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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...

Sonequa Martin-Green on "Talking Dead" on AMC Sunday, 'Walking Dead' star Sonequa-Martin Green appeared on the talk show Talking Dead on AMC . Green sat alongside co-star, Lauren Cohan who plays "Maggie" on 'Walking Dead'. Many of you sent me questions about the actress and her hairstyle in which I wanted to address. On the show, Green wore her hair long and flowing with a part on the side. The hair that framed her face was feathery and flipped outward.One question some of you asked was whether Green's hair this week was real or not. It looked as though she may have added hair. Although, I thought the style looked really cute on her, it would have been nice to see her rock a textured style. Green previously appeared on a taped interview segment on the show with her hair in a flat twist and bun style . One of the questions some of you asked was why do I think she did not wear her natural hair. My answer is that it's all about p...

Weave extensions worn by  (photo courtesy of Flickr: adamp1988 under the CC BY-SA 2.0 ) Yesterday, I was viewing hair photos on Flickr, and I came across a photo of a Caucasian woman wearing her hair cornrowed in long reddish, honey blonde extensions. I thought the photo was beautiful, but it also spoke volumes about the misconception or stereotype that only black woman wear hair weaves. The photo was in addition to the several memes that I'd seen across the Internet addressing the stereotype. Although the origin of hair weaving is Egypt, it is not exclusive to African-Americans. There are many misconceptions that could have lead to the stereotype. It is no secret that many African-American women are particular about their hair. Back in 2009, CNN reported that during Chris Rock's movie "Good Hair", the comedian discovered that the Black women, hair industry was a 9-million dollar industry. This number includes weaves, hairstyles, and products. Not only do ma...