Franchesca's flat twist faux hawk & Frizzy Hair Tips

Franchesca (aka - chescalocs) is one of my favorite natural hair bloggers and youtube hair-how-to-video Loc style guru.  Check out  Franchesca's flat twist faux hawk how to video and her frizzy hair tips video below.

 

Ms. Natural Music Video

Great music video from Brown Audio, called Ms. Natural.  Besides being a great song, the video is filled with gorgeous natural beauties!

The Unwritten Rules: Let's Talk Hair

The Unwritten Rules: Let's Talk Hair is a hilarious video, with a comedic spin on what happens in the work environment, when people react to a persons cultural differences. I love this video, because any one that has followed this blog long enough, will know that I worked on corporate America for about 15 years. Even though I gained a lot of expereince and learned some life lessons, during my time in the corporate world, I experienced a lot of ignorance based on race, my culture and my hair. So this video speaks to me on so many levels.  I must say that I have a wildly diverse group of friends and family, so racism is not a part of my vocabulary or way of thinking. But! There are indeed some misunderstandings that come up with another culture is introduced to something that they are not accustomed too.

The video stars Aasha Davis, as well as some other talented actors. Aasha has also been on Friday Night Lights, House, Grey's Anatomy, and more.  To learn more about The Unwritten Rules: Let's Talk Hair, check out the website, Facebook page and see the video directly on youtube. Also check out the main website to see other episodes. I look forward to seeing all the videos and want to say thank you to Kim Williams, who created and wrote the web episodes, The Unwritten Rules.

Carolyn Malachi - Beautiful Dreamer

Beautiful song and message from singer Carolyn Malachi. To learn more about the singer, visit her - 

Website

Facebook Page

Can I touch your hair?!?

I originally saw this video on Holistic Loc's, and loved it instantly. I have gotten some of these questions. And yes, folks do just come up and just start touching my hair! Thank you Chescalocs for creating this video.

Plaits!

I went to the salon this weekend. O my goodness... what a treat! I have not been to a hair salon on almost two years. I usually just do my own hair to save money and time. At the salon, I ended up getting my hair braided into plaits (aka - braids). The loctician I saw was Roy from follicles, in Oakland, CA. He washed and conditioned my hair, and then braided it into sections.

When ever I do this style, my hair is always kind of limp. So I love how my hair came out. It has a lot of volume and great curl. I love it!

Six Flags Denied!!!

Sadly enough, my family as supported Six Flags by buying season passes two years in a row. But today, I read a post about Six Flags on a cool blog called Loc Rocker, that there is actual discrimination happening in the company against people with dreadlocks. Six Flags will not hire people with dreadloc's! I am appalled by this, and will not spend money with their park, until they have changed their policies. I plan to write a letter to them expressing my disappointment. And to let them know that this form or discrimination is unacceptable and they have lost a customer because of it. Check out the video below, that describes the incident that brought this news to light.

RE: Suggestions?

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**I just watched this video again... lol. I sure did say "you guys" a lot. Well it is a bad habit of mine. I do know that the majority of the readers for this blog are women. So I do apologize if the phrase 'you guys' was a bit annoying... :-P. I will try to watch out for that the next time I do a video. 

~ Love, Peace & Happiness to everyone ~
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Re: Miss Tyra Banks

Thank you UrbanCurlz, for sharing this video of Tyra's "real hair" premier on her new season of her show. See the previous post regarding Miss Tyra Banks. Tyra looks great, and I hope she continues to rock her own hair throughout the season. But the idea that her hair's natural texture was shown, is probably false. It looks chemically altered. But I still appreciate her not always wearing the wigs, while at the same time preaching to others about accepting themselves as their are. It was a contradiction. So perm or no perm, this is a nice change for Tyra.

Afrobella has a few words to say regarding this episode of the Tyra show:

"Where were the women with kinky, coily, natural hair textures? Why not feature a woman with a TWA? Why not expose her hair as it truly is — unaltered texture and all? Maybe, despite the hype, Tyra wasn’t yet ready. And that I can almost respect that.

