A few weeks ago I shared a couple of snaps of myself rockin' one of my favorites 'hairstyles', the head wrap. People often ask me how I wrap my scarves. One particularly insensitive coworker once asked “Your head wraps… how the hell do you do that?” After which he began to explain to me how “civilized” Indian tribes adorned their heads... *insert blank stare here*. Strange and … [Read more...]
The One Thing You Must Never Ask a Black Woman to Give Up
There’s something you need to know if you love a Black woman. There is one item that she holds near and dear to her heart and it's something you must never ask her give up. This one thing is: her head scarf. Some women call it a head or hair wrap, or a wrap scarf. And others choose to put on a satin bonnet. They come in all kinds of colors, shapes, sizes, prints, and … [Read more...]