No, I am not talking hair today!
Thanks to miss Bee there is a new trend on the move. During here stay in Italy she was showing off her body, she was showing off something else…This time I am talking about the Flashtatoos. Innovative jewelry inspired temporary tattoos for serious (and not so serious) fashionistas. They last 4 up to 6 days, and come in all sorts of shapes and forms.
Just like vloggers, bloggers and webshops that are catering to the trends of going natural, and making products for black beauty easier to find, events and workshops popping up everywhere around the world bringing beauty-lover together.
This documentary is a not new, but when I was talking about it yesterday, I was surprised how many people have not seen it yet.
I am not necessary a big CNN viewer, but I do love their documentaries, and this is a good example. I recommend people of all races to watch this and hope it might adjust your views.
Love,
Sprottje
With festivals like Pinkpop, Pitch, Rock Werchter, Sensation behind us, and with North Sea Jazz and lowlands tickets in my pocket, and so many other festivals to come, it reminded me of a discussion I had at Lowland 2 years back. ‘Why are there so few black people at Dutch Festivals?’.
‘Because black folks don’t like to camp’, one shouted out. ‘Because they don’t like to mess their sneakers up’ another one said. This discussion fascinated me to the extend that I made it a habbit to spot #FESTIFRO’S while visiting festivals. And so will I this summer!
But Hopefully not just me!
Dry hair. The story of my life. So a habit I should have picked up much sooner was ‘deep Conditioning’! Here is my deep conditioning hair ritual, (when I have the time)
One rule I had to stay true to is; ‘taking the time whenever I need to wash my hair’. I want to wash and go, but it better to postpone it for the next day when you do have that little bit of extra time.
I was already in love with this lady. But when a dear friend mailed me the link to this little movie on Vogue.com I had to share you with you all.
Here is an almost 3 minute movie on Lupita Nyong’o her love for braiding hair. The Oscar-winning actress demonstrates her favorite pastime with her six best friends.
Vloggers and tutorials are bombarding youtube, and I am loving it. So the upcoming months I will update you frequently on new findings. But yesterday I was pleasantly surprised that even Wholefood picked up the ‘going natural’ trend, and posted a tutorial that makes sence. Watch and enjoy!
DARE is a new concept created by Naomi Rosheuvel, better know as the designer of the label Nomi and Kimberley Willems, who is a catwalk choreographer at Runway Strutt’. Together they want to organize ‘women empowerment events, and the first edition is focused on the 5 years anniversary of myblackhair.nl
Which Dutch girl, with a great love for black hair doesn’t know Myblackhair.nl?! For those who has no idea, where have you been? Myblackhair.nl is, to my opinion one of the best and the biggest black hair and beauty online magazine founded by Aïsha en Megisa Esseboom. It focuses on hair, but also fashion, products and trends. And now that they have their 5 years anniversary, they have a great reason to celebrate.
