Natural Hair Pic of the Day

Beautiful picture! Source

Fall Fashions Part II: What I'm Wearing This Fall

The temps are finally cooling off in most parts of the country and it's starting to finally feel like fall.

Been wearing boots for about a week, and I've checked my fall wardrobe for the essentials I'll need.

Here are 3 items for fall that are on my shopping list:

Trench coat: I've got a blank once and a vintage Burberry coat that I bought from Goodwill (need to get it cleaned) but a girl can never have too many trenches. I love this one from Tarjay.



Love anything animal print -- Target, $49.99




 Boots: Yup, I'm a boot girl. Want a pair of black booties and maybe some camel ones, too.




Every girl needs a good black boot in her life! Marco Santi Kerries, Sole Society, $49.95



Scarves: Nothing says fall more than scarves  -- and they're a great wardrobe building block. They dress a white T up, or are great to add an extra oomph over your trench. You can transition your lighter scarves to heavier scarves for fall. I'm searching for a cute mustard colored scarf.

Heavier weight scarves for fall

What's on your fall shopping list?

Tia Mowry Big Chops And Debuts Natural Hair

 

Source: Tia Mowry big chop

 

Actress Tia Mowry is the latest star to big chop and wear her natural hair.

Mowry, who has worn weaves for years, is the latest Hollywood actress to sport her natural curls. Former stars who have gone natural or had big chops include Raven Symone, actresses Viola Davis, and Nicole Ari Parker, and singers Alicia Keys and Jill Scott (a serial big chopper, LOL).

I think Tia looks great -- better than any weave (although some of her short wigs on The Game were TIGHT)! Many Hollywood celebs, such as reality star Angela Simmons, Traci Braxton and others, commonly wear their natural hair under their weaves. But rarely do they wear it out. This is the first time I've ever seen Mowry wearing a short cut. Note: It doesn't appear she made a big announcement about her big chop, but celeb photos of Mowry with her son, Cree, were on MediaTakeout.com

Do you think that more Black Hollywood actress will embrace their natural hair?

Natural Hair Pic of the Day

Look at those curls! -- Source

Natural Hair Pic of the Day

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Natural Hair Pic of the Day



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HairTroversy: Is There A Right Way to Wear Natural Hair?

Solange wearing a fro at NYC Fashion Week  -- Source

Natural hair go-to girl Solange Knowles has ended her relationship with Carol's Daughter.

Knowles told Lurve Magazine that the relationship ended after they couldn't agree about messaging; Solange appeared alongside R&B singer and model Cassidy and supermodel Selita Eubanks. Carole's Daughter was criticized for featuring only light-skinned models in its advertising -- and Solange was the only model with kinky hair.

"I was constantly fighting for the right message to be heard. The message that the way we wear our hair is a personal choice, there’s no right or wrong way.”

Very interesting, especially considering all the criticism that she  has faced in recent months from a vocal minority in the natural community. Knowles, who is quite the fashionista, is frequently criticized for her natural hairstyles.


What Folks Really Want To Say About Solange's Hair

In short, Solange can't win -- not even on her own Instagram account, where folks criticized her hair, said it was "dry and unkempt," unlike other type 4 hair, said she needed a twist out, needed a comb, and even accused her of not getting a big chop a while back. Solange fired back to her critics on Twitter, saying she wasn't the "natural hair representative."

Even last week, at NY Fashion Week, folks talked about Solanged hair for being "dry." In other pictures, her hair appeared not to be dry, but who cares?

Which is all really interesting. Who is ANYONE to tell someone how to wear THEIR hair? And why are we all up in Solange's head, anyway? I'm going to say this: We are SOOOO critical of each other's hair. In one mouth, we'll suggest products, then give you the side eye when you wear non-curly styles like fros, as if the only "acceptable" way to wear our hair is with curls or curl manipulation.

It's real; I've experienced it myself when I wear styles such as shrunken fros or twist outs, as compared to wearing curls -- as if curls are somehow always better in naturals' eyes. This is why so many of us are obsessed with curls, and have a get a curl at any price mentality, even if our hair won't curl.

The Right and Wrong Natural Hair

Clearly, in many naturals' minds, there is a "right" way and a "wrong" way to wear our hair. Nice,  neat contained styles -- like the short, cropped TWA Solange once had? That's OK. But a fro with nary a curl, with a tighter curl patten, without much sheen (not to mention that certain hair types lack natural sheen")?

Nah, boo boo! Totally unacceptable, according to the natural hair police. But don't we want our relaxed sisters to not criticize our hair choices, but we are perfectly OK with doing the very same thing to other naturals?  I'm so not into hair typing, but we'll "ooh" and "aah" over pics of  type 3 curls all day long, but a Type 4?

Chile, BYE! Barely a comment.

Sounds a bit hypocritical, much?

All of this doesn't faze Knowles.

She told Lurve: “I really, truly was not even aware that there was a natural hair system in place to measure the texture of your hair. At that point I thought to myself, ‘This is really crazy. That these people know more about my hair than the human that even carries it!’ I went to my Twitter and sort of impulsively expressed that. I don’t regret it one bit, but sometimes trying to put how you feel in an one-hundred forty character structure is not really successful. [...] I’m actually really trying to navigate my feelings on the entire hair issue and it’s tough doing that publicly.”

Can we please call a hair moratorium? Stop telling folks how to wear THEIR hair, that it's dry or that you don't like THEIR hair style. Mind your own hair business! Pay attention to your own hair.

What do you think about how naturals criticize other naturals? Is it too much?