 | Afro Hair, Natural Afro Hair, Natural Hair, Product Review, Product Review- Hair
I first glimpsed Palmer’s Natural Fusions range on Instagram via Yolanda Renee (@etcblogmag) over the Xmas hols. My eyes lit up! Here was a range that looked pretty and contained some of my fav natural ingredients: lavender, neem and Tahitani Monoi oils. Then, I saw...
by admin.maria | Apr 14, 2019 | Afro Hair, Natural Hair, Natural hair washday, Product Review, Product Review- Hair
I’ve been using Cantu haircare on my tresses for a few years. I usually have something from the brand in my cupboard. My favourite is the leave-in-conditioner which I use as a hair styler. When Miss V turned 5, I began using some of my haircare products on her hair;...
by admin.maria | Mar 17, 2019 | Afro Hair, Haircare, Haircare Event, Natural Hair Event
I attended another good masterclass hosted by Brown Beauty Talk. It was Brown Beauty Talk (BBT) in collaboration with Kercare haircare, at The Hunter Collective. The objective of the event was to educate and empower attendees to care for their hair and scalp with...
