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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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My Natural Hair Identity Crisis! Help Me!

03.15.2012 my lola

Most often when we refer to “natural” we’re talking about relaxer-free, naturally-textured hair. That’s what this movement is all about, right? Giving up chemicals in order to set our kinky, coily, curly heads free. But there are certain hair practice techniques that call my own personal definition of “natural” into question. In particular: COLOR.

To color Lola or to not color Lola– that is the question!

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Let’s talk about why I love this haircut.

02.15.2012 my lola

The Damn Fade was out, my hair hadn’t been trimmed, and I had 48 hours in which to get Lola in shape for my trip to NYC. Here’s how I got Lola trimmed, clipped, shaved and ready to go!

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