I’ve been hearing good things about the brand Afrocenchix for a few years now. I’ve wanted to try their products but we kept missing each other at hair events. They do have an online shop. However, I kept forgetting to order, my to do list is never ending. So, when...
Every woman has a bad hair day story but for Black women there is ancestral of trauma wrapped up in our hair stories. There is superstition embedded in how our haircare regime because the headspace is scared. All those connections and experiences are laid bare in the...
It’s easy to turn any day in the life of a Black girl (person) into horror. What I mean is that in our daily interactions, we sometimes have experiences that are varying levels of ‘horror’. The ‘funny’ thing is; we are almost desensitized and dissociated from our...
If you are new to my blog you may not know, I’ve been rocking my natural curls for 10 years. I made the decision to ‘go natural’ when hubby and I decided to start our family. When I was 37 years old, I would be is considered an older mum. ‘Going natural’ was one of...
I remember when I started ‘big school’ (primary school), my mum said ‘don’t let anyone touch your hair’. There were times when she was unable to canerow my hairs for school so a friend did it. On one occasion, I remember saying ‘thanks’ and I was told that you never...
