1Blessed Natural Mag

1BlessedNatural:  (photo courtesy of Flickr- Gage Skidmore (cropped) - under the   CC BY-SA 2.0) Yesterday, TMZ reported that Halle Berry took her ex-boyfriend, Gabriel Aubry to court because he allegedly straightened and highlighted their 6-year old daughter, Nahla Aubry's hair.  According to the report, the judge ruled for the parents to let the little girl's hair grow out naturally. While I think a court visit to make a decision about her daughter's hair is a bit excessive, I agree with Ms. Berry all the way! Their daughter is too young to use harsh chemicals on her hair. Also, fathers' opinions of their daughters can have a large effect on their self-esteem. If the report is true and Gabriel Aubry really straightened and highlighted his daughter's hair, I believe he's dead wrong. We're suppose to be teaching the youth to love themselves. According to TMZ, Berry's words were that Aubry who is French-Canadian was trying to make their lit...

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...