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1BlessedNatural: 1BN's Lost Natural Hair Files Happy Wednesday, my blessed naturals, I found some photos of my natural hair that I don't think you've seen before. They date back to 2014. I know we could all use some natural hair inspiration, so here is some :-)  July 17, 2014 Flat twists and puff style. If you like this style and want to try it, check out the tutorial ! August 9, 2014 - Formal Puff  Updo with a flat twist (I believe) in the front October 17, 2014- my mini twists! No hair added. October 2, 2015 Twist-out- fro hawk style with a bang    March 16, 2016 Bun life - I was not in the mood to do my hair  lol.  Flat twist, twist-out on March 18, 2016 What's your go-to natural hairstyle? Related Articles: Tutorial: Puff Transformed Into Formal Updo                             How to Get a Well-Define...

1BlessedNatural: Natural Hair Inspiration from Dominique Happy Tuesday, my blessed naturals, Today, I wanted to share with you some natural hair inspiration pics of the lovely Dominique and her curly frohawk. The style was created by running two rows of bobby pins on each side of her head. The frohawk is a great go-to style. I also love her green dress! Her entire look is simple and chic! If you would like to be featured, email me at 1BlessedNatural[at]gmail[dot]com with "Natural Hair Inspiration" in the subject line.         What is your favorite go-to natural hairstyle? #naturalhairblog Related Articles: 1BlessedNatural Spotlight: Dominique's Puff with Scarf Style                             1BlessedNatural Spotlight Introduces: Dominique Smith

"Safira" (Madala) of the television show Ghostwriter created by Liz Nealon and produced by the Children's Television Workshop and BBC One If you pay attention, you will find natural hair inspiration in many places. This weekend, I became inspired by watching a character named "Safira" on episodes of the '90s television show Ghostwriter on YouTube . The show Ghostwriter was about a group of teen friends from New York who solved neighborhood crimes by using the help of their ghost friend named Ghostwriter . Safira (played by Madala ) was a 12-year old Mozambican girl who attended Hurston Middle School with the teen friends for 2 weeks, because her father was working a special assignment for the United Nations. She wore African clothing and accessories, and her shoulder-length hair was always styled in either a twist out or braid out style. Some of Safira's styles included a ponytail with a tribal print headband or the top half of her hair...

Many of us naturals have people who have inspired us in our hair journey; they have given us hair-inspiration. For me, that person is my friend Dominique Smith . You can read all about her hair journey below :-) 1. How long have you been natural? I can say that I have been natural for at least 2 years   2. Why did you decide to go natural? When I was a young girl my mother cared a great deal for my hair. But after years of combing and maintaining it, it became too much to handle. My hair was very full and thick, and my sister had just as much. So, we began to depend on the hair salon. The problem was that our hair needed the care of someone who was knowledgeable in African American hair. The guessing games began in my adolescent years, and continued on throughout college. I never had a knack for doing my own hair…that was my mother and sister's forte.. The experience was stressful; it was a burden to experience hair breakage and damage without any knowledge ...