Category: Interviews
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Representation Matters | Dr. Hadiyah-Nicole Green
This article can be found in the March/April issue of Delux Magazine, an urban lifestyle magazine I’ve been writing for since 2009. Inspiring a Generation While scouring the web early one morning, my daily routine to avoid prepping for work, I was floored by a headline on The Root: “A Story of Perseverance: Dr.…
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Amerikan Goddess
Over a year ago, I received 2 lip balms in a gift bag from a natural hair event. It was love at first use! I eagerly reached out to the product owner, Michelle Turner, after using the product for several weeks. I still have (and use) one lip balm and find it to be more…
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Rockit w/ Therapeutic Conversation
ROCKit w/ Therapeutic Conversation is a show that Jenna Marie Christian has the pleasure of co-hosting with two other beautiful young ladies Wynter and Keishana! “Our purpose in creating this show is to develop a platform where everyday women can gather together to discuss our issues and concerns in nonjudgmental atmosphere. We hope to be…
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Naturally Happy Hair | Andrea Lewis
My name is Tiffany and I write. 🙂 Subscribe or check out a sneak peek of the magazine here: www.naturallyhappyhair.com Like Us On Facebook
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Support a Sista
This post is compliments of Toni Daley’s movement: Support-a-sista. I can always get behind a movement that’s about supporting the positive creativity of others! Crown of Glory apparel collection offers handmade crochet items with the natural woman in mind. Each poncho and scarf is handmade and crocheted using 100% acrylic yarn. The image on the…
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Kasheera of Wild Heart Bliss
Meet Kasheera Hickson, creator and founder of Wild Heart Bliss, an online handmade jewelry boutique. Q: Tell me more about your jewelry company. How did it come about? A: I’m a very artistic person. I got into drawing and painting back in high school and about 10 months ago I came up with the idea…
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Anu Naturals
Our company was a company before we even knew we had a company. We started over three years ago in our kitchen mixing and melting various Essential oils, Carrier Oils and all Natural Butters. Using what mother nature herself has provided us with to address the needs of our newly natural hair. The need to…
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Noihsaf
Candace Cort started Noihsaf Naturals because it was a way to stay motivated on her natural hair journey. “I have been natural since ’06 but about two years ago I decided to go get a trim at the hair salon and came out with a big chop and over 70% of my length was GONE,…
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The Cassie Brown Project part 2
To view part 1, click here! Why I joined the movement. I decided to join the [natural hair] movement because I feel there is a need for more transparency around the issues we face as brown women and girls. There is a lot of talking AT black women, telling us what we should do to…
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The Cassie Brown Project Tees
The t-shirt idea was inspired by a real life experience and conversation that I had with a girlfriend. I was totally venting about a whack dating experience. After all of my venting, I realized that I had many reasons to be angry. However, in this instance I decided that I would not be angry by…
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Black Actress: Andrea Lewis
After viewing yet another Issa Rae production that I thoroughly enjoyed, I just had to reach out to the creator. Andrea Lewis raised over $20,000 to create Black Actress, the most recent web series to grace the YouTube channel of Issa Rae. Her co-producer, Brian Walker, was the first person to speak to Issa about…
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Posh and Popular
I’ve known this fly girl since my college days. Even then, blogger Kim’s style had me in awe! It’s only matured as the decade passed and I’m happy to share her blog and style with my readers! “As a child I was definitely fashionable. My mother and grandmother kept me in the latest children’s trends!…
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Naturally Happy Hair Magazine
They’ve done it again! Another great issue that you absolutely must support!! Here’s a sneak peak so you can see what you’re missing 🙂 ^My contribution 🙂 Naturally Happy Hair
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Hair care advice from a scientific perspective
Mane Insights is a science-based hair and consumer analysis company that provides customers with personalized advice about hair care based on their individual needs. For each client, extensive background information is collected–specific grooming practices, treatments and processes that are known to dictate hair characteristics. Also, we provide an opportunity for physical hair analysis to…
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HAIR’itage – coming to a city near you
This play shows the journeys and struggles that African-American women go through with their hair and how that affects work, family and social lives. An original play about the evolution of the Black woman’s Hair by Niccole Nero Gaines The play tells the stories of 6 “Sistah’s” and how their hair defined them at certain…
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Get financially empowered
My Start-and My Rant… How crazy is it that one weekend I was shooting my summer 2013 line for Vent Tees and the following Monday I immediately lost all interest. As I reflect back I vaguely remember thinking to myself that the Natural hair t-shirt industry was slowly but surely becoming saturated; however, I continued…
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Hair Gets Kinky
I meet so many fab women making moves in my scrolling of Instagram and the twittah 🙂 I just had to feature yet another one I’ve enjoyed following on the World Wide Web. Jess of HairGetsKinky.com blogs, vlogs, and posts pics of fly jewelry and hair styles. I asked her to share a bit about…
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Happily Ever Natural
My name is Michelle. I’m 27 years old from Chicago, IL. Founder of www.happilyevernatural.com and I love everything about NATURAL HAIR!! My mother relaxed my hair at a very young age because she simply could not deal with it. I was a long term transitioner from 2009-2011, I simply did not want to do the…
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LACEnatural product review
I’ve been enjoying LACEnatural products ever since the owner, Candera Walker, gifted me with a couple goodies! I told you in a recent post that I’d post more about products I like, so here’s me keeping good on my word! 😉 My favorite product of hers! [youtuber youtube=’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLli3KyWxyU’] One day, I’ll try more of her…
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Tiffany Josephs Photography (the sequel)
Be sure to read part one of Tiffany Josephs’ photography story here. Some photographers love to shoot weddings because they love to see love. I love to document history in the making. I love getting out in the world and showing others what I just witnessed. I do have a dream of seeing my name credited underneath…