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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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Overcoming relaxer-induced alopecia, a hair loss condition that teases 73% of African American women, inspired the Social Entrepreneur in Information Technologist Mireille Liong to build going-natural.com and the photographer in the Suriname native to picture Black hair differently. BAD Hair Uprooted features a decade of Liong’s work capturing African Americans wearing their hair naturally.
As a huge fan of the Daily show, I couldn’t wait to see what comedian Jessica Williams would add to the program. Well I didn’t have to wait long. She is just marvelously funny. It is probably because I am bias and because I am into Natural hair and I read a piece about the […]
When Miss Taliah Waajid’s mother refused her a perm, no matter how hard she begged, her mom couldn’t have foreseen the grand favor she was doing her daughter. Mad as every teenager would be, Taliah’s anger transformed into creativity when she learned how to braid. Not only did she style her own hair, she started […]
About how I style my Braidlocs. It’s really simple. Just watch. If you have a good hair dresser/loctitian there is really nothing to it. Check out http:///going-natural.com for more
What is the difference between all of these locks: Microlocs, Braidlocs vs Sisterlocks and Traditional Dreadlocks Often my locs are mistaken for Sisterlocks but sisterlocks are usually a bit smaller and a bit different but the maintenance is the same. Read more at http://going-natural.com
Black bloggers from around the country will be gathering in New York City for the 7th annual Blogging While Brown Conference. The 2014 Blogging While Brown Conference will be held in New York City on June 27-28th at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
For more than a decade the Natural Hairstyles that casually walk around at the BAM Dance Africa Festival every Memorial Day Weekend inspired me to take pictures. This year was extra special not only because this the 10th anniversary of going-natural.com but also because here is where it all started. The head turning styles were […]
Going-Natural.com presents “BAD Hair Uprooted”; an exhibition celebrating the 10th anniversary of a Natural Hair movement by picturing Hairstyles that defy the stereotypical ideas of Black Hair.
Jamaica Mango & Lime, the company of wonderful Black hair products participated in a Natural Hair Show in Amsterdam.
Not only is she a gorgeous inspiring natural, she is one of the best singers on planet earth and yet had the least votes on the Voice.
Ever wanted to participate in a fabulous natural hair show in a beautiful tropical environment? This is your chance! Jamaica Mango & Lime is Looking for Natural Hair Models for a Hair Show this Saturday. Please read to see if it’s you they are looking for and send us an email.
I took my wig off because I no longer wanted to apologize for who I am. There is not one woman in America who does not care about her hair, but we give it too much value. We deprive ourselves of things, we use it to destroy each other, we’ll look at a child and […]
Last week the Black Bloggers community lost two wonderful souls who each left a remarkable imprint behind. Even though I didn’t know Karyn Washington or Domineque Banks it really doesn’t matter because when you see an out-pour like that on social media, you know that a person touched lives.
When life events go too fast to blog about we picture it for you just so you can have an impression. After all a pictures speaks a 1,000 words. From Afro and Natural Hairstyles spotting to impressions of Bedstuy Brooklyn and beyond.
That’s a man! But that is a woman! said Usher. And there is a reason for that. This is a natural woman that we all should watch. Not just because she is natural but because as Adam says she is not from this world! He is talking about her voice. Listen to her last battle […]
The First Lady of NYC, Chirlane McCray who is a natural with gorgeous dreadlocks is a poet, who goes by FLONYC (Flow-Nice or First Lady Of New York City).