emancipateyourmind: what do you think youre doing??? Are you weave checking me???  My hair is personal property! It is not a sponge, a towel, or play doh. Keep your hands off it! It is all real, and it is all mine. lol All you’re really going to do is get...

Yeah, I said it.: The natural pH balance of hair is 5. Healthy hair doesn’t begin to be damaged hair until its pH is lowered below 4, which indicates high acidity, or above 10, which indicates high alkaline base. The information gathered came from September 1999 edition of Consumer Reports...

When I was seven years old, my mother relaxed my hair without asking me. I can’t say that it was totally out of the blue as the clues were there.  Tugging my hair in resentment, her frustration with my hair—and me by extension—was palpable each time she put her hands...