Flaunt Follicles: My Natural Hair Last Week

Last week I wore my hair natural to give my beautiful tresses some rest from the stress of my flat iron! So here are the different styles I flaunted:

 Bantu knot-out pulled back with satin scarf tied as bow

Bantu knot-out

 Braid-out pulled back with satin scarf as bow

And here are a few natural-hair inspired pics I've archived over the years gathered all over the web:

Flaunt Follicles: My Nappy Roots

Before there was the movie "Good Hair" there was "My Nappy Roots". I haven't see Good Hair yet and not to knock it but "My Nappy Roots" existed loooongg before and most can agree that it's more informative and appreciative. You be the judge. I saw this about 2 years ago and it's still relevant to share with you all today. Although I have seen it before it still gave me goosebumps!

Original email from a friend of mine:

Ladies,

Regina Kimbell is a friend of mine and the creator of the documentary "My Nappy Roots.". You may have heard that Chris Rock was being sued for stealing the idea for "Good Hair" and it's Regina who showed Chris her film 3 years ago. I want to support her, as she's worked VERY hard on her project, which is INCREDIBLE and moved me to tears when I saw it.

Please help us spread this clip if you can! If you have friends with blogs, TV or radio shows, I'd love to help her get her message out!

Love & Light,

Wendy Rose Berry

I ASK THAT YOU ALL SUPPORT THIS AWARD WINNING DOCUMENTARY BY FOLLOWING ON TWITTER @mynappyroots & visitng www.MyNappyRoots.com

Thanks in advance!

Flaunt Beauty Event: Miss Jessie's in LA at Wilshire Beauty

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For all the natural curly flaunt fashionistas, come to Wilshire Beauty as the owners of Miss Jessie's present their hair care line! This event is coming soon on October 25th, so make sure to RSVP HERE on Facebook!

I can't wait to go and try their amazing products for my two stand twist, and twist outs. For those of you who may not know, my hair is 100% natural meaning I don't have any type of processing done to my follicles. I've been natural for over 3 years now after transitioning from relaxers since I was about 12. I love being natural because not only do I have options to wear my hair curly or straight (and sometimes with clip-ons), it's the healthiest for my hair and I really have gotten to know and appreciate my own hair.

Flaunting my two-stand twist and twist out. Didn't use Miss Jessie's so it didn't turn out how I wanted!

Like I mentioned before I'll be documenting my hair care journey to maximize my full hair potential by practicing healthy hair routines. The biggest mistake that woman of color have failed to relize is truly knowing their own hair and how to take care of it. For the past 4 months I've researched and read what that means for my type of hair. Now I'm taking action to do what's best for it, and although it's somewhat of a major investment mentally and financially, I've never felt better!

Flaunt Follicles: "Good Hair"

Part#1 The reason I decided to make this post was because I have been lacking on the maintenance of my own hair and need to get it back to health. I have natural hair meaning there is no chemical processing whatsoever. I will write more posts regarding my hair which will be a continuation of my "Healthly Hair Journey" to restore, encourage & dedicate full energy to get the healthy hair I already had. I encourage those who aren't natural to go natural because nothing's better than knowing your own crown & glory by embracing each strain. Below are pics of my hair after growing out the relaxer (full & healthy), and how it currently looks (slightly damaged). As I share this journey, I will include my hair regimens, styling techniques, products & more!

This was my hair at it's healthiest about 1 yr ago w/ no relaxer or weave just flat ironed & 100% mine.

About 9 months ago still full & healthy. It's current state NOW, slightly damaged.

Part#2 There has also been years and years of talk on what it means to have "good hair" amongst the black community. The only thing I can do is relate this issue to my own experiences. In my opinion "good hair"=healthy hair. So with that said it really doesn't matter what your hair looks like or the texture of your hair. I believe any & everyone has "good hair" as long as it exist & it's healthy. This clip is from Chris Rock's movie "Good Hair". It highlights the misconceptions of what it means to have "good hair" from several black women, the hair industry, and others opinions on the issue. He addresses these topics in a comical yet truthful way so I'm curious as to how it will turn out. I can only hope woman of Color can realize the depth of our hair issues, overcome them, embrace our own hair, learn how to properly care for it, and make this issue less of an issue. Now with all this hair talk I wonder how I'll wear my hair to the movie! lol.

stay Fierce, be Fearless, & Flaunt it...you got it!