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Hair Love: Showing love to our #girldads.
Watching Oscar-winning animated short film, Hair Love by Matthew Cherry is truly a heartwarming experience. It tells the tale of a Black...
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Mar 25, 20202 min read
Ahead of the curve: Our predictions for this year's top 3 hair trends
We have it on good authority that 2020 is the year we all live our best lives. No more worries about what other people think of us, what...
MPL Hair
Mar 18, 20202 min read
How to properly detangle even the toughest hair
I’ve seen many good clumps of hair spiral down the drain at the hands of a frustrated naturalista whose arms are too tired to even care...
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Mar 11, 20202 min read
Eating for Growth
I bet you’ve heard the saying ‘you are what you eat’ – if you haven’t, welcome to the club of unfortunate decisions. Thankfully, we can...
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Feb 26, 20202 min read
Braided History
The world of hair is an exciting, explorative and creative one with many trends and fads coming in and out of style like bellbottoms. One...
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Feb 19, 20202 min read
Hair & Romance: Date night hairstyles
Valentine’s Day is around the corner so you know what that means right? Date night. While you getting together an outfit can be...
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Feb 12, 20202 min read
Post-Holiday Hair Care
New year, new you – with damaged post-holiday hair? Doesn’t have a cute ring to it huh? The holiday season can cause some serious damage...
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Feb 5, 20202 min read
10 Tips for Healthy, Natural Hair
Wearing your natural hair is no longer a look reserved for the afro-centric or pan-African woman only. The natural hair movement has...
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Jan 29, 20203 min read
Has your transition year finally arrived?
Usually, the starting point of a natural hair journey is the “big chop”, it will certainly get you used to deal with your natural hair in...
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Jan 22, 20202 min read
3 Easy & Cute back to school hairstyles
Now that December is a memory, can you believe it’s back to school already? As you get your children ready to do go back to school, it’s...
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Jan 15, 20202 min read
Self-Care and Hair
Self-care is not the same thing as self-pampering or self-indulgence, and it doesn't have to cost anything.
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Aug 28, 20191 min read
The Myth of Overnight Hair Growth
Hair growth is always the centre of hair conversations especially when looking at healthy afros and curls.
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Aug 21, 20192 min read
Go back to Straight: Natural hair guilt
Natural hair has become a symbol of pro-blackness for many women and having a healthy, thick afro is a crown of honour.
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Aug 14, 20192 min read
Not Natural Enough
Black hair has been a politically charged subject and with the natural hair movement, there’s not been a time where black hair has been more
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Aug 7, 20192 min read
Using MPL products to ensure healthy hair.
A common lie that we often tell ourselves is that we do not need to do anything to our hair while it is in a protective style…
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Jul 24, 20192 min read
Winter Hair Care Routine
The cold and dry winter days are slowly creeping upon us. The cold season has some negative effects on our hair...
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Jul 17, 20192 min read
I hate what my stylist did to my hair, now what?
We’ve all had that nightmare where we wake up with our hair completely fallen out or shaven off.
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Jul 3, 20192 min read
Struggling to sleep? Alternative ways to catch more ZZZs
The effects of a good night’s rest stretch from greater concentration to more glowing skin. Something that isn’t talked about enough, in...
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Jun 26, 20193 min read
#HairGoals 4 Natural Hair Influencers
Since the advent of social media, we found a place of inspiration for our hair goals. You just let your thumb do the scrolling while you...
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Jun 19, 20192 min read
10 Memes That Accurately Show Our Hair Chronicles
We all have anecdotes to share about growing up with ethnic hair in a society that didn’t quite cater to it.
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Jun 12, 20191 min read
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