Are you natural if you are texlaxed?

So you may be thinking “what is texlaxed?” and am I natural if I  texlax? The answer to that question is quite simple, no. Texlaxing your hair means to "under process" your hair so that the relaxer is not left on your hair long enough to make your hair bone straight. Your hair may still have some texture but it’s not your natural curl pattern. In order to consider yourself natural this would mean that in no way is your hair chemically processed or altered.  There are so many debates in the … [Read more...]


Natural Hair Criticism: Preference or Ignorance?

 by CluthWhen I wrote about ASAP Rocky’s beauty advice that dark-skinned women should stay away from red lipstick, more than a few readers commented saying he was just stating his opinion and he shouldn’t be attacked for it. Their thinking went: ASAP just happens not to like how red lipstick looks on darker skin tones — what’s so wrong with that?That logic reminds me of growing up around African-American boys who told me that they only found exotic-looking women with light skin tones and long, … [Read more...]