"Crazy, wild and wacky hair"

Lalaloopsy has crazy, wild and wacky hair that you can bend any way you want!

I recently saw a television commercial for a doll with bendable hair. My first thought was, "This will be great for little natural hair girls". I continued watching as her hair was made into tight curls and big waves standing in a halo away from her head. My heart swelled as I imagined my lil knapsgirl playing with one in the future, then I heard the voice-over, "crazy, wild and wacky hair".


"...lots of silly styles."
I'm immediately tired. The constant microaggresions against textured hair even extend to dolls. I shouldn't be surprised our society takes every opportunity to let children of color know they aren't "normal". The message was clear to me people with hair that can stand out from their head, hair that is tightly curled is "crazy, wild and wacky hair".

I just thought their hair was cute and curly.

Homemade Natural Hair Barbie

I was amazed by by the beautiful custom Barbie dolls created by Tabloach. The dolls had braids, locs, BAAs and TWAs. I found a tutorial on how to afro-lize my Barbie.

Here she is as she arrived:

Before

And here she is after her new texture and styling:

After

You can find the tutorial here.

What do you think? :D

Beautiful babies for our beautiful babies

Comb Coils

Puff w/ twist bang

While browsing etsy I happened on these gorgeous natural haired rag dolls at GloryKids. These beauties were featured as one of Oprah's Favorite things. I love them but some may find them pricey at $40 -$150 depending on the doll. I can't help thinking that I would make myself broke so a daughter of mine could see herself in an adorable doll.

Box Braids















Princess Tiana Braid/Loc bun