1Blessed Natural Mag

1BlessedNatural: My NEW Birthday Cards Featuring Natural Haired Characters! Happy Saturday, my blessed naturals! Do you have a friend or loved one whose birthday is coming up? If so, check out the Ruthie's Greetings Etsy Shop! I've recently added a bunch of new birthday cards that feature natural haired characters! Today, I added the "Birthday Girl" 2-pack of cards.

This Mother's Day, many celebrities took to social media to express their love for their mothers and/or children. Check out these pics from Eva Marcille, Tyra Banks, Yara Shahidi, Erykah Badu, and Lisa Arrindell Anderson:   1. E v a Marcille and her two-year old daughter, Marley Rae McCall made pizza for Mother's day.  Tyra Banks and family (photo cred: Instagram) 2. T yra Banks shared a beautiful photo of her, her mom Carolyn London, and newborn baby, York Banks Asla. Banks explained how fortunate she was and also wished all of the mothers a happy Mother's Day. Yara Shahidi and Keri Shahidi (photo cred: Instagram) 3. Y ara Shahidi and her mom, Keri Shahidi twinning. Little Shahidi wrote a heartfelt post thanking her mom for being her mom and giving her cheekbones. Erykah Badu and Mars (photo cred: Twitter) 4. Erykah Badu and her daughter, Mars in the backseat. The singer has two older children named Puma and Seven. ...

Grace Colbert in Cheerios commercial This morning, I scrolled down my Facebook feed to find a message from Fox 29 News about the latest Cheerios commercial. The commercial features a biracial little girl (Grace Colbert) whose mother appears to be white and father appears to be black. The little girl walks into the kitchen and asks her mother if Cheerios is really good for your heart. Her mother says "yes" and explains why. In the next scene, you see her father waking up on the couch with a pile of Cheerios on his shirt. I thought the commercial was very cute. It's nice to see an interracial family on television. I think many people can identify with the family. The Cheerios commercial received cheers from some people, but others weren't so happy with the family. The Daily News said, "The cereal brand was forced to pull comments from its YouTube page after a cereal commercial featuring an interracial family reportedly prompted a string of messages a...

O n June 6th and 8th, 2013 , Un-ruly.com held an exhibit called " You Can Touch My Hair ". The YCTMH interactive exhibit consisted of Black woman standing in a park. Each woman had a different hair texture including straight, curly, and loc'ed hair. The women held up white boards with black letters, spelling out the invitation, "YOU CAN TOUCH MY HAIR." Owner of Un'ruly, Antonia Opiah said, "It was a way of telling those who have stolen a touch or asked for one how it makes me and others like me feel—like an object put on display. But I also wanted to use it as an opportunity to further understand why someone might think that act or solicitation is okay and why black hair is such a novelty." Many have found the exhibition interesting, like one Twitter user: However, the YCTMH exhibit has also received backlash from people who felt like it was disrespectful: I believe the idea of YCTMH was a brave and interesting catalyst to a conv...

Since I have gone natural, I have had an increasing number of gray strands on the right side of my hair. In the beginning, I thought that it was just some gray strands. But, I found that many of the full strands were inconsistent in color.  My hair would be black from the roots, and gray towards the ends. My co-worker suggested that the sun had bleached some of my hair. This seems like a reasonable explanation; it has happened to me before. But, it could also be genetic. I did some research online and found out that this could be caused by diet and stress. I also remember having changing gray to black hair when I was a freshmen in college. I was stressed out from classes ; it makes perfect sense. This is a reminder to me that hair and body are affected by more than just products that we use.  Did this ever happen to you?