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I can definitely relate to Uzuri’s story. As I child, when it came to choosing my style from the walls of the JC Penny salon… my hair just couldn’t duplicate the options provided. It lead to relaxers, Jheri curls, etc. Read more about what pushed Uzuri to the natural side…
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Bad Hair
For a long time, I knew going natural was the right thing to do, but I’d been taught that my hair texture was “bad” and given every reason to think that my hair being “nappy” was the worst thing it could be. Because of this thinking that was forced on me as a child, I went from hair that hung to my middle back when it was pressed out, to about 11 inches of confused mess.
I went through every hair chemical known to man from the age of 9 to 16.
Styles • TWA (Tennie Winnie Fro) • Twist-Out • Guest Blogger • Products •
By now, I’m sure that most natural hair wearers, who are also Target fans, have heard the news via hair blogs, Facebook, Twitter etc… that Target stores are selling natural hair products! And these products are not only brands exclusive to Target like the Youtube-famed SheaMoisture line. Target’s shelves and online stores are carrying, Miss Jessie’s, The Jane Carter Solution, CURLS, Taliah Waajid’s, and the newest edition Kinky-Curly, Black Earth Products. And most of these lines can’t even be found at your local beauty supply store.
Our second meetup on Tue July 20th was a success!
The success is definitely attributed to…
...Melisa (created giveaways, took pictures and notes) Thank you!
...Venue Touch Ov Soul Thank you!
... and lastly, to all the beautiful naturals that said they were coming, and came! Thank you!
After an ice breaker to get acquainted we opening up one big group discussion. I quickly learned people didn’t attend for information, but more for the fellowship.
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My hair has been in a yuck for a while. My twist-outs lasted a day or so and kind of fell apart. I couldn’t figure out why, but I realize I deviated from what works for my hair, the SCOSS routine. I honestly couldn’t get the comb through my hair and experienced more hair lost than usual.
My newest SCOSS routine…
Our Kinnks’ blog will be One year old on January 4th!! Our directory has over 400 links to date, and is still growing!! Since developing Kinnks.com, it has been our mission to find links related to natural hair. In the process, I have created a ‘Santa Please’ list of Natural Hair Related items that I want! I like to create gift baskets for my friends. Of course, anything that I gift…I also want for myself. My ideal gift would be a gift basket filled with all these items. Some of the companies have been gracious enough to provide you, a Kinnks reader special promotions. I will be sure to post these specials on Cyber Monday.
