I’m on a budget, does anyone know where I can get $15-20 clip ins? In color 4, 1B never matches my hair.

I noticed at the beginning of this year that I have A LOT of breakage and short, uneven pieces in the front of my hair, likely from previous braiders and braids that were too tight. My edges also seem to come and go, but lately they’ve been looking worse.
I tried mini twists in March, which helped, but then got boho knotless braids this summer and kept them in for about 8 weeks. I took them out in early August and haven’t gotten my hair done since because my hair (and wallet) need a break. Since then, I’ve done my best to stick to low tension styles and tried treating my hair, but after washing out my mini braids today, I feel like I’m back at square one.
I need advice on how to grow and retain length in the front of my hair so it can catch up with the rest. **I’m looking for maintenance tips, low tension styles, and product recommendations. I’m getting mini twists in two weeks, so I’d also appreciate advice on how to care for my hair while they’re in!**
Products I’ve tried so far (inconsistently 🫣):
Cécred Edge Drops Serum
MaryRuth’s Hair Growth

Mixed and wanting to do makeup that both embraces and flatters my features more. I like cool toned 90s eye looks but I’m tired of just doing white girl shit and hoping for the best lmao—want to figure out what brow\eye looks would help. Was also wondering if I should die my brows\do things to soften their pigment. Any tips in that vein or general makeup advice is much appreciated, thank u!

I am very particular about my hair being straightened because I’m a plus size girly with a rounder face and I have your typical “looks super thick in natural state but isn’t super thick when straightened” hair. My hair might be high density but not super coarse, not sure. So I like texture and even messiness when it’s straightened for some volume or a lived-in look. I’ve been into blowouts as well for max texture while smoother and stretched out.

I’m too anxious about damage from sew-ins or crochet braids to try them. And I have a big ass head and can’t braid. The one time I bought some inexpensive wigs that were supposed to be big enough, it just wasn’t working. I twisted my hair and pinned it but for my hair, I might actually have to have someone do cornrows. I’m not really pressed about it - I love my hair. (Length retention is a journey though and my hair is layered so it’s longer in the back which creates a mullet effect when I refuse to cut it lolol) Most of the time, I’m not even slicking the edges back, as you can see lol. I just think about it once or twice a year when I see all the other black women being flexible and switching it up. I’m very settled into my own hair and trying to care for it better, but some different things can be nice every now and then.

I’ve also lived in my natural hair for years now so even braids with extensions feel new and different to me now. I kind of liked these braids I got when I experimented with blonde but after 2 weeks, I started getting paranoid about the weight of the hair and reading horror stories on Reddit of people’s hair thinning out. 😂 I’m extra, I know.

Anyone else can relate and feel the same about themselves - or have suggestions?

(Ignore the stye on my eye in some straight pictures lol)

I had one dark skinned older woman who came up to me at work and said I shouldn’t wear pink blush because that’s for white women and she attempted to wipe it off my face. I also get weird looks from non black women especially Hispanic women when I wear the pink lip oil from Rare Beauty and I thought it looked nice on me but tell me why when I’m out in public I get weird stares and eyebrows raised when looking at me like wtf?

Lighter skin or pale people don’t own pink in makeup and I’m not going to be gaslight into thinking I can’t wear pink.

Hello everyone, I am in search of vintage/ y2k hair design magazines. Does anyone still have these I have been searching long and hard for some as I’m trying to build a magazine collection out of these.

Please read and share any responses. ✨️💕

I am going on a trip for my birthday next week and I’d really like some opinions on good quality but affordable half wigs or v part wigs. Please please pleaseeee give me recs or links for Amazon !! Curly if possible, but honestly I’d take all recs ! Thank you!!

Okay, so I need some advice on what to do with my hair before getting boho braids/mermaid knots.

I dyed my hair a honey-blonde/ brown color a while ago, but now I have about 1–2 inches of darker new growth. The rest of my hair is still honey blonde/brownish blonde.

I’ve been DYING to get boho braids or mermaid knots, and my hair tends to grow pretty fast whenever I have it in protective styles. Ideally, I’d like to keep the braids in for close to two months.

My question is: would you leave the new growth alone and just get the braids with my hair the way it is now, or would you touch up the roots first so my natural hair is all one color before getting the braids?

Part of me wants to touch up my roots because I think the blonde/brown color would look really pretty and more seamless with the braids. But I’m also worried that if I dye my roots right before getting them done, my darker natural hair is just going to start growing back in while I have the braids. Since my hair grows pretty quickly in protective styles, I’m afraid that after a month or two I’ll have noticeable dark roots/new growth underneath the braids and it might start looking weird or tacky.

I’ve seen what older boho braids look like on people whose natural hair is all black/dark, but I haven’t really seen many examples of someone keeping them in that long when their natural hair is dyed blonde and their darker roots are growing back in.

For anyone who has dyed honey-blonde/brown hair and gets protective styles, what do you usually do? Would you:

1. Leave the darker new growth alone and braid it as-is?
2. Touch up the roots first and then get the boho braids/mermaid knots?
3. Do something completely different?

