Jill // Natural Hair Style Icon
Where do you live? J: I live in Virginia but I REP Ghana! Right now I’m just going to school and taking care of my
Where do you live? J: I live in Virginia but I REP Ghana! Right now I’m just going to school and taking care of my
Where do you live? I: I am a high school student in Memphis, TN. I am reppin’ Memphis! I am half African American and half
Where do you live? A: I am reppin BMORE and I still live there! I was laid off at the end of 2009 and I
“Beauty is all around us and it doesn’t come in just one cookie cutter image. It sounds cliche but there truly is beauty in every
It’s Sunshine! You can find her in the May issue of Essence in a feature on natural hair! Sunshine debuted her big chop on BGLH
Where do you live? S: I am from Flint, Michigan. I am an Assembly Worker at General Motors and I have a B.S. in Criminal
Where are you from? S: I’m originally from California, grew up in Los Angeles and knew that as soon as I graduated high school, I
“The process of going and staying natural has been really empowering because I took power away from society and I kept it for myself. I
Where do you live? R: I am currently living in Southern Illinois. I’m a graduate master’s student studying history at Southern Illinois University. My home

The lightness of my skin doesn’t make me any less black than I feel, and the way I wear my hair doesn’t make me any
I love that I have accepted what others may loathe about their blackness. I truly love my hair. Where do you live? T: Maple Shade,

Melanie was featured in our Natural Bride series. She’s back, by popular demand, to talk about her hair in detail. Where do you live? M:

I had to ask myself why I was in my 20s and had never seen my natural hair. It made me examine the ways I
Where do you live? J: I’m actually an Uptown girl, I live in Harlem, NYC. I’m known for doing quite a bit… everything from songwriting