South African Company Sells Slave Ship Ironing Boards
Dunia in mambo. Maid in Africa is a Cape Town based company that sells colourful and quirky knick knacks, apparel and household items. It also sells these iron boards with the image of a slaving ship....
View ArticleQuickie: Alison’s New Scent Free Coconut Oil
Follow my blog with Bloglovin Happy New Year! We start the year with a quick one. You know how a lot of you hate the strong smell of coconut oil, especially from the brand Alison’s? Well, you can now...
View ArticleNew Comers Orientation Part 2: Common Ingredients in Natural Hair Products
Becoming ‘ingredient literate’ isn’t as easy as ABC, but just like you needed to learn your ABC’s to read stuff, you need to know a few basic ingredients if you want to read through the lines of what...
View Article9 Steps You can Take to Become a Chic Afropolitan in 2016
Being afropolitan is a bit like being Nairobi; savanna grasslands with peaceful grazing zebras meets city landscape with noisy matatus. Africans are arguably one of the most culturally diverse people...
View Article2 Methods Guaranteed to Make Your Wash-Days Faster!
Section, pre-poo, detangle, wash in sections and secure section, deep condition for 30 minutes, rinse in sections and finally apply several layers of product before twisting in many tiny twists for...
View ArticleAnne Kiguta Rocks Her Natural Hair on Prime News and We are Not Commenting on it
Yes,this is us not commenting on it. This is us, not saying a thing about how great her hair looks, because it doesn’t come as a shock to us that it does. We are also not mentioning how refreshing it...
View ArticleNatural Hair: Flaw or Perfection?
Now, unlike many Kenyans, I have never been a reader of newspapers…or a watcher of news (but that’s a story for another day), so I certainly ascribed more meaning than perhaps was necessary to my...
View ArticleHave You Watched War Room? Here’s One (Fun) Reason Why You Should
War room is an American, Christian drama that came out late last year and has been doing the rounds among evangelical churches in Nairobi. Written and directed by the Kendrick brother’s (Fireproof,...
View ArticleRelaxed Hair Tips: Do it Like a Natural – Moisturising
I don’t want to brag, but I’m a natural born swimmer. Back in my primary school days, I won the first race that I begrudgingly took part in. Naturally, I never practiced again – if it ain’t broke…...
View ArticleShort Hair, Don’t Care
“Why did you cut your hair?” I often wonder if other people get questioned about their choice of hairstyle. For instance, if you decide to braid your hair, do you get asked by acquaintances why? If you...
View ArticleNewcomers Orientation Part 3: A Definitive Guide on Hair Typing (Plus the one...
For all the air-time that hair typing gets in the natural hair world, it’s actually a non-issue among most Kenyan ladies. To us, your hair is either hard or soft, give or take a few adjectives like...
View ArticleFeel Like Quitting Before You’ve Even Started? Read This
The good book tells us that “my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge”. Now, at the risk of sounding preachy, I have to say that we do destroy our hair because of lack of knowledge. Chatting with...
View ArticleWinnie of Bintis Nut Butters
Tell us your name, age, occupation, and where are you are from. Hi! My name is Winnie. I’m 23 years old and I am the founder and manufacturer of Bintis Nut Butters. I’m from Nairobi, Kenya. What was...
View ArticleBeautiful and Fierce: Hairstyles Across the African Continent
There are a lot of traditional practices in our different tribal cultures that need to be left alone – female genital mutilation, early marriages etc. But does that mean we have to let go of the...
View ArticleThe Versatile Two-Stranded Twist
It's been ages since we posted in this blog! We could list out all the reasons, make excuses, ugly cry for forgiveness... or we could just forget the awkwardness and carry on? Cool? Great! We shall do...
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