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African vs African American Hair Practices
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What’s All This Chatter About Blue Ivy’s Natural Hair
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Facebook Live with Curly Chic | Let’s Chat
Facebook Live with Curly Chic Let’s chat about holistic hair, beauty, and lifestyle. Here’s the link to my Facebook page: CurlyChic Don’t forget to share this with friends and family! See you soon! ?
Natural Hair Story: “I’m natural and I don’t really like my hair.”
I don’t know if this sounds strange or not, but I’m natural and I don’t really like my hair. I don’t dislike it, let me say that, but I’m not in love with it…yet? Is this normal? My hair is really nappy, like really as in no curls, nothing and I want to…