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...
Circa 2009, there was a massive shift within the Black community. We became aware of the findings regarding how harmful chemically straightening our hair was to our overall health. I myself ‘went natural’ in 2010. Eventually, with that demand for more...
If you don’t know my origin story, I was born in Trinidad, one half of the twin island Republic of Trinidad & Tobago. As a tall girl who looked older for her age, by the time I was 10 years old I felt exposed. The looks and comments from older members of the...
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...
