0 Black Women Rocking Grey Hair

Whether they started greying in their teens or are at the cusp of the middle years, many Black women are choosing to rock their greys.

Does grey hair make you feel old for your age?

Do you think it makes a Black woman look more distinguished (think Donna Brazile)?

While you may not obsess about it, most of us need practical advice whether we choose to dye our greys or keep them untouched.

In general, black hair can be vulnerable to over-processing. If you are like most of us, you are processing your hair in some way (either straighteners, hot combs, or a combination). If you have a weave, you'll find yourself watching out for new growth AND greys.

What can a Black woman do to keep her grey hair untouched beautiful and healthy?

- Moisturize, moisturize, moisturize! Make sure that you use natural oils such as olive oil and coconut oil in addition to your store-bought moisturizers.

- Get a great hair cut or style! Just because your hair is grey doesn't mean that you should have a dowdy cut.

- Keep your trims up to date! Grey hair can be dry and break easily.

- Accessorize! Get fabulous with a beautiful scarf or ethnically-inspired jewelery.


Image Courtesy of Glamspirit and Stylist.com

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0 GEEZ-UZ! What the *bleep* is going on?

I didn't post anything when the billboards accusing black women of being the MOST DANGEROUS PLACE for black babies to be was in the womb of a black mother. Considering the fact that a "black" baby is only referred as such when they are in the stomach of a black mother. Where else would they be? And where the hell do you want to put them? Incubation chambers?


This discussion seemed to go nowhere for me. I was clear about my opinions and spoke about them often in my little group.


I did not post anything when reports came out saying single black women with more than 1 child were more likely to have children from multiple fathers. What the?! To a simple mind this information says, black women are out there having sex out of wedlock and producing all kinds of fatherless babies. There is no regard to the obvious lack of information, specifically how said woman came to be a single mother (death, divorce, taxes) or  if she remarried and had more children but the marriage ended (again death, divorce and taxes). 


I took the high road and discussed marriage instead. After all, most conservative minds would agree that it is the best environment for raising a child.


Then I get online and people are going on and on about black women losing their hair.

A recent study (click here for the abstract) published in the Archives of Dermatology makes the conclusion that continuous use of hairstyles that cause traction (pull on yo damn roots) will eventually result in hair loss on the top of your head, or in scientific terms central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia.


I'll be damned! You don't say? Obviously all the blogs and forums (or is the plural fora? Hmmm)- here, here and here - online and black women talking about hair have not said this for years! And NO, you don't get those little pus filled bumps if you have diabetes, we all get them when the hair is too tight.


And for all the naysayers who said we were being too sensitive about the billboard, and then about abortion (including the recent claim that black women are hookers) and now we're bald, what do you think now? Are we still being too sensitive? In the words of Lenese Herbert on the Facebook page of ForHarriet.com, 

The MSM doesn't love or care about us at ALL. So, I regard this reporting as the type of "interest" and "concern" that makes me paint invisible lamb's blood/cross myself/light a bazillion candles/clutch my four-leaf clover/pray to all the saints in Heaven to prevent "the sickness" from seeping. Beware Trojan Horses; something else is afoot here; trust.

I'm keeping alert and I hope you are too.


I just wish that for once these studies would speak to a few black women and see what their sense of the situation, any situation is. We've been yelling online and even though Dr. Kyei is a black woman, hers is one voice that is geared to a particular audience, not the entire African American community or the African woman in the diaspora in general.

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0 Coming out of my scalp

So... a few years ago, after a bout with a polluted city and stress a crop of resilient white hair began to emerge from my scalp. While it seemed spread all over my head, it congregated at the front of my scalp to announce to the entire world that I was no longer a teenager (shut it!). I did something about it. L'Oreal and Clairol were staples in my hair routine. It seemed that I had to get my hair done every two weeks and the chemicals in the products started to weaken my hair.

Last week I decided to try something else.

I mixed it up, let it rest, soaked my hair in it and then rinsed it out.

The dye went EVERYWHERE and the entire process took so much time I thought I'd never be done with the hair! Anyway, it was a mild success, of course my roots are already showing and some of the hair turned a weird reddish brown, but over all I'd say I was successful.

Have you tried using black henna on your hair? How did it work out for you?

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