Black Hairstyles Gallery

BGLH has a graphic designer! You can meet her (and me) at the first ever BGLH meetup! Yes, BGLH now has an on-site graphic designer. Shari — who debuted with the Saturday retrospective during guest blogger week — will be re-designing the site and also do some writing. The new BGLH website will debut in early Fall. She works for an advertising firm in Chicago and has done design work for top blogs like Afrobella and the Fashion Bomb. And she is currently transitioning from relaxed to natural (go Shari!) The coolest part is that she lives in Chicago, so we're right by each other.

Look #1: Bantu Knot Out Originally featured on April 16, 2009. Originally featured on June 5, 2008. instructions "the bantu knot-out was done on dry hair (blow dried or air dried) with a little bit of setting lotion. I only parted the front how I wanted the hair to fall. I sectioned off hair randomly (no parts) and twirled until it wrapped around itself, tucked it under and wrapped my head with a satin covering over night. It's better if there isn't too much space between the knots. In the morning, I just unraveled each one, finger combed it until it looked how I wanted and that was it!" Look #2: Blow out Originally featured on June 11, 2008. Look #3: F2x Bun Originally featured on October 11, 2008. Look #4: The Shalilac Pinup Originally featured on May 4, 2009.

"right now i am thinking about doing a major chop... discussed with the husband and i said if i'm still feeling the way that i'm feeling around my 30th b-day then i will be starting a new journey with my hair once i turn 30."