Leigh's 2010 Hair in Review

Hi, it's Leigh - the other half of Knapsgirl.com

As the year is coming to an end, I decided to do a collage of my hair styles throughout the past year. I'm not a person that is worried about length AT ALL, I really just love having healthy, wonderful, versatile hair as you can see in the pics.

If you are considering going natural always remember that you will be able to wear your hair is so many styles! It will be so healthy and shiny if you show it love and care.

Enjoy and KEEP UP THOSE STYLES IN 2011 fellow naturals!!!!!! xoxo

Knaps featured on Naturally Curly as Curlpreneurs

Everyone knows I'm one of the hardest working women in the A, but was anyone going to tell me that my fine little company had been featured on NaturallyCurly.com. Apparently we are Etsy Curlpreneurs: Entrepreneurs with a Twist! Knaps is on the second page of the article including a beautiful product shot.

My thanks to Susonnah Gonzalez the author of the article for including us.

Lil Better Butter makes a great braid out.

L's banging braid-out

Our kind friend, L, at Natural Review by L wrote a blog entry called My Best Braid Out Ever! starring Lil Better Butter. She even notes that her camera phone photo does her second day in humidity hair no justice.

Thanks L!

Today's Hair -The CinnaBun

Style: The Cinnabun

Time to Complete: 20 mins

Products Used: water, Taliah Waajid Protective Bodifer Mist

Tools Used: Bobby pins and scarf

Reason for style: Couldn't wash my hair in morning. (too cold) and inspired by Leah and Natalie.

Lessons Learned: Co-workers said it looked like a formal updo.

Feeling frustrated, you're not alone

An adorable spoof of Solange Knowles TONY starring CREAMY (crack).

Monica is a speaker.

I was asked to be a speaker at Fro Fashion Week in Atlanta. As regular readers know I am an advocate of thrifty hair care. I will be staging a "Product Intervention" for product junkies. I won't give away all my tips here but you only NEED about five essential products.

I look forward to seeing you ladies there.

There is a Black Friday Sale on tickets. The 1st 20 people will receive 50% off! After the first 20 tickets are sold registration is 30% off for the remainder of the day! Sale starts 12 midnight to 11:59 on Friday 11/26.

Childrens Hair Care - Part 2

Moms that want this look want this look for their daughters.

I wrote previously about parents poor hair care on their children. I believe this begin with the parent ( especially the mother). If a mother suffers from hair delusion what can she offer her daughter. Hair delusions include but are not limited to the belief that all length is good, any hair that looks good is good regardless of health, straight/loosely curled hair is superior to kinky/tightly curled hair, hair texture can prevent growth and oils moisturize.

The mothers seem oblivious to the fact that the heads of hair they covet are those of celebrities. A celebrity's appearance is part of their job, they have a TEAM devoted just to caring for and styling their hair. I don't expect my hair to look like that of natural celebrities for that reason. I don't have a team of stylist. If you don't have a team why should you look like them, relaxer or not.

I believe these women place this same pressure on their child, expecting them to look like the children on the relaxer boxes. The child doesn't have a team and in most cases not even a well informed parent. They bear your disappointment through demeaning words or caustic chemicals.

If you teach these delusions to your child in addition to the messages she gets from the larger society what will she think? I have seen the results. She is a four-year -old who teases another four-year-old because her shrunken natural hair doesn't show length or swing and flow. She will call her peer "bald-headed" and "ugly". She will ask with all the malice a child can muster, "Who did your hair?". She will learn she is not perfect the way she was born and will want to let her peers know too.