Hair Envy: Erykah Badu

This week we are luuuuving Erykah Badu’s hair! She is not only a beautiful talented singer but she’s always very creative with her natural hair. Erykah has spotted locs, a huge afro and has gone bald before ; but she always keeps us guessing on what hairstyle she will wear next…

Check out these pics for some HAIR INSPIRATION 🙂

Masindi’s Vuvuzela Moment!

Masindi sent us these fab pictures of herself blowing a vuvuzela & showing her support for South Africa…The writing may be engraved on a wall for our boys but we still love em anyway. Go Bafana!!

Thanks for sending through your pictures, it looks like you  had lots of fun!

Remember, if you also want to see your vuvusela moment/ football Friday picture here on FroChic, don’t be shy to send them through to frochic@gmail.com.

Update: Grow baby, grow

Remember my “Grow baby, grow”  post a few months back, in which I vented out on how I was so frustrated that my hair was taking forever to grow?… Well, after my vent I realised that the only way to see progress is to exercise PATIENCE….so, that’s what I did. Now 5 months later, I’m really happy with the way my hair is growing, at least I’m seeing some sort of progress 🙂

Hair growth at 12 months

Rocking a twist out

Here is to another year of hair GROWTH! 🙂

My Little Champ Rooting For Ghana!

I had to share some of these pictures I took of my son at the Ghana vs Serbia game last night. He is 2-years-old and this was his first time at a soccer match 🙂

Congratulations to Ghana for winning 1-0 to Serbia…Go Black Stars!

Love,
Nangamso

All Eyes On SA! We’re Counting Down The Hours!! Whoop Whoop!

South Africa: Esther

South Africa: Clarece

"Had to rep for El Tri, since y'all already had two SA supporters, haha." Adrienne

and how cute is this:

Thank you to everyone that submitted their pictures 🙂

Feel It. It is Here!

Movie Review: Good Hair

Finally, the movie has landed on South African shores! I’m sure many of us have  all seen Chris Rock’s widely publicized interview with Oprah (where Oprah mentions that she doesn’t wear any weaves), but we kept wondering when will we get to see this movie…

Well, I got a chance to see a special screening of this docu-drama last week Sunday with a friend, who had won double tickets to the screening. When she told me I could accompany her, I was over the moon, not only because I love movies (and Chris Rock ;-)) but also the fact that it’s a movie that takes a look at the whole obsession that we as black women have with the pursuit of “Good Hair”.

In a nutshell, what I can say is: if you’ve ever gotten a relaxer or have worn a weave (especially the 100% human hair ones) before ; then you definitely have to see this movie. This movie will have you laughing and saying “oh yes!”, “I agree” & “aha” to a lot of the experiences that the other black women (and men) being interviewed in the movie, have gone through. Chris Rock also interviews a few African-American celebrities like Nia Long, Megan Good, Raven Symone (yip, that’s not all her hair people) & Ice-T, amongst others.

In the movie, Chris Rock  takes a look at WHERE 100% human hair weaves come from (you’ll be very surprised!) and also what harsh/dangerous chemicals are actually being put in our relaxers. He also interviews everyday African-American people, from barbershops and salons, who also bring in an element of humor to the movie.

The movie opened officially at cinemas on Friday, 4 June. Please go check out and let us know what you thought of it?

All I can say is that it definitely gave me more motivation to stay natural 🙂

Repost: Managing Our Daughter’s Hair

When we read this post a while ago on one of our favourites blogs, Une Autre Naturelle, we knew we had to repost it here on FroChic, seeing that we have a lot of mommies, daddies and aunties among our readers. So today we wanna share with you guys. You can read the original story (with video) here.

The night before I wash:

• I mix Castor oil, olive oil, and jojoba oil together.
• I section my daughter’s hair
• I apply the oil mixer (with an applicator) to her roots.
• I use the remaining oil mixer predominately on the ends of her hair and rub the remaining into her hair.
• After I have applied oil in each section of her hair I cover her hair with a satin bonnet and off she goes to bed

The morning after:

• After breakfast, I wash her hair with diluted castile soap
• Then I apply a conditioner mix (conditioner, coconut oil, olive oil)
• When applying the conditioner mix, I section her hair and apply in sections
• Once the conditioner has been applied I comb out her hair (again, in sections)
• I twist the hair that has been combed out
• Once all her hair is combed and twisted, I place a plastic cap on her hair & leave in for 20 minutes to 1 hour.  (to be honest, this gives me time to clean up and prepare dinner)
• Once the allotted time has passed, I rinse her hair with warm then cool water (keeping the hair in the sections)

Hair Style:

Now that I have finished washing her hair, I apply…

• Hair Milk
• Shea Butter Leave in Conditioner
• Always have a spray bottle available (water, olive oil, jojoba oil)
• I normally use a protective style with her hair – double strand twist and seal her ends with coconut oil
• I like this because I am able to keep her hair like this for at least two weeks but it can look different every day

Oils I used:

Castor Oil: Coats the hair shaft, smooth cuticle layer, seals moisture leaving hair feeling soft.  I would avoid this if you are prone to an oily scalp.

Olive Oil: naturally rich in Vitamin E, restores luster. Good for dandruff suffers.

Jojoba Oil: known to develop new hair growth by dissolving build up on the scalp, smooths out cuticles, helps hair stay healthy and clean

Coconut Oil: known as an excellent conditioner, keeps your hair free of dandruff

Much love to Daphne at http://anothernaturelle.wordpress.com/

FroChic Is Feeling It! Are You?

As you all know by now, South Africa will be hosting the 2010 Soccer World Cup which will be taking place, for the 1st time, on African soil — it doesn’t get better than that for us Africans!!

Everyone in South Africa (and Africa at large) is truly looking forward to this awesome event!

Matlhodi & I are really feeling the soccer fever and because today its Football Friday, we thought we’ll share pictures of us wearing our soccer jerseys & scarves in support of the World Cup.

Nangamso (wearing my Spain jersey and South Africa scarf)

Matlhodi (ready for the diski dance…ayooobrrr

Are you guys also feeling the vibe/fever like us?

If you are also feeling the fever, we would love to see pictures of you guys showing your support for the World Cup. Please email us your football Friday pictures to frochic@gmail.com and we will post them here the whole of next week leading to Friday’s kick-off, 11 June.

The kick-off/opening match (SA vs Mexico) will take place in Johannesburg, Soccer City on the 11th of June and the final will be held on the 11th of July at Soccer City.

Feel It. It Is Here!

 

 

 

School Bans Dreadlocks!

We came across this very interesting article from Mail & Gurdian on how a learner at Navalsig High School in Bloemfontein was expelled from school because she had dreadlocks.

The dreadlocks were mentioned in the same line as “strange cuts or silly lines or patterns in hair”. What astounded me even more was how the principal asked the learner why it was so difficult for her to “remove [her] dreadlocks and use artificial hair like other learners“! You can read the full story HERE.

It’s really sad to hear that dreadlocks are still seen as a ‘fad’ hairstyle in schools, even if they are kept neat and away from the face. Why should black girls who want to wear their hair naturally — whether it be dreadlocks, cornrows or an Afro — have to be forced to wear “artificial” hair in order for their hair to be seen as more acceptable or neater?

What are your thoughts on this?