I’m sending thanks out to Nikki of http://www.curlynikki.com/ for allowing me the opportunity to be a guest blogger on her website.  She has a terrific blog, where she features beautiful natural ladies from all over the nappy community.  Her site is a must see.  While your there, you can check out my article here: http://www.curlynikki.com/2010/08/nappier-than-expected-syndrome.html

It has been a while, but I am posting to announce that I am relaunching my archived Val & Nadine comic strips on this website. For those who do not already know, Val & Nadine is a comic strip I started back in November of 2005.  The comic was initially created with those wearing their natural hair or transitioning to natural hair in mind, but addressed all sorts of issues.

Val & Nadine are best friends, whose friendship is put to the test when Val decides to cut off her relaxed hair and go natural.  Nadine, who insists on chemically straigtening her hair is focused on convincing Val, that there is no way that she (Nadine) could ever go natural.  Val also faces opposition from her boyfriend Tommy, who was in love with Val’s long straight hair, but finds himself suddenly faced with Val’s short kinky hair.

Available now, get all of the Val & Nadine comic strips in one collection (bound or digital copy) here: Val & Nadine book.  The printed copy features over 200 pages. Please do not forget to check back for archived Val & Nadine comics.

Hello, naturalness fans. I am Coco, younger sister to LV Burns, and I have been recently added as a new writer for Naturalness. I just wanted to take a moment to introduce myself and tell you a little about me.

I started my journey to naturalness in 2005. I had my last relaxer in