Nappy News Blog
Going-Natural.com has a lot going on. Besides organizing our own events like America’s Next Natural Model and Bad Hair Uprooted, we also have to keep up with the fast and ongoing changes in Social Media but still, it’s important for us to keep you posted about it all.
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Welcome and thank you for visiting the new Market Place to be! You’ve read it right; the tiny going-natural web shop now becomes an international Marketplace expanded and built upon the common special interest that we share: Natural Hair.
This has been a public secret for decades but like so many things when it comes our Black community, the information was either not widely shared and sometimes even ignored or dismissed. Hopefully now that Dr. Rachael Ross from The Doctors explained it, this can now become public knowledge that won’t be ignored.
Did you know that New York City was exchanged for Suriname? Yes, it was in 1667 when the British cede their part of Suriname to the Netherlands in exchange for New Amsterdam (later called New York City).
Back from Suriname, totally inspired to re-open the going-natural.com store, I realized that there is a lot more that the online shop can offer.
Yes, going-natural.com is nominated for the Master Pioneer Award! Of course I am humbled and proud but more than anything I am elated and I want you, all of you members, followers and fans, who supported me and going-natural.com over the years, to join me at the ceremony if you can. You are pioneer followers […]
In 2014 Going-Natural.com Social Network connected 80.000 Members, Followers and Fans! You can read it all at: http://going-natural.com/news-blogs/nappy-news-blog/2014-in-review You celebrated our 10th Anniversary with us! BAD Hair Uprooted, A Celebration of Black Follicles, Bad Hair Uprooted Exhibition, Free 10th Anniversary Photo Shoot, Natural Hair Care Workshop by Adenike, Premier of the Going Natural Video Diaries. […]
In 2014, the 10th anniversary year of Going-Natural.com, we visited more events, took more photos, celebrated more hairstyles and connected more than 80.000 Members, Followers and Fans!
As 2014 is coming to close I like to thank you once again for another year of supporting going-natural.com. Your emails, photos, comments and likes make the community special, keep us growing and bring us closer to our common goal: Changing the (stereotypical) perception of Natural Hair.
A pioneer in the Natural Hair Care business has sadly left us: Titi Branch. Even if you haven’t met or knew her personally it’s very likely that many of you have seen her somewhere brightly smiling with her sister Kiki showing off their perfect curls in an ad for Miss Jessie’s.
Yesterday Brooklyn College held its 2nd annual Women of Color and Identity Conference in the Gold Room of the Student Center. Men, women, natural, relaxed and weaved heads came together to discuss the topic of Black hair from different angles.
Lately I’ve been meeting quite a few people who told me that my book was one of the first they bought, how they enjoyed it and what a difference it made. Naturally this not only humbles me, it makes me feel great at the same time! Then I even found a video testimonial that I […]
The Women of Color Conference is an annual Brooklyn College event that opens a dialog on social issues important to Black women. Experts are invited to discuss topics like media representation and self esteem with the goal to help graduating students get a deeper understanding of the issues at hand and to send a positive […]
Now that we have a winner of our Thanksgiving giveaway we are happy to tell you about the specials that were sent to us. You can choose if you want a discount on hair care and styling services, accessories or the Going Natural Book but you need to be quick.
Finally a double row cowrie sheal head band is out. Enough reason to celebrate. These beautiful unique hair bands are just in time for the holidays to make sure your harstyles turns heads. To really make it happen we are giving this one away!