Naturally Fierce Feature: Kathleen

1. Tell me a little about yourself and your hair journey.  My name is Kathy (a.k.a Urban Beauty Within on YouTube). I was born and raised in Detroit, MI. My hair journey started because of poor hair care decisions I made in the past. 2. How long have you been natural? Have you always embraced your curls? January 2015 I will be natural for 3 years! I have not always embraced my curls. When I was growing up in the 90’s, the Spice Girls were very popular. I loved Scary Spice and the aspect … [Read more...]


Naturally Fierce Feature: Octavia

1. Tell me a little about yourself and your hair journey.  My name is Octavia and I live in California. I'm premed and I love all things hair. 2. How long have you been natural? Although I've never had a perm, the heat damage I've acquired over the years still did a number on my doo. I've been heat-free for a year and 9 months! 3. What motivated you to transition? Were you a transitioner or a Big Chopper? Why? I initially decided to go without straightening my hair just to … [Read more...]


Style Inspiration: Badd Girl. Good Hair

  Boots were made for walking by globalcouture featuring skinny jeans Vivienne Westwood Anglomania black peplum coat $920 - coggles.com H&M skinny jeans $39 - hm.com Loriblu black suede boots $555 - forzieri.com Yves Saint Laurent black handbag bergdorfgoodman.com Badd Girl. Good Hair globalcouture.net Shop a few more of my favorite coats: … [Read more...]


Naturally Fierce Feature: Reneè

 1. Tell me a little about yourself and your hair journey. Hello!! My name is Reneè Dumas also known as Shanna Reneè.  I am 24 years old. I currently live in Edgard, Louisiana. I attended West St. John High School and am an alumnus of the Class of 2007.  I also attended Southeastern University in Hammond, Louisiana to major in Mass Communication.  I graduated from River Parishes Community College (in Sorrento, La.)  in 2011 with a degree in Liberal Arts. I am also a freelance makeup artist, … [Read more...]


Naturally Fierce Feature: Ree

1. Tell me a little about yourself and your hair journey. (Name, where you’re from, etc) My name is Ree Browne. I was born in Japan. So that makes me Half Japanese and Black (African American). I was born with super straight fine hair and into middle school my hair changed to super curly.  I played 7 years of professional basketball in Europe so I washed my hair a lot and the water from other countries seem to be really hard on my hair. But the colder the climate the easier my hair was to … [Read more...]


Fashionable Friday Feature: Chrissy

Tell me a little bit about yourself. Hi I’m Chrissy! I’m 26 years old and I’m from Newark, NJ. I am a proud mother of the smartest, most beautiful 4 year old in the world! My purpose in this life is to be the best me that I can be and inspire others to do the same. How would you describe your style? I would describe my style as fun and versatile. I like to be comfortable yet chic. I don’t think you have to compromise either. I love bright colors, loud prints, and a good … [Read more...]


Style Inspiration: Keeping it Kinky

It Girl by globalcouture featuring a black skirt Polo Ralph Lauren top stylebop.com Poppy Lux black skirt $27 - debenhams.com Black booties $45 - spylovebuy.com Steve Madden crossbody purse stevemadden.com Chronograph watch karmaloop.com Keeping it Kinky globalcouture.net … [Read more...]


Naturally Fierce Feature: Nia

1. Tell me a little about yourself and your hair journey. (Name, where you’re from, etc) My name is Nia Walker and I'm from Maryland. I started my natural hair journey in 2009. My last relaxer was when my little sister got married. 2. What motivated you to go back to natural? Nothing really motivated me. I stopped getting relaxers because in 2008, I started menopuase because of cancer. It caused me to have terrible night sweats and I was needing a relaxer every 2 months instead of every … [Read more...]


Style Inspiration: All Black

  BLK. by globalcouture featuring a leather tote STELLA McCARTNEY black blazer $2,600 - net-a-porter.com Yves Saint Laurent black jeans $2,465 - montaignemarket.com Jimmy Choo black pumps $745 - cricket-fashion.com 3 1 Phillip Lim leather tote farfetch.com Tom Binns collar necklace $1,870 - net-a-porter.com Lip stain $20 - stelly.com.au Naturalista by Day Blogger by Night globalcouture.net Afro pop … [Read more...]


Naturally Fierce Feature: Shireen

Tell us a little about yourself and your hair journey.  My name is Shireen Frederick. I was born in Antigua (a tiny country in the Caribbean) but I've been a New Yorker for many years. I just turned 29 and may be going through a bit of a "midlife" crisis (which influenced my big chop). I did Business and Education in school and I think that those fields "pressured" me into maintaining the long straight hair. I recently changed my profession (again) and I'm now a Direct Care Counselor for … [Read more...]


Naturally Fierce Feature: Hayat

1. Tell me a little about yourself and your hair journey. (Name, where you’re from, etc) My name is Hayat Magan. I am of East African - Somali ethnic descent.  I am a resident of Toronto, Canada. 2. How long have you been natural? Have you always embraced your curls? I have always been natural in the sense that I have never relaxed my hair or worn a weave. However, I was uncomfortable with the curly texture of my hair, and only have truly learned to embrace and appreciate the beauty … [Read more...]


Naturally Fierce Feature: Rhonda

1. Tell me a little about yourself and your hair journey. My name is Rhonda Ray and I was born and raised isLos Angeles, CA. I have a B.A. in Radio, TV and film.  I’m a frotographer and I created one of the first Afrocentric web series  that starred 4 Natural Hair Actresses called “Afro City” 2. How long have you been natural? Have you always embraced your coils? I’ve been natural for 13 years.  Ihaven’t always embraced my coils and I was so excited to get my first perm for my 6th grade … [Read more...]


Naturally Fierce Feature: Danielle

Tell us about yourself and your hair journey.  My name’s Danielle Stewart, newly Danielle Jackson from NYC.  My blogging name is Dani-DK.com and that comes from nick names that my friends and family have called me over the years. How long have you been natural? Have you always embraced your curls? I’ve been natural for 4 years and prior to 2010 I’d been relaxing since I was 12 years old.  Embracing my curls came as a decision I made after experiencing a lot of breakage from coloring and … [Read more...]


Naturally Fierce Feature: Tori

  1. Tell me a little about yourself and your hair journey.  My name is Tori. I am a Jamaican-born natural currently residing in Dallas, TX 2. How long have you been natural? I have a little over 4 years of natural hair growth. I transitioned for a year and a half, then big chopped in January 2012. 3. What motivated you to transition? Were you a transitioner or a Big Chopper& why? My initial goal was to have healthier relaxed hair. However, I fell in love with new … [Read more...]


Naturally Fierce Feature: Keshia

  Tell me a little about yourself and your hair journey. (Name, where you’re from, etc) Hi, my name is Keshia. I was born and raised in Oklahoma. I currently live in Tulsa, OK. I'm a technical writer and in my free time I'm writing my travel blog or working out. I have been natural since June 15th, 2013. How long have you been natural? -I transitioned for approximately 6 months starting right before New Year’s Eve 2012. I big chopped June 15th, 2013. How would you describe … [Read more...]


Naturally Fierce Feature: Camille

1. Tell us a little about yourself (name, hometown, etc.) My name is Camille Lashell and I'm from a small town near Austin, Texas. Growing up I was embarrassed by my big, frizzy hair and would use tons of gel, mousse, and hairspray to keep it tamed. Talk about crunchy curls! Yuck! 2. How long have you been natural? I am biracial, and having a white mom, I had never heard about relaxers or perms until I was about 11 years old and some of my black family members told me I should get a … [Read more...]