If you are half as obsessed with afro hair as me, and you want to learn more about your own hair, and others textures, you must visit the ‘Good Hair Festival’ in Amsterdam’s Tropenmuseum this weekend.
Why are we so fascinated with hair, what are the hair facts, the differences, and similarity between black and white.
As part of the exhibition ‘Black and White’, The Tropenmuseum has a full program this weekend.
At the Mirror, ‘The Hair Convention’ I saw some beautiful new products, brands and hairstyles. But my eye caught these beauties…..
Not wooden, but bamboo combs. I have heard over and over again, that wooden combs are more hair friendly, but they are harder to find.
Why wood? Wood does not create static electricity, which causes a loss of the hair’s energy to the brain. Wooden bristles gently massage the scalp and move natural oils through the hair. This aids in blood circulation, excess sebum absorption and the removal hair impurities. Massaging the scalp helps promote hair growth and stimulate acupressure points. When exposed to a blow dryer, the brush stays cool because wood does not conduct heat. When hair is wet the wooden bristles glide easily through the tangles. Some wooden brushes and combs are naturally hypoallergenic.
On April the 13th and 14th Amsterdam hosted it’s first ‘MIRROR’ The Hair Convention in Kromhout Hal Amsterdam. With a professional team who are responsible for the Modefabriek, which has the reputation of being one of the most important fashion venues to attend, they now developed an event for the professional hair industry.
No need to travel to London or Paris to see international top artists. MIRROR brought them to Amsterdam! hairdressers, trendspotters, bloggers and vloggers attended the inspiring event. From workshop, speeches by international hairdressers to refreshing hair shows for less.
Ok, for me an ‘out of the box’ blog. I never review movies, and I try to stay away from racial issues, since I was raised with non, and am not confronted with racism in my daily life. And because I was convinced that we, 2014, are past that, and should not dwell on it much longer..
But Yesterday, I attended the pre-viewing in the Netherlands, of ’12 Years of Slave’. I had to attend because I wanted to see what all the fuzz was about. And who is this new ‘it-girl’ Lupita Nyong’O? Is she really that good?
I bumped into this commercial and I was wondering if there are any natural Black Hair Beauty’s that are willing to share their experience with me! Please leave a note!
http://youtu.be/kpRspt7zqIM
Wow, the hair! An afro in politics. With articles by Washington Post tittled: ‘With the de Blasios, ‘locks on the national stage’’, and the New York Time naming Dante de Blasio on ‘most influential teens’ list, it is clear that The famously photogenic only son of Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio Dante de Blasio, son of the next mayor of New York, has made a statement with his hair. The publication singled out the younger de Blasio, 16, as the “city’s latest fashion icon” and noted that his “now-iconic Afro” was even lauded by President Barack Obama who previously admitted: “Dante has the same hairdo as I had in 1978. Although I have to confess my afro was never that good. It was a little imbalanced.” (Malia Obama is also on the ‘most influential teens’ list by the way).
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Can I touch your Hair? How often did you get that question?
In this Video, actress Aasha Davis, best known for her roles as Waverly Grady on Friday Night Lights and Chelsea Lewis on South of Nowhere is also producing and starring in a web series featured on YouTube called The Unwritten Rules, which is based on series creator Kim Williams’s book 40 Hours and an Unwritten Rule: The Diary of an African-American Woman.
About this Video ‘Let’s Talk About Hair’ she says: I’ve often been put in situations where I have to explain my hair for sake of being polite to co-workers. This video was basically my life for two years. But by way of being put in those situations, I’ve actually discovered that I really like talking about my hair. It’s something that’s beautiful and something that I’m proud of, and I like sharing it with other people, hence un-ruly.com.
Photographer Endia Beal has work on quite a special photo shoot this summer. White middle aged conservative looking women, but with a twist. They all got a hair make overs. And not just any make over, no. This time, their hair was styles like a Cornrows, finger waves, afros. She wanted them to see how it would look to dress as a black woman while at work.
It is not totally strange to see white women with black hairstyles. In The Netherlands Anouk was rocking dreads for a white, and Avril Lavigne is one of many stars to have been spotted with cornrows and who could forget Bo Derek’s famous ‘do? Even Christina Aguilera once rocked an afro. And most recently Dolly Parton was rapping at Queen Latifah with a blond afro..
People that have visited this site/blog before already know. It is no secret that I am a big Solange Knowles fan. Her album True, brings a smile to my face, and seeing her live at Bitterzoet in Amsterdam, was one of those concerts beyond a pleasant surprise. Remembering her open for Destiny’s Child at the Ahoy stadium years ago, and seeing how she has developed in such a role model working mom. Love it! And had to share it with ya’ll.
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