Going natural shouldn’t be a fad — it takes dedication, commitment, and courage. Maybe this was a baby step for Tyra. I’m gonna hold out hope that someday she’ll do an episode that truly displays a range of hair textures and explores the deep feelings associated with natural hair. If not now, then hey — there’s always the premiere of season six."

I just want wish Tyra luck. I will always be a fan. Wig, perm, natural hair... what ever. No matter whats going on with her hair, she seems to be a genuinely good person. And she is entertaining.

Also, as shown on the blog Divine Life Collection, Tyra is getting ready to start a new online magazine. Click here: tyrabanks.com to check it out.

Handmade Peruvian Jewelry

Naturally Flyy introduced me to cool site where you can purchase cute jewelry for cheap! Take a look at some of what I bought:

I purchased a total of 16 pair of handmade earrings for only $35 dollars (including shipping and handling). That comes out to $2.19 each! To see more about the site, check out the Peruvian Earrings and also see the Youtube video by Naturally Fly below.

Ambrosia's Transitioning Video

Ambrosia created two videos, that showed a cute style that you can do if you are transitioning from from permed hair to natural hair. Naturally Leslie featured Ambrosia's video on her blog, back in July '09.

Video Reponse from Shianna

Good morning! In a recent post, I showed a picture of a style re-created by Shianna. She has also created a how-to video. Take a look -

Two Updo how-to's

Franchesca, aka - Chescaleigh on Youtube, has posted a new hair how-to styling video. I like that she gave two variations, and the styles are quick, easy and cute. Check them out:

Too cute!

Spoken Word - Alicia Keys

Thank you Sergio, from Runway Wonderland for sharing this. It is a spoken word piece from Ms. Alica Keys
called "Prisoner of Words."

Interveiw with Angela + Cute video!

I saw this really great video of Angela (below), doing a creative and cute hair tutorial video - and it came out great. Love the music, personality and the way she put it together. I contacted Angela, and she agreed to do an interview for NBH Blog.

1. What is creativity? Feeling free enough and comfortable enough to go outside of the box. Being innovative and not being unafraid to do something different to make a statement.
   
2. How do you express yourself through art? I express myself through crocheting mostly. I paint and draw occasionally too.
3. How long have you been Natural? I have been proudly sporting locs for two years as of June 8th 2009!
   
4. What's been the low and highs of your natural journey with loc'd hair? The abs worst thing about having dreads was the 1st 7 or 8 months when they were new. Maintaining them and babying them for that long was a pain, but it was well worth it after! The best part about them are they are beautiful, and fun. AND they're the easiest hair i've ever had! (minus the 1st several months). - :D♥OH

Natural Beauty Spot light - Harleighblu

This weeks Natural Beauty spot light is Harleighblu. She is a young singer from United Kingdom. Here is a little bit about what inspires her (message from her Myspace page).

My Inspiration? Whatevers going on in my life. In the peoples life around me. The world. It's the Era for the singer/songwriter now... it went in the 70s and is now back for the 00s, its our time to shine!! :).

♥ 'All successful people have a goal. No one can get anywhere unless they know where they want to go and what they want to be or do. Aim for the highest. Expect the best. Reap the rewards. And continue in success.

Curly hair products from Miss Jessie

Has any one tried Miss Jessie's Products? If so, let us know what you think.

Email: "The Coil Review - Editor's Issue!"

I am currently on The Coil Review websites mailing list, and I get notices when ever they have something to share with their readers. I received an email from them a few days ago with a notice that they have made some changes and additions to their site. But I did not see their new video until today. It's hilarious... I love how they put it together.



One of the models featured in the video, is Wahidah Fowler (mentioned in a previous post: More diversity in the model world).

Cutest diaper commercial

Pull-Up Diapers has the new add campaign. I saw a commercial featuring Hillary Washington and her daughter Lyon, and I loved it. At first I was shocked, because I never seen a diapers commercial with a mom that had dreadlocks.

What I really liked was that there were no stereotypical lines or comments. I check out the website that the commercial promoted, and saw a little blog story line they are doing for several moms - talking about their child and their potty training experience. To see Hillary and Lyon's blog and 4 episodes, click here.