Your Fave Naturals Share: Tips for Retaining Length

In my opinion, the most important tip for retaining length is paying attention to how your hair reacts to certain manipulations or “situations.” If you find that you lose a lot of hair or get a lot of breakage doing twists, don’t do them as often – keep the actual twists in for a longer period of time before you convert the style to a twist out, and maintain the style by keeping your hair in a bun or pineapple at night instead of retwisting.

Update: What's Going on With My Hair?!

As some of you may know, I decided to start locking my hair about five weeks ago using the comb coils method. I know my hair is fine, but I did not know that my comb coils, especially the size that I got, would look sooo scalpy! Even though I did not like the scalpy look, I decided to continue locking because it was something I was really set on doing. About three weeks in, it was time to re-twist my hair (the new growth was insane). I thought that since the coils weren't as fresh anymore, and I had some new growth, they would appear at least a little fuller, but they didn't. After the third week, I really couldn't decide what I wanted to do with my coils-- one minute I loved the look and had faith that they would become thicker, the next minute I couldn't tolerate the look at all. Although I have fine hair (more detailed post coming soon), it appears to be thick, so it's frustrating going from this:

to this:

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Student Banned from School after Being Called 'Nappy Headed'

This is the very reason why it is so important to instill self-love in young children-- especially girls. The fact that the student's teacher clearly used the phrase as a racial slur just shows you that racism is alive and well, and despite the number of women going natural or the exposure in the media, 'nappy' is literally becoming the new 'n' word. The teacher states that the term was not used intentionally and 'came out wrong', so what exactly did she mean, then? Certain terms, such as 'nappy', are used purposefully-- to make one feel inferior and worthless, so I don't believe the teacher's explanation at all; there's really no excuse. And the fact that the principal supported the teacher's actions? Don't get me started.

What do you think?

Is this a big deal?

If Brea was your child, would you react the same way?

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