Five Essential Hair Care Tips for Healthy and Smooth Hair

For a beautiful dazzling hair that grabs everyone’s attention, you need to try various hair care routines. For a long time, the hair is associated with attractiveness and beauty. From men to women, we all want to ensure the hair looks attractive. The reality is that the majority of women are never satisfied when it comes to hair care routines.

4 Ways To Prevent & Treat Thinning Hair For Women

Hair thinning and loss is something we frequently associated with men. However, women can also experience thinning hair and hair loss. For women, there can be even more of a stigma associated with thinning hair, since it's not traditionally seen as a female problem.

Monalisa Chinda Shows Off Natural Hair [Photos]

Nollywood actress, Monalisa Chinda, has showed off her natural hair in a before and after photo she posted on her social media. She is asking her fans which they prefer, the first or the second. Reminds me of watching Gabrielle Union on Being Mary Jane yesterday. Most people prefer to have their hair laid in order to look professional. Do you agree?

Giuliana Rancic Apologizes For Weed Comment About Zendaya's Locs At The Oscars

E! host Giuliana Rancic has apologized to Disney actress Zendaya Coleman after comments the presenter made about the teenage star's hairstyle at the Oscars backfired. The E! presenter said Zendaya looked like she smelled like weed while critiquing Zendaya's Oscar red carpet look and faux dread locks during Fashion Police Oscar episode.

Guiliana told the panel "Zendaya looks like she “smells like patchouli oil… or maybe weed.” Since the comments aired yesterday, many on social media called out the previously beloved host. On twitter, many posited that the comment was racially insensitive. Giuliana apologized after Zendaya took to instagram to explain why she wore her hair in locks, and saying she felt racially stereotyped by the comments. See the apology and Zendaya's note below...

14-Year-Old White Girl Defends Her Box Braids Against Internet Backlash

14 year old Mallory Merk received criticism from a wide section of Black Twitter after this picture of her went viral on the social media network. The cyberbulling was because she was a white girl wearing box braids.

Like most young girls, Mallory shared her her new look on Twitter with a bathroom selfie that showed off her blonde extensions flowing down one shoulder. After the backlash, issued an apology saying she never meant to offend anyone and just wanted longer hair look. What do you think, should black people own the box-braid look? Why are other races not permitted to wear black women's hairstyles?

Titi Branch, Founder of Miss Jessie's Natural Hair Care Line, Commits Suicide

Beautiful Titi Branch, one of the co-founders of the wildly successful natural hair care line, Miss Jessie’s, has died. According to reports, the 45 year old beauty entrepreneur committed suicide on Dec. 4th at her home but her death was kept hush hush until this past weekend.

The graduate of the University of Maryland, who created the haircare line with sister Miko, also ran a popular New York salon. The branch sisters started their haircare line about 10 years ago and catered mostly to ethnic and curly hair types.

Genevieve Nnaji Rocks Natural Hair For Night Out With Her Girlfriends

Genevieve Nnaji showed off her natural hair for the first time recently, here, and she's still rocking it, this time in a weave-in afro. The lovely actress went out last night with friends, Oluchi Orlandi, Ojy Okpe and the Onwugbenu sisters, Chinny and Onyinye, for a night of fun and catching up in New York City.

The ladies shared pictures of their girls’ night out on Instagram and below are some of the pictures.

BTW, Onyinye Onwugbenu, MUD CEO, got engaged recently - see her flashing her rock discretely below - so now, it's countdown to the wedding. Congrats to her!

Genevieve Nnaji Shows Off Natural Hair In New Photos

Genevieve Nnaji shared new pictures in which she is flaunting her natural un-relaxed hair on a night out with her girls. The lovely actress is also giving off the studious vibe with her glasses. Cute!

See more pics below...

Halle Berry Sues Gabriel Aubry For Straightening Daughter's Hair To Make Her Look White

Halle Berry recently took her ex-boyfriend and baby daddy Gabriel Aubry to court to reduce the amount of child support she has to pay to him for thejoint custody he has of their six-year-old daughter Nahla.

Now, the two are back in court again over what Halle thinks are racial tensions. Halle Berry took Aubry to court this week for trying to make Nahla look "white," and always straightening her hair.

Omoni Oboli Looks Smashing As She Switches Up Natural Hair Look With Wigs

Omoni Oboli did the 'big chop' earlier this year to start a natural hair journey as she wanted to live a generally healthier lifestyle as she got older.

But recently, the actress, mother and director has been switching up her look with wigs, and it shows she's just one of those people who look gorgeous either way. Below are some of her smashing looks...

Uche Jombo Debuts Short Afro On The Red Carpet For Movie Premiere

Uche Jombo Rodriguez has debuted her short natural afro hair on the red carpet. The actress shared the picture above with the caption; "Congratulations @lancelotimasuen for a masterpiece just saw #INVASION1897 #DallasPremiere."

Uche did the big chop to start a natural hair journey and showed off the new style a couple of days ago while on an outing with her husband Kenny Rodriguez.

Are You Buying Goat Hair In Place Of Brazilian Natural Hair Extensions?

These days it seems one hasn't fixed their hair if it's not natural Brazilian, Chinese, Russian or Mongolian hair. As you buy these hairs from your favorite shop, salons, or even your best friend, be aware that some makers and sellers of natural hair extensions may be scamming you. They have found a way to keep their expenses low while increasing their income by boosting their merchandize using goat hair!

