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Natural Black Hair: My Journey and Hair Advice

by HealthyLocsMarch 21, 2012

This is a great article I found on hubpages about natural hair and the journey from having a relaxer. Leave a comment and let me know what you think. Healthy Scalp, Healthy Locs Nyesha Samuel, Publisher/Master Loctician for healthylocsblog.com Why do we use relaxers anyways? Natural black hair is not hard to manage. This myth [...]

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Wendy Willams disses Viola Davis for going natural on the red carpet.

by HealthyLocsMarch 2, 2012

I was irritated along with everyone else when I heard Wendy put Viola down for wearing her natural hair to The Oscars. But then I had to remind myself that this is a woman who has her own show yet doesn’t have enough self esteem or self respect to wear her hair natural on her [...]

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Viola Davis rocks her natural hair !

by HealthyLocsFebruary 26, 2012

Viola Davis looks amazing tonight at the Oscar Awards 2012 ! She shocked everyone when she stepped out looking royal with her emerald green gown and fire orange afro. Viola you always look beautiful in your different wigs, but tonight you were stunning ! Keep rocking your natural hair sis Leave a comment and let [...]

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Lime Juice for natural birth control ?

by HealthyLocsFebruary 23, 2012

I’ve never been a fan of popping pills for birth control because of all the side effects. As a matter of fact the only time I take “medicine” is when I want to get rid of cramps once a month lol. So my interest was peaked when i came across this article which says that [...]

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Relaxers Linked To Fibroids

by HealthyLocsFebruary 22, 2012

Being that our skin is the largest organ on our bodies it make sense that putting something as harmful as a relaxer on your scalp would cause internal damage to your body as well. There have been many studies over the years speaking on the damage that relaxer do to your hair but this one [...]

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Natural Hair on the Grammy Red Carpet 2012

by HealthyLocsFebruary 17, 2012

It was so good to see natural hair represented on the red carpet this year ! True there was some weave mixed in, but at least it was natural esq weave lol. Leave a comment and let me know what you think. Nyesha Samuel, Publisher/Master Loctician for healthylocsblog.com

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Dear Whitney (My love for Whitney Houston)

by HealthyLocsFebruary 16, 2012

I couldn’t do another hair story without taking time out to pay homage to one of my favorite singers, Whitney Houston. I have been crying on and off for the last few days, still in disbelief that Whitney is gone so soon. Back in the day I was a huge fan a Bobby Brown and [...]

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Woman Dies After Possible Allergic Reaction To Her Hair Weave

by HealthyLocsFebruary 6, 2012

You all know that i’m not a fan of weaves. But I have said if you’re going to wear one make sure it’s a sew in and not a glue weave because those chemicals can not be doing your body any good. Sadly this story is not the 1st case of a woman dying from [...]

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Natural Hair Care in addition to Healthy Hair Products

by HealthyLocsJanuary 31, 2012

Hair Growth depends fundamentally on the kind of head of hair a person has. Different people have different kinds of Hair Products which means that the color, growth along with thickness of the locks are different. Some locks grow faster as opposed to others while some are sluggish and might take decades to achieve the [...]

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Story on the Obamas and black fashion in French Elle magazine offends many

by HealthyLocsJanuary 30, 2012

The French version of Elle magazine published a piece last week by their fashion writer/blogger Nathalie Dolivo that is causing a flap this week. In essence Dolivo said the black community in the U.S. lacked real fashion sense until the Obamas arrived. The passage from the piece that has offended perhaps the most reads: “In [...]