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,...
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Erin Dames
- Jan 31, 2017
- 2 min
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...
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Erin Dames
- Jun 28, 2016
- 1 min
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...
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Erin Dames
- May 31, 2016
- 2 min
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. ...
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Erin Dames
- Apr 19, 2016
- 2 min
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...
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Erin Dames
- Mar 22, 2016
- 1 min
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...
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Erin Dames
- Feb 23, 2016
- 1 min
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...
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Erin Dames
- Jan 26, 2016
- 1 min
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.
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Erin Dames
- Nov 17, 2015
- 1 min
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...
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Erin Dames
- Oct 20, 2015
- 1 min
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,...
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Erin Dames
- Jun 2, 2015
- 2 min
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...
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Erin Dames
- Feb 13, 2015
- 3 min
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...
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Erin Dames
- Feb 10, 2015
- 1 min
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...
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Erin Dames
- Dec 6, 2013
- 1 min
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...
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Erin Dames
- Nov 27, 2013
- 2 min
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...
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Erin Dames
- Nov 20, 2013
- 1 min
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...
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Erin Dames
- Oct 22, 2013
- 1 min
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...
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Erin Dames
- Oct 15, 2013
- 1 min
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. ...
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Erin Dames
- Oct 8, 2013
- 2 min
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!...
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Erin Dames
- Oct 1, 2013
- 1 min
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...
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