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Circa 1943 photo of little girl with puffy braids, natural hair (photo courtesy of Flickr- John Atherton ( gbaku ) under CC BY-SA 2.0 Happy Friday everyone! Yes! We've made it through the week, lol! Thank God! Today, I want to show you all another photo I saw on Flickr which features a little African girl with puffy braids. The photo was said to be taken around 1943 and I absolutely love it. In the photo, the little girl's hair appears to be braided softly, and then banded on the ends.  The photo reminds me a lot of my grandmother. When I was a child, my grandmother used to press (hot comb) my natural hair. Because my strands were fine, my braids and twists would appear to be thin when my hair was straightened. I remember my grandmother wondering how other parents got their child's hair to puff up into thick twists and braids like the little girl's hair in the photo above. It's funny to now know that the answer was simple, but not at the time. She could ha...

1940s : African mother with her child (photo courtesy of Flickr- John Atherton " gbaku " under the CC By-SA 2.0 ) Happy Wednesday my blessed naturals! The photo above is said to have been taken in the 1940s of an African mother and her child. The mother is rocking an African Threaded hairstyle. The African Threading method is used to stretch and style the hair by using thread. It is similar to the Banding Method , but banding involves the use of hair bands or ties. African Threading is a styling technique that has been used for ages. I don't know if I could get away with wearing the exact same style outside (lol) as the mom in the photo, but I think it looks beautiful on her! Have you tried African Threading? Related Articles: 1BlessedNatural Spotlight: Connected Thread, African Hair Puff Style                         Banded and Pinned Natural Hair   ...