Yippie hooray!

Natural hair is definitely a journey. Gotta celebrate exciting pitstops on the proverbial road as they come!

BIG DAY TODAY: I’m Officially Becoming a Natural

05.16.2012 my milestones

Every since the doing my big chop, I’ve embraced my identity as a natural through and through EXCEPT for one place: with the state and federal governments. All of my pieces of official government identification still have pictures of me with my relaxed hair on them. Today we are starting to change all of that.

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COLOR ME RAD: Lola De-Virginized (part 2)

03.26.2012 color

Let’s see…now where did we leave off in the story of Lola’s virgin color. Oh, right. Me leaving you hanging for three days waiting for the final color pictures! Muahahahaha…sorry about that, but wait no longer!!

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COLOR ME RAD: Lola De-virginized (part one)

03.23.2012 my lola

Three weeks ago, a teeny weeny ‘i need to color my hair’ seed was planted in my head at ABS in Chicago and yesterday it finally came into full bloom! Marie France, my Madusalon stylist, has long told me that color would be the next inevitable step in my natural hair journey so when the itch finally came about I wasn’t terribly shy to scratch it. Yes, there was a bit of an identity crisis, but per the support of you my readers, I moved forward and did the damn thang!

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Hair Color is TOTES Happening for Me. TODAY.

03.22.2012 my adventures

Thanks for all of your thoughts and words of advice regarding my little existential crisis last week regarding hair color, but sometimes a gal just says eff it and goes for the gold! And in this case, I’m going for a rich hue of coppery-cinnamon brown. I’m nervous, but here goes! Woo hoo!

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Lola Be Damned. Lola Be Faded.

12.12.2011 events

So the Nzuri show was great and I’ve got hundreds of pictures and vids to edit and organize, but first things first: LOLA HAS A NEW LOOK.

I’ve had Damn envy for months since meeting the Damn Salon ladies in February. A couple weeks ago I facebooked Mushiya (founder and owner of the Damn Salon) with this message:

“Mushiya. I’m inspired. it involves me, you, and a pair of clippers. call me.”

….that vision happened and here’s how it all went down. We call it: THE DAMN FADE

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LOLA2.0: two years natural and counting!

11.29.2011 bloggin'

Looking back on this past year of natural, I’ve traveled A LOT in the name of natural and I’ve been so lucky to see, experience, learn, and connect with naturals all over the country. Here’s a vid of my adventures with Lola in honor of my 2-year natural-versary!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOLA!!!

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