…Continued from Part 1 Finally December 2006 rolled around, and I traveled to Haiti to spend the final few weeks of the adoption with my daughter at the orphanage. I took down some hair stuff, but really didn’t use it much. I had thought I would just learn how to braid and twist from the […]

Written by: Stephanie Holm Owner of Snapaholics.com The first time I met my daughter in Haiti, she had had her hair recently done by one of the nannies in teeny, cute piggyback braids. I really didn’t even have to think about her hair on that visit, just over a year ago now. I remember examining […]

Written By: Kelli Williams – HairByKelli.com & SalonAmbianceOnline.com I can definitely say that caring for our little girl’s hair is a ritual. It is a special bonding moment that we can all identify with. But it’s a bonding moment that we can all look back at and laugh. As black women, we have very similar […]

In recent times, women of African descent within many industrialized nations have begun to garner significant financial, social and political standings. This phenomenon finds its expression especially within the confines of the United States of America. With the emergence of such figures as Oprah Winfrey, Tyra Banks and more recently Michelle Obama, African American women […]