It’s International Women’s Day today and to honor all the brave women in history who fiercely raised the bar while wearing braids. Even though braiding started in “Africa with the Himba people of Namibia,” accordingContinue reading
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JJ is a Univ of MD BA journalism degree holder who is also a recovering attorney, currently running her own digital media company. She fancies herself a social media butterly and tech inclusion advocate and enjoys writing about pop culture, politics, braided hair, parenting, fashion, celebrity and lifestyle topics on various forums including her family of blog properties.
Mattel’s Top Selling Barbies Aren’t What You’d Think {Black History Month Barbies Reveal}
Inclusivity pays dividends and that’s perhaps why Barbie continues to release new dolls that reflect the diversity of the world. Last year, a curvy black Barbie with an Afro and a Barbie who uses aContinue reading
Watch Oscar Winning ‘Hair Love’ {Video}
Former Ravens NFL Linebacker player Matthew Cherry grew frustrated with the way Black hair was portrayed in the media and so he came up with an idea for an animated short about a man strugglingContinue reading
‘Black’ish’ Star Marsai Martin is a Braids Ambassador
It’s been a while since I assigned the status of braids ambassador to a celebrity and after scoping the candidates, I think that Black’ish star and “Little” producer and star Marsai Martin is deserving of theContinue reading
How I Styled My Lemonade Braids While On Vacation
I just came back from vacation. I wanted Lemonade braids and to have them installed via crochet versus as individual braids because it takes 2 hours for the former and about 5 hours for theContinue reading
Spotted: Ghana’s Year of the Return’s Best Hair & Fashion
This week wraps a year round commemoration of the 175th anniversary of the first slave ship from Africa landing in Jamestown, Virginia with a campaign by the Government of Ghana, West Africa inviting the diasporaContinue reading
Let me Be Your Holiday Hair Muse {Shop the Looks}
JJBraids Rewind A few years ago, I started this hair beauty blog named for myself dedicated to ethnic braided. I’ve worn my hair in variety of braided styles for over a decade and usually getContinue reading
Miss Universe’s Short Cropped Crown and the Changing Pageant Beauty Standard
Tonight, South African contestant Zozibini Tunzi became the new Miss Universe while competing in a crown of her own natural short cropped hair. While beauty pageants, generally, are having less viewership as society moves awayContinue reading
Gabrielle Union’s AGT Firing: On Versatile 4C Hair Being ‘Too Black’ {Video}
Actress Gabrielle Union reportedly got axed as a judge on the NBC talent competition show America’s Got Talent for wearing “too Black” hairstyles, among other reasons, multiple news outlets are reporting. In an article byContinue reading
25 More Ways to Style Your Faux Locs
I have faux locs in my hair again. One thing followers of this blog can rely on is that I will share my haircare finds and tips as I discover them or use them onContinue reading