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Naturalista Boss Chic on a Budget - top 3 tips to put your best self forward at any income level.
Okay, real talk time - being a naturalista boss chic can be tiring as hell but oh so worth it! Figuring out the how-to is crazy though,...
Erin Dames
Feb 28, 20172 min read
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Boss Chic, Naturalista Style - Top reasons for being a leader in style.
It's true. A lot of startup company founders decide that the need to put a proper face (or at least a washed face!) forward is less than...
Erin Dames
Jan 31, 20172 min read
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Confessions of a Naturalista, Volume 5.
This thought comes in the minds of many an ultra short-haired naturalista who has made up in her mind that she's going to keep a short...
Erin Dames
Jun 28, 20161 min read
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Busy naturalista life - dressing up the TWA.
So I've gone, bitten the bullet and done the big chop. Now what do I do? Every Friday when picking out my outfit for weekend drinks. ...
Erin Dames
May 31, 20162 min read
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The teeny weeny afro (TWA) - keys to maintenance.
Okay, not a lot of people are like me - many people love the thought of spending an entire day (sometimes two!) in the hair salon...
Erin Dames
Apr 19, 20162 min read
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Confessions of a Busy Naturalista, Volume 4.
Wow, feels so good to take out my twists/braids/knots and see all the growth and progress my hair has made, now to get my hair all...
Erin Dames
Mar 22, 20161 min read
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Confessions of a Busy Naturalista, Volume 3.
This confession is borne from the mind when it (and the body) is pressed for the time needed to maintain natural hair and sometimes the...
Erin Dames
Feb 23, 20161 min read
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Confessions of a Busy Naturalista, Volume 2.
When people ask to touch my hair, that's when I want my laser vision to kick in and burn them. Right between the eyes especially.
Erin Dames
Jan 26, 20161 min read
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Confessions of a Busy Naturalista, Volume 1.
First confession on the list happens to be inadvertent warning to those with inquisitive hands: Where's my butter knife to catch someone...
Erin Dames
Nov 17, 20151 min read
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Introduction - Confessions of a Busy Expat Naturalista.
As a naturalista, maintaining (or transitioning back to) natural hair is a daily journey - physically and mentally. When I say mentally,...
Erin Dames
Oct 20, 20151 min read
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A Few Top Essentials for the Busy Naturalista
There are more than enough blogs on the world wide web about natural hair, its maintenance and growth, new styles, you name it. I can't...
Erin Dames
Jun 2, 20152 min read
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Background to Hair Chronicles...
I read a lot of websites and blogs on natural hair, most of which come with a tale of the author's or webmaster's journey - most of...
Erin Dames
Feb 13, 20153 min read
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3 years and counting...
March 2008... my last BC (big chop). It was nothing but blazing heat in Cape Town, South Africa when I sat in the stylist's chair and as...
Erin Dames
Feb 10, 20151 min read
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The Circuit Train
I should have done this yesterday but sometimes life and blogging clash with one another. As someone who works in a high-stress...
Erin Dames
Dec 6, 20131 min read
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Reflections on Hair Chronicles...
Five years and some change since the "Big Chop", and the ups and downs still continue... I've learned a lot about what products work with...
Erin Dames
Nov 27, 20132 min read
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Last Two Years in My Hair...
Create a blog post subtitle that summarizes your post in a few short, punchy sentences and entices your audience to continue reading. I...
Erin Dames
Nov 20, 20131 min read
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Requiem to a Ponytail.
I don't care for regaling people with stories about how my hair used to be this long besides mentioning it in passing. After all, I love...
Erin Dames
Oct 22, 20131 min read
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How Do You Get To Naturalista Life? My Journey (Pt. 3).
It happens sometimes... you make the decision to let your hair do whatever it wants but every so often, you try to tame it, control it. ...
Erin Dames
Oct 15, 20131 min read
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How Do You Get To Naturalista Life? My Journey (Pt 2).
Hmmm... now where was I... oh yes, I had broken up with the relaxer tin and had grown my hair long all over again by the time I was 13!...
Erin Dames
Oct 8, 20132 min read
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How Do You Get To Naturalista Life? My Journey (Pt. 1).
I read a lot of websites and blogs on natural hair, most of which come with a tale of the author's or webmaster's journey - most of which...
Erin Dames
Oct 1, 20131 min read
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