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1BlessedNatrual: Gabrielle Union Comes Through with the Natural Hair Inspiration! (photo cred: Instagram) Gabrielle Union has been showing off her natural hair on social media! Did you see her puff? Poppin'! The Being Mary Jane star also posted photos of her hair in Afro puffs and a curly fro. March 1st of this year, Gabrielle Union launched a natural hair care line called Flawless. The 44-year-old actress explained her reason for creating the products. On Instagram, she said, "As a woman with textured hair, the search to find a brand that meets all of my needs has been impossible. That's why I created Flawless." In 2011, Union posted pictures on social media of her long natural hair straightened after removing a weave. The actress says she cared for her hair while keeping it in the protective style. On Facebook, she said,"Around 25 years old, I stopped using relaxers and slowly grew my hair out." 1BlessedNatuaral: Gabrielle Union...

1BlessedNatural: Being Mary Jane Highlights the Struggles of Young Black Natural Haired Women in the Workplace (photo cred: BET) This week's episode of BET's Being Mary Jane showed how Black women are often judged based on their age, skin color, and natural hair ( appearances in general) in the workplace. On the show, Mary Jane (Gabrielle Union) met with her team to discuss ideas for her return to her TalkBack show. When a young Black woman with natural hair by the name of Nina (Makeda D e clet) walked through the door, the reason for her presence was immediately questioned by her new co l league s.This represents the real-life struggle of many wom e n, especiall y Black women in America.  Nina received questions and comments from her new colleagues including one of the producers who was an Asian man named Young Jin. He questioned the 21-ye ar-old's ag e and expressed that she represented a demographic that he already represented in their group. Next, a B...

1BlessedNatural: Gabrielle Union's Weave Confession on "Being Mary Jane Hits Home for Many Women Last night, Gabrielle Union revealed her natural hair on the BET hit show Being Mary Jane. Union, who plays "Mary Jane" stood in the mirror with her huge Afro while finding out that her stylist was canceling her appointment. After calling her niece to redo her sewn in weave, Mary Jane confessed that she was "terrified" to go to work without it because she thought people would think she wasn't beautiful. She would just be "normal." I'm glad Being Mary Jane addressed this common occurrence on national television, because a lot of women can relate to it. Mary Jane's confession rings true for a lot of woman who wear weaves, and I've known many of them. Some may feel like their hair is not good enough. Others may feel like they need to wear a weave because they've worn it for a long period of time. It becomes a part of the...