Last week, a little girl in my local supermarket loudly declared that I had super amazing hair. Naturally I said thank you and beamed for the rest of the day. I generally tell people to ignore comments from strangers about their appearance, but this is a special sub-category of comments from strangers and should absolutely […]
AFRO HAIR & HAIRDRESSING
Today it was announced that the treatment and styling of afro and texturised hair would be included as part of the standing training for all hairdressers in the UK. On the face of it, this announcement doesn’t seem like a big deal, but it is. It’s a big deal because having afro hair has always […]
RONA AND THE FRO. MY HAIR ADVENTURES DURING THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS
I generally change my hair every few months and these days that almost always involves some form of hair extension. I’ve had my hair braided on and off since I was about 14 years of age and every few years, usually when I’m low on funds, I wish that I knew how to braid my […]
EXPERIMENTING
The whole point of this site was supposed to be as a development site where I could test out new things without causing havoc with my “real” websites. What has actually happened is that I created the site and once in a blue moon, I use it to test out a plug in before I […]
MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM THE ELECTRIC BLUE SUBURBAN AFRO
In the last few months I’ve had three very different hairstyles. I had my natural hair for a while and kept it for much longer than intended due to budgetary constraints. Having spent a couple of months with my shoulder length at a push afro I decided to make sure that the update was noticeably […]