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Jay-Z has embarked on an event with The Roots for "The Roots Picnic," a two day music festival that also featured other musical acts.  The 56 year old rapper and businessman showcased a new look to the sold out crowd!  He's unraveled his freeform locs and debuted an afro on the first day of "The Roots Picnic" which began on May 31st in Philadelphia, PA.   Jay-Z's natural hair journey evolved when he decided to grow out his hair for starters locs during the era of he and Beyonce's, Everything is Love album.  On the album cover, he was seen sporting a TWA (teeny weeny afro).   The powerhouse duo stood in front of the acclaimed and revered Mona Lisa painting which is situated in the Louvre Museum in Paris, France.  The photo itself, much like a work of art, could be interpreted in a number of ways.  Were they declaring their net worth as a couple-- much like the value of the Mona Lisa? Or was it a declaration of the significance of the couple's...

It was just a another day in a scissor happy beautician's world when a hair stylist from 717 Hair Studio refused to straighten her client's natural hair.  The client came into the salon with mid-back length afro textured hair.  The beautician proceeded to give her client a long winded speech about her opinions on the state of her hair.  In the midst of tooting her stylist horn and bragging about her years of experience, she stood over her client and spewed a great deal of negativity towards her hair.  As she proceeded with her speech, she was quite hands on as she expressed that her hair was the worst she's ever seen.  At one point, she began to exclaim that "As woman of color, we hold onto length and you don't realize that you're holding onto the length but it's not healthy. So you're holding onto dead length." The stylist's behavior became even more distasteful after she took a section of the client's hair, flipped it up so that it stuck ...

Reverend Jesse Jackson, a civil rights era icon and former District of Columbia senator, passed away on February 17 th during Black History Month.  Jesse Jackson’s life is a prolific example of the essence of fighting the good fight and faithfully succeeding in doing so. Jackson became a major influence during the civil rights era when he joined Martin Luther King Jr’s Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in the early 1960s.  He marched right alongside other civil rights leaders utilizing the non-violent approach to achieve justice and racial equality for all. The idea of boycotting businesses as a way to cause effect began with Jesse Jackson. In our modern times, equal opportunities exist for black individuals and other people of color but this was not always the case. During this decade, Jesse encouraged others to boycott white owned businesses to aid them in understanding the importance of hiring black people.   Civil rights founding father, MLK Jr. had his ...

During black history month, we honor our black and African American historical figures, known and unknown, who fought for freedom and equal rights for the black community.  If it weren’t for people like Martin Luther King Jr, Harriet Tubman, Fannie Lou Hamer, W.E.B. Dubois, Ruby Dee, John Lewis, Shirley Chisholm and Thurgood Marshall, black owned businesses and many of the rights that we have today would not even exist. We take this time to honor our unsung heroes who continue to fight for the rights of black individuals here in America and abroad.  Black History month shouldn’t be limited to a mere month. It deserves at least an entire year. The United States of America wasn't always a country where the rights of racially diverse individuals existed or were respected.  Slavery may seem like an ancient and barbaric notion today but the reality is that it was a very real and harsh system that was once legal in America.  There has been a push by some who seek to end co...

Who would have thought that a day would come where a popular hair trend is forced to an end.  If you aren't clear about what hair trend that is, think of those swirly waves that are shaped and molded onto a woman's hairline often with the precision, grace and perfection of an artist creating complex paintings and illustrations in the studio.  We're talking baby hair, curlfriends! Not a Monet, a Picasso or a Van Gogh! The obsession that some women have with baby hair should really be studied on a super grand scale.  Some ladies won't feel that their look is complete if their edges are not laid or slicked.  As a wig store dealing with various clientele, we can attest to the fact that some women take the baby hair trend to a whole nother level.  Having baby hair or "laid edges" means different things to different folks.  Baby hair may look cute when styled correctly but should females become so enmeshed in the baby hair craze?  What happens when an  ...

A Tik Toker went live a few weeks ago to voice her boldly outrageous opinions about natural hair as it relates to femininity, men and beauty.  The woman who goes by the name @theblackshea on Tik Tok probably didn’t realize that her opinions on black women and natural hair would be discussed at such a viral level.  The Tik Toker stated in a video last week that she personally feels prettier wearing straight wigs and extensions that are made with hair from other races.  She even went as far as to admit that she knows that her personal belief about her appearance stems from internalized self-hate.       What Influences Attitudes such as the One TheBlackShea Displayed? One of the most outrageous comments that the Tik Toker made is concerning her belief that black women do not look feminine and pretty with natural hair.  TheBlackShea was honest enough to confirm that her beliefs about her appearance stems from a place of self-hate. View this po...

Afro textured hair was often viewed as a cultural and spiritual symbol in ancient African civilizations.  Kinky hair was also seen as a reflection of physical beauty in ancient African circles. The popular R&B song with lyrics, “I am not my hair, I am not this skin, I am not your expectations, no” probably would not have rung true for ancient humans in these circles.  To them, hair was a physical embodiment of who they were and all they hoped to be. Their hair was an outer expression of their social and relationship status in society.  Certain hairstyles reflected age, their connection with the divine as well as the power that was imbued within.     During the historical days of slavery, specific cornrow braid patterns were created by slaves to provide roadmaps that illustrated pathways to freedom (Vargas, 2003).  Those enslaved would use cornrow braids to hide maps and to give directional guidance to other slaves concerning how to escape regions in t...

The Truth About Beyonce & Bleaching The girrrrrrllllls are talkinggggggggg!!!!! For the past week or so, the pop culture crowd has been sounding off about what appeared to be a lighter skin tone on Mrs. Beyonce Knowles-Carter.  Beyonce attended the Los Angeles premiere of her new documentary movie, Renaissance: A Film By Beyonce in a long custom chrome silver Versace bustier gown.   She accessorized the gown with long sleeve length evening gloves.  There was one aspect that stood out about Beyonce’s look that people would not stop talking about.  Her skin appeared to be noticeably lighter than usual.  She also wore a platinum silver blonde wig. Beyonce through the Years Beyonce has always been a lighter toned woman. A true sense of her skin tone can be seen in her baby photos like the below.    We can see that she has dark colored hair and a fair slightly yellowish tone.  During the past two decades, her skin tone has always been a tanned...

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