Natural Hair News

Viola Davis stuns in LA Times mag photo spread

By theGrio

3:46 PM on 02/06/2012

Oscar nominee Viola Davis strikes a pose with an eye-catching new hairdo for the February 2012 LA TImes Magazine issue. In the spread, Davis sports different designers...
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Women's shaved hair revolution taking shape

By Ashley Michelle Williams

7:52 PM on 02/03/2012

theGRIO REPORT- There is a movement that's not just revolutionizing the way African-American women perceive natural hair...
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Group delivers natural hair Barbies to African-American girls

By theGrio

8:52 AM on 12/19/2011

VIDEO - Some African-American girls in Columbus got a unique lesson in self esteem this past Friday afternoon...
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African-American group gives Barbie a 'natural hair' makeover

By theGrio

2:00 PM on 12/13/2011

WRBL-TV - "We're holding the Black Barbie Doll Drive, where we collected new and used Barbies to give to the girls at the BTW Girls Inc. and we're turning them into natural hair Barbies," said Candace McBride, Organizer for the Black Barbie Drive. ..
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Natural hair goes corporate: Will the masses get it?

By Madame Noire

6:00 AM on 11/24/2011

MADAME NOIRE - Over ten years ago, before natural hair became a huge trend for black women, my older sister Lydia was running around the campus of Spelman College curly and proud...
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Ladies, are you ready for the 'locs' revolution?

By Starrene Rhett

9:00 AM on 10/29/2011

theGRIO REPORT - Grooming, for most loc wearers is simple once a routine is established but when it comes to people's attitudes and reactions, that's where things get unpredictable...
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TSA searches Dallas woman's hair for weapons

By theGrio

9:21 AM on 09/21/2011

VIDEO - Dallas resident Isis Brantley said she was stopped on Monday at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta after she went through security...
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Club promoter offers discounts for natural black hair

By Angelica Razack

4:07 PM on 09/09/2011

theGRIO REPORT - Over the years, Atlanta club promoter Joey Digital has expressed his utter disdain for the weave and love for natural hair...
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How to get fit while keeping your hair in shape

By Janelle Richards

6:11 PM on 05/27/2011

theGRIO VIDEO - The sweat caused by grueling hours in the gym often curls the roots, frizzes the bob and can ruin a sometimes expensive hairstyle for women...
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Questions/reactions every natural hairedblack girl gets

By theGrio

11:00 AM on 03/31/2011

Those of us who choose to go sans hair-straightening chemicals (no shade to the relaxed homies) get some very interesting questions and reactions about our hair...
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Madame Noire: Why I don't care if you touch my hair

By theGrio

11:46 AM on 02/28/2011

During a post-Grammy interview with the Associated Press, overnight sensation Justin Bieber performed the ultimate Black-girl no-no when he reached out to pat Esperanza Spalding's 'fro...
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Why you don't have the right to touch my hair

By Kia Miakka Natisse

8:44 AM on 02/16/2011

OPINION - There is a level of exotic voyeurism that goes into touching a black person's hair...
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My hair, my decision: Why I straighten

By Clutch Magazine

8:11 AM on 01/21/2011

OPINION - The beauty about being a woman is we have an array of options, and that is what we should embrace...
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10 natural hair solutions for the new year

By Coco And Creme

2:05 PM on 12/29/2010

OPINION - Along with saving money, exercising more, starting a business or finding a new job, many natural hair wearers set hair resolutions as well...
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Black newswomen break the mold by 'going natural'

By Tonya Mosley

9:33 AM on 11/30/2010

OPINION - It takes guts to wear kinky hair in the television news biz, an industry that fawns over 'the look'...
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Do blacks discriminate against white barbers?

By Christopher Nelson

3:02 PM on 11/10/2010

theGRIO REPORT - Some are shocked; others are not, about the news that a white barber declined to service a black patron...
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Shape up? White barber sidesteps cutting black man's hair

By theGrio

5:00 PM on 11/09/2010

BELLOWS FALLS, Vt. (AP) - A white Vermont barber who turned away a black customer says he was trying to avoid embarrassment for both of them...
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Curly haired Muppet is role model for little black girls

By theGrio

4:42 PM on 10/20/2010

CHICAGO (AP) - A plucky little muppet in a pretty pink dress, her brown hair a perky 'fro, is helping little girls -- and their moms -- to accept themselves...
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Beauty schools ignore natural hair at their own peril

By Clutch Magazine

8:08 AM on 07/13/2010

OPINION - I attended a black hair school to get extra certification hours, and natural hair was only taught in the context of pressing it....
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