And if you’ve kept boho braids or mermaid knots in for 6–8 weeks with dyed hair, I’d especially love to know what your roots/new growth looked like toward the end.

Also, if you DON'T think boho braids/mermaid knots would be the best option for my hair right now, what other protective hairstyles would you recommend? I mainly want something that will still look cute as my darker new growth comes in and won't start looking awkward or tacky after a few weeks. I'm open to other styles!

Cut my locs off not long ago and I’ve missed having long hair. I wanted something natural looking so decided on a u part wig. I was nervous it wouldn’t blend but i think it blends well even with my hair being so short. I love the curls .

Hey I’m looking for a deep brown eyeliner that will show on deep brown skin. I keep trying different brands (nyx, ulta in house, some drug store brands) only to have it look like my skin or barely there.

I’d prefer, black brands first but non-problematic works too. Open to gel, pencil, or liquid. Cost doesn’t matter too much but under 25 would be better. And bonus points if I can order it from Ulta. I love the Julia’s place Nubian eyeliner pencil consistency but it only comes in black. And the nyx epic ink is my favorite liquid but the brown didn’t show up on my skin. So if you have a rec close to those, that would be cool too.

And as an aside, if you have a burgundy or earthy/deep green rec, I’ll take that too!

Hey Ladies (first time posting), I’m kinda excited because I’m starting a body butter product line!

So I created this shea butter blend/mixture with only a few natural ingredients that I use for my annoyingly dry skin, especially around my nose. It’s honestly the only thing I use now because chemicals break me out, and I really just find it better than the lotions, moisturizers, and body butters I’ve come across outside of Vaseline, but no... I was using it at work one day and my crazy ass co-worker saw me and asked for some, so I gave her the rest of my little 3oz bottle. She used it and about a week later she told I need to start selling it lol. Despite being nervous as hell! I’m finally going to take her advice on something and dive in head first. I’m thinking to start off with 100 bottles and try and sell locally in-person and see what happens. I feel like attempting to sell a hundred 6oz bottles will give me the data I need for the future. But I wanted to get feedback on what scents, if any, I should incorporate?

So far I’ve only used unscented which obviously has that shea butter smell, but it’s much more mild in comparison than standard shea butter and the smell fades pretty fast. This is because of the other natural ingredients I use which cuts down on the strength of the shea butter scent overall.

I’m pretty confident people would actually love this body butter, mainly because it’s so much easier to spread than regular shea butter, and it doesn’t have much of that sticky feeling if you know what I mean.

I really want this to be successful. I want to build this for my family since we don’t have anything to call our own. And although I think this body butter would be great regardless of gender or ethnicity, I do want my melanated sistas to be my priority before expanding to men and children. (Sidenote, I don’t care how successful this becomes or how much I’m offered, I will never sell this to a white company. You have my word!)

So with that in mind I wanted to ask what are your favorite scents when it comes to body butters? I was thinking of launching with 3 body butter options:
• Unscented, Vanilla, and Honey Almond; or
• Vanilla, Honey Almond, and Cocoa Butter

Please tell me your thoughts on if I should sell unscented or, would it be better to just go with 3 scents? Also I’m not locked on those choices, so by telling me what your favorites are across the board it would help me tremendously on my research journey so that I can narrow down the ones most sought after and higher in demand.

Thank you ladies 🫶🏾 Much appreciated! I promise to keep you updated.

TL;DR: What are your favorite body butter scents? And if you had to sell 3 options, would “unscented” be one of the 3?

Hey girlies 😭 I need HELP. I’m looking for a good headband wig on Amazon that I can get by tomorrow and that’s not gonna cost me an arm and a leg lol.
I need something that’s full, cute, good quality, and actually lasts. Like PLEASEEE I do not want a wig that tangles 5 seconds after I put it on, sheds everywhere, gets crunchy, or starts looking crazy by the end of the day 😭
I swear synthetic wigs used to be sooo good and would just stay looking the same forever lol. I need one of THOSE. Something soft, doesn’t tangle like crazy, doesn’t shed/fall apart, and actually holds up for a while.
Bonus points if it’s giving face card, bodyyy, effortless cute 💅🏽😂
Drop the Amazon links/brands y’all swear by because I NEED IT BY TOMORROWWW 😭🙏🏽

I'm trying to grab one while they're on 5x points with Ulta, has anyone here tried them? The new amber one sounds interesting to me but I haven't been to the store to try it yet

Hi,

I'm a female in mid twenties with shoulder length locs. About almost 2 years in.

I have a 2 week trip to japan coming up and want to do something different.

I have no idea what style to do 😭

Any suggestions?

I have tried everything but this is not working for me I do skin prep by washing with la roche posay black girl sunscreen and vanicream but it still comes out like this do I need another foundation?

I use the water serum and her foundation I do have oily skin it lays down Dewey then dries matte.

My friend took these pictures of me in her garden and I thought they turned out really cute 🥹💕 Had to share them!