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Journey to Truth - The Inner Workings of a Poetic Mind


For I have Synned...
After two weeks of trying to get accustomed to my new twists I hit a wall. My hair was flat, dull and well... short. After wearing long extensions for many years, I had grown used to the look and feel of full tresses flowing down my back...more

In the Beginning

It began with a twist: Taking two separate partitions of freshly washed and deep conditioned hair, adding natural beeswax and twisting them together in a clockwise fashion...more

My Natural Hair Journey (The Disclaimer)

As you can see by the frequency of my previous blog posts, I am not one to regularly blog. However, in March of 2011 I began a journey to get to know the me behind the makeup, extensions and other facades...more

Flat Hair???
How could it be that my naturally kinky tresses do not have body? I thought that thickness and fullness of hair was a black woman's birthright...more

Names that Stick

Growing up, one never wanted to be called one of these three things: ugly, black or nappy headed. In our young minds these were synonymous... and they stuck like a blood stain to your clothes, skin and hair...more  

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lily(like the flower)

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