Campus Curlies

I didn't get his name but I want to marry his 'fro. That is the kind of afro I dream of.
You know he has to sit at the back in class and at the cinema. The guy was tall too, over 6'.
Dang!!!

Hair 911- Dreadlock Edition

First of all, I'd like to know if there are any locked curlies out there that would be interested in contributing to LITK? It's an area that's been bothering me, and since I don't intend on locking Poofy anytime soon, I'm toying with the idea of getting outside input. I don't want to exclude the locked population from the target demographic of LITK.

So, if you think you can contribute and be a part of this, get in touch with me :)

Moving on. I have a hair 911 from a good friend of mine who's had dreadlocks for over 9 years (yes, nine, neuf, itoolu). Needless to say, her locs are silly long. I'm talking over two feet long. Now, the problem is that she only gets them washed about once a month when she goes to a stylist to get them twisted and braided up (>2ft long, bear in mind). She's looking for a way to clean her scalp to prevent itchiness that occurs when she doesn't clean it for that period of time. However, the cleaning method can't involve rinsing her hair because that would unravel the root twists. So basically, a dry scalp-cleansing method.

At this point, I blinked profusely and said I'd ask the readers. I mean, the closest I could think of was dry shampoos, but I don't know of any naturals that use those. I can't speak from personal experience, for as we all know, if I don't shampoo Poofy at least 3 times a week, my scalp basically riots in flakes. 

So I'm turning this over to y'all, beloved readers. What can one use to clean the scalp without having to rinse out product? I'm befuddled and perplexed. 

Don't forget, dreds, hit me up for the link-up to LITK :)

Street Curlies- @ Momma's Hip Hop Kitchen

Too cute. Too dope. 

The HIF Coils

Oh, Hand In Fro disease, how you haunt so many of us. 

Imagine my glee when my idle meddling in my hair turned out to be a useful styling aid. I had just deep conditioned with Tresemme Curl Moisture conditioner (on sale for $1.27 at Duane Reade, what!), honey, baking soda and coconut oil. I let it sit for 45 minutes, rinsed it out and slathered on shea butter. 

There I was, sitting at my kitchen table, studying public policy as my fingers crept into my fro and started twisting. I did a few finger twists, then caught my reflection and went, aha! Why not just do this all over my head?!

And so my new favorite style, based on ease of styling, was born. I just grabbed random sections of hair, no parting, no combing, and curled them around my finger. Repeat and repeat. 

Then I threw in a side parting because I've been getting bored with Poofy and shaving her in any form is not acceptable. I need more styling ideas, my attention span is suffering. 

Anyway, here are the pictures of the end result, large finger coils with shea butter, with a side parting. I just like the texture of it :)

Down The Curlicious Diva Lane

So, I was flipping through our archives, checking out the Curlicious features we've had,
and I was struck by a fact. We've spoken to several women that are rather high-profile
in one way or another. I mean, I'm not sure if everyone's aware of the awesomeness
in our Curlicious archives.

Hence, a quick recap.

Danielle Belton, the Black Snob herself :)

Leila of Black Girl Long Hair

Rita of Koko Mansion

Milan of A Grl Can Mac

Rhonda Ray of Afro City

Fellow blogger, SeattleSlim

Sasha Shae of Afroniquely You

It's late and I'm a sleepy bear (and by late, I mean not even 11pm yet I'm exhausted, don't judge me), so that's as many pictures I can copy and paste, lol, but y'all need to click on the little tab in the menu and go check out these awesome interviews and the rest of the fabulous ladies!!

And if you want to be included in these annals of fame, there's a little tab to contact us with, and we'll make it happen :)

Peace, and have fun perusing!

Ahem. HouseKeeping Excuses.

                                                Oh, Blogger. How you try my patience.

Just did this post and then promptly lost it. Aight. So.

You may have noticed that I've changed the template. Again.

Perhaps I needed to procrastinate and chose this as my unwilling victim...perhaps there wasn't enough room for menu tabs under the logo in the old template...perhaps that damn logo should have centered in the old one so I wouldn't have to switch templates simply to counterbalance it...perhaps I wanted three columns.

Anyways, here we are with the new template, and I promise I'll return the blog list soon. I see the side-eyes heading my way if I don't...

In other news, we have awesome C.Diva features coming up, thanks to some wonderful curlies I met recently, and I hope you've been enjoying the Street Curlies! I actually ran out of cards for having met so many naturals...

How have y'all been, fam?

Street Curlie- Uni Q.

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