Natural Hairstyles In Vogue - Check Out Adaeze Yobo, Yvonne Jegede, Oreka Godis

Just yesterday, Khloe Kardashian debuted her braided cornrows [here] and it got me thinking about hairstyles for my natural hair. I could do cornrows easily when my hair was longer but now it's just growing out of the TWA, easy look hairstyles are harder to come by.

I spend a good amount of time searching for natural hair styles online, and often I leave my hair as wash and go. I have toyed around with the idea of cutting it again, but I'm not ready yet.

Seeing these lovely ladies rocking their natural hair gave me some life. Enjoy!

BET Apologizes For Blue Ivy Hair Joke, Fires 106 & Park Producers As Show Goes On Break

Less than one day after Blue Ivy was mocked on BET's 106 and Park by Karrueche Tran, who read out a rude joke via teleprompter, the whole show has gone on break.

The joke was along the lines of Blue Ivy saying she woke up with messy hair because her parents never combed her hair. 

BET yesterday issued a public apology in which they said necessary reprimands have been handed out to those involved. Now it appears the punishment included the producers of the show being fired leading to the whole show being shut down.

The BET President of Music Programming and Specials, Stephen Hill, had mentioned punitive actions in his apology posted on Twitter; but no one thought it would be so extreme. He wrote;

US Navy Dismisses African-American Woman For Refusing To Cut Her Natural Hair

This week, the Navy announced that it was discharging Jessica Sims, who been a sailor for 12-years, for “failing to obey an order to cut off her natural hairstyle.”

The military has been under scrutiny for guidelines issued in March that critics believe were discriminatory toward African-American women. Those regulations;

“specifically forbid several hairstyles popular for black women who keep their hair natural, including twists, headbands, dreadlocks, or multiple braids that are larger than a quarter-inch.” 

A former U.S. Army Major sharply criticized the regulations, noting they targeted “natural styles African American service women have been wearing for years.”

The Natural Hair Movement - Only For Black Women or Should We Include Other Races?

One of those forums for natural-haired girls to discuss about everything from hair tips, LOCs, Big Chops, CoWashs to personal natural hair journeys is CurlyNikki.com.

Yesterday, a young white woman by the name of Sarah (or Vlogger Waterlily716 on Youtube) shared her natural hair journey, and there was some sort of outcry, as most of the site's readers felt the site should just be for black women and nut just any curly woman, especially when they are not at all black.

The comments section now has almost 550 comments most of them insisting that other races should not be involved in "the natural hair movement."

Lupita's Side Hustle in College Was Braiding Hair For Friends, Watch Her Show Her Skills!

Lupita Nyong'o is smart, beyond talented, and all around amazing. But what most of us didn't know was that she loves braiding hair for her friends.

On her recent photoshoot with Vogue [see here], the Oscar-winning actress filmed an intimate hair video where she braided a group of her closest girlfriends' hair—basically giving us a direct view into what it’s really like to be her bestie.

I was expecting to see Chimamanda Adichie there, and though she's not, it's easy to see that the two will be besties in due time.

Lupita explains that she learnt how to braid hair in Kenya intending for it to be her side hustle while in college and graduate school in the US, but while she braided her college friends hair all the time, she didn’t have the heart to charge them after all.

Beyonce Puts Blue Ivy's Hair in Afro Puffs, Goes Back To Her Blond Curls

Jay Z and Beyonce seem to have finally decided to make sure Blue Ivy's hair ceases to be a talking point but keeping it combed and in a bun at all times. 

They were photographed on a yacht after their Miami "On the Run" concert with Blue Ivy and the little girl was rocking her natural hair in two puffs.

Beyonce herself has removed her long braids and is back to rocking strawberry blonde curls. She and Jay Z looked genuinely happy as a couple as they spent quality family time with Blue Ivy.

I hope people can finally stop with the Blue Ivy hair petitions.

Natural Home Remedies To Treat Thinning Hair And Get Stronger, Healthier Hair

Thinning of hair is a result of hair loss and low hair growth. Stress, lack of hair care, diet, change of water, hormonal changes and lifestyle are primary causes of thin hair. If you oil the hair every day, you tend to see strands of hair getting tangled in the comb. Thinning of hair is a common problem among women which can be very depressing. This often prevents the women from combing which is actually a bad habit.

If you see your thick hair becoming thinner every passing day in front of your eyes, you would get worried and would like to bring back the thick and voluminous hair.

 There are many home remedies that can help treat thinning of hair naturally. Why waste money on expensive thinning hair treatments when you have home remedies to the rescue?

Woman Who Started the Petition to Comb Blue Ivy's Hair Says It Was All A Joke

This is the picture of Blue Ivy's hair that got Jasmine Toliver starting a change.org petition to have the hair combed. Now she says via her FB page that it was all a joke. Really? SMH...

My joke took off anything I guess with "sign a petition" is funny if I would've said "sign a petition to save Lebron James hairline" that would've took off too! It's a clever joke.! Nobody came up with before. These blogs and websites are doing the most.

My hair looks like blue ivy right now except its moisturized and detangled. Yes I'm natural.! Have a seat to most people. I can care less about Beyoncé or jay z but I do care for the kids hair.

People make nothing out of something. I love being black! I'm proud my bloodline runs from Africa. I'm proud of my own tightly coiled kinks. I'm proud of my big lips and brown skin. People just need to breathe and chill out.