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Posted on 27 July 2011. Tags: African American, Black Hair, Hair, Juliette Samuel, NAHA, biracial, butters, hair oil, natural hair care
Black Hair Care – Caring for Biracial Hair
By Juliette Samuel
Biracial Hair Care Tips
Every day, our world gets smaller. Not in the sense that the Earth is shrinking in size, but in terms of cultural and racial borders. Because we are able to travel more, we are exposed to many other cultures…and the opportunity to fall ...
Posted in Beauty & Fashion, Black Britain, Caribbean, Community, Education, Health, Lifestyle, Men, Women
Posted on 15 June 2011.
Venetian Ceruse, also known as Spirits of Saturn, was a 16th Century cosmetic used as a skin whitener. It was in great demand and considered the best available at that time. The product contained a pigment composed of white lead, which was understood to cause lead poisoning that would eventually damage the user's skin complexion ...
Posted in African American, Beauty & Fashion, Colonialism, Racism
Posted on 23 September 2010. Tags: African Hair, Afro, Afro Wig, Black Hair, Oprah Winfrey, Solange Knowles, black women, dark skinned, light skinned, skin colour, slave
This is a Contributed Article by Minna Salami from
http://www.msafropolitan.com/
I like the perspective that India.Arie and Akon have in 'I am not my hair'.It's not a new song, most of you have heard it, danced to it, chanted it, maybe even as a spiritual practice of sort!
Jokes aside, a very powerful message often goes missed in ...
Posted in Africa, Beauty & Fashion, Black History, Black Writing, Blackpresence Supports, Education, Politics, Racism, Slavery, Women
Posted on 19 July 2010. Tags: Afro hair, Dealing with black hair, Dreadlocks, cornrows, dealing with afro hair, dry hair, greasy hair, mixed race, natty dreads, shaved hair
If like me, you are sitting there thinking, huh this old chestnut again then I'm sorry, but I have serious issues dealing with my black hair and how to look after it. I guess it should start by stating that I'm mixed race so my hair is neither European hair or African Hair. It is ...
Posted in Beauty & Fashion, Black Britain, Community, Education, Health, Men, Women
Posted on 02 May 2010. Tags: Building self esteem, Dating without pressure, Developing authentic communication, Overcoming resentment, Sonia Brown, Surviving and healing from breakups, Taking control of your relationships for long term happiness, Understanding and overcoming toxic and abusive relationships, anger, insecurity, joy and passion, mr right, neediness, relationship advice, relationship coaches, relationships, sexual intimacy and emotional barriers, sistatalk
Time: May 22, 2010 from 10am to 4pm
Location: The Grange
Organized By: info@nbwn.org
Event Description:
Email info@nbwn.org for more information
For the first time ever www.sistatalk.co.uk brings together the biggest names in the relationship and dating arena to deliver a one day workshop looking at genuine and practical ways for women to get what they desire and NEED out ...
Posted in Africa, Beauty & Fashion, Blackpresence Supports, Business, Caribbean, Community, Education, Events, Health, Women
Posted on 14 October 2009. Tags: African Health, Black Hair, Black skincare, Health, Razor Bumps, Shaving bumps, black Health, black skin, shaving, skincare
Shaving can be a great experience, who doesn't like a clean face, even bikini line, or perfect tape up? However, for many individuals, specifically those of African American and African-Caribbean descent, shaving is a dreaded experience because it often leads to the development of razor bumps. Razor bumps come in a variety of forms, from ...
Posted in Africa, African American, Beauty & Fashion, Blackpresence Supports, Caribbean, Community, Education, Health, Men, Women
Posted on 02 October 2009. Tags: Captain Stair Douglas, Catherine Hyde, Duchess of Queensberry, Eton, Soubise
Julius Soubise was unusual for a Black man living at his time. He led an extremely privileged lifestyle.
He came to England from the West Indies, carried by Captain Stair Douglas of the Royal Navy. Catherine Hyde, the Duchess of Queensberry met Soubise and persuaded the Captain to part with him as she found the boy ...
Posted in Africa, Beauty & Fashion, Black Britain, Black History, Black History Month, Caribbean, Community, Education, Europe, Men, Slavery
Posted on 06 April 2009. Tags: Black, Blacks, History, Notices, ethnicity, magazines, notice, race, revellers
Keeping my eyes open after a short time doing other things last week, hey, a boy has a life you know! I noticed this fantastic set of magazine scans from the 1950s.
Whilst the magazines reflect the times, I simply revelled in the photography and typographic layout, something many modern magazines seem to have forgotten about ...
Posted in African American, Arts, Beauty & Fashion, Blackpresence Supports, Education, Media, Men, News, The Americas, Women
Posted on 30 March 2009. Tags: Bia, Disney, Inter racial, Media, Movies, Racism, Tiana, cartoons, kids, race
Now that Disney have finally stepped up to the plate and produced an African American Princess, is everyone happy?
Of course not, there are those who don't like the African American Princess Idea, those who don't like the fact that she doesn't have a Black Prince.
Can Disney ever please everyone, probably not.
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Posted in African American, Arts, Beauty & Fashion, Black Blog Posts, Business, Education, Entertainment, Movies, Racism, The Americas, Women
Posted on 19 March 2009. Tags: African American, Black History, Women, black women
America’s history is replete with women of color standing tall – from Sojourner Truth to Michelle Obama and all in between, Black women have been the glue that have held the Black family together in the face of adversity. Although women in general have not received proper recognition in our history books, there are a ...
Posted in African American, Beauty & Fashion, Education, Politics, The Americas, Women
Posted on 19 March 2009. Tags: Africa, African American Artists, Art, Artwork, Fabric, Folklore, Sea, Sea people, black women
Mermaids and Merwomen in Black Folklore
Avery Research Center
125 Bull St.
(843) 953-7609
www.cofc.edu/avery
Cookie Washington has imagined what life might be like as a water goddess, ruling the seas and the hearts of men. She describes her new quilt and doll exhibition at the Avery as her "baby," seven or eight years in the making.
Initially, it was hard ...
Posted in African American, Arts, Beauty & Fashion, Blackpresence Supports, Caribbean, Community, Education, Women
Posted on 16 March 2009. Tags: African Civilisation, African history, Arsinoe, Black Egypt, Cleopatra, Egypt
Cleopatra, the last Egyptian Pharaoh, renowned for her beauty, was part African, says a BBC team which believes it has found her sister's tomb.
Queen Cleopatra was a descendant of Ptolemy, the Macedonian general who ruled Egypt after Alexander the Great.
But remains of the queen's sister Princess Arsinoe, found in Ephesus, Turkey, indicate that her mother ...
Posted in Africa, Beauty & Fashion, Community, Education, Middle East, Students, Women
Posted on 05 March 2009. Tags: Brown, Gossip, Music, Opinion, Rihanna, RnB, celebs, showbiz
Is it me or has everyone just about gone nuts over this story? Whilst I don't seek to belittle what seems to have happened, I think we need to put it into context here.
We need to remember the ages of the people involved. Chris Brown is just 19 years old and Rihanna is ...
Posted in African American, Arts, Beauty & Fashion, Caribbean, Women
Posted on 03 March 2009. Tags: Afro beauty, Black, Black Beauty, Blacks, Economics, Hair, Women, fashion
Black woman….Does it matter how you wear your hair? natural, relaxed, weave or whatever.
Posted in Beauty & Fashion, Community, Women