Hair. You’d be surprised how often we talk about this topic in my home. With three naturally curly-haired people (well, actually all of us, including my husband, though he’s never let it grow out long enough for me to see his natural curl pattern) we’ve got a lot of product, prepping, and planning that goes…
I was rushing out the door to work when my husband stopped me with an urgent request. He says: “Hey can you do her hair really quick?” She says: “What? Just take her pick tails down and add a bow.” I had styled her hair the night before so it was just a matter of…
Dear Stranger: I know my babies have the sweetest, most delectable looking curls you have ever seen. So enticing in fact, that you may find your hands wandering in its direction. I’ve only recently began to notice just how frequently it happens. Last week we were waiting in line for a cookie at the mall when a little girl…
My whole life I’ve either worn my hair straight, or wanted to wear my hair straight. I grew up hating the two stranded twists my mom would put in my hair when all of the girls around me had beautiful straight hair. That’s what I saw. Pretty straight hair that was easy to slide their…
I’m always surprised when someone asks me where my kids get my curly hair. “Really?” I want to ask. But I guess I can’t blame them. After all, most people have only ever seen my hair in its straight state. I’ve never really regularly worn it curly in my adult life, mostly blaming that fact…
Mommy, why isn’t my hair straight like yours? It’s a question I’m dreading my daughter asking, and words I hope I never have to hear her utter. Yet I fear if she had the vocabulary, she may have asked me this very question this week. We sat playing in her bedroom, I pulled out a…
Finally got the craft bug again. Moving took it all out of me, but a huge blank wall in Lil’ J’s room was driving me nuts and I had to do something about it. Something else I needed help with? My bow addiction. I’ve realized I have a bow hoarding problem. It’s ridiculously hard for…
Washing Biracial Hair! *Update: Here is my new process for washing my now 4-year-old’s waist-length mixed hair* My daughter has extremely curly hair. People always comment on her hair, and when we’re out people ask me where she gets her curly hair (me) and if it’s naturally that way (No, I permed my 1-year-old’s hair……
He says: “… and I washed her hair.” She says: “That’s great, did you shampoo and condition it?” He says: “No I just used the shampoo.” She says: “Ok well, that’s why her hair is a big fro.” He says: “I did it on purpose, I like it that way.” Ok sure. … Well, at…
Continuing in my random series to educate those who may not know (m)any Black people, I thought I’d share a few things about Black hair that some may not know. I say “some” but I actually think a lot of people don’t know these things based on random comments I get from people. 1. Don’t…
I made a craft again and I’m feeling a bit domestic once again. Oh, and I made our lunches and cooked dinner like 4 or 5 nights in a row this week. I’m on a domestic diva role. Sure, the dinners start out frozen, and our lunches aren’t gourmet but it’s a step in the…
This one is going to be easy. I’ve been wanting to make an organizer for Lil’ J’s hair bows for a while. Last week I made a headband organizer and this week I made something for her clippes. She has tons and tons of clippies and before today, I had them all in a bucket…