Black Hairstyles Gallery

hello all, well, the lady we are profiling today does some of the most inventive natural styles i have ever seen. and, i mean, this is why i am so confused when people say natural hair is 'hard to deal with'... yes it is, i agree. but are we looking at the challenges, or the possibilities? here is a woman that is looking at the possibilities. i love love love her hair! the styles are regal, and downright HOT! way to go!!!

going natural: a hair story ~by Sunshine A. That was me with the last weave and relaxed "do" that I ever got. It was the summer of 2008 and you couldn't tell me nothing! I was happy with my weave. Not too thrilled with the price tag though. That one cost me a whopping $400 for the hair (had to be Remy) and the application (full sew in with a little out at the top to achieve that natural look). I can say that I was truly addicted to weaves. I was smack dab in the middle of my Beyonce phase where I truly thought we were friends. I was in love with her. Her hair, her wardrobe, EVERYTHING! B was my pimp, my pastor, my dealer... whatever she was selling I was buying, right down to her "freakum dresses"! Underneath the weave was some pretty damaged hair. I had gone from the full thick upper middle back length hair of my youth, hair which my mother was against perming (but not pressing) to hair that was above my chin and was honestly an after thought. I never re...

hello all, forgive me! i kind of ducked out for a bit! i actually put these pics up yesterday, but not a blog around it. so i'm doing it now... well, the lady we are profiling today does some of the most inventive natural styles i have ever seen. and, i mean, this is why i am so confused when people say natural hair is 'hard to deal with'... yes it is, i agree. but are we looking at the challenges, or the possibilities? here is a woman that is looking at the possibilities. i love love love her hair! the styles are regal, and downright HOT! way to go!!!

i read an article in essence magazine about the way black women are portrayed negatively in hip hop and had this whole eloquent blog entry prepared, affirming the piece. but as i sat down to write, i was just too tired to talk about it. one more blog entry about black women and hip hop is not going to help. we've said all we can say. but maybe putting up pictures of beautiful natural haired black women will. i'm hoping it will. beauty is politics. hair is politics. and i hope this site paints a picture of black women that is virtually absent from the media: women who are naturally beautiful, not ascribing to the media's representation of black femininity, and proud of who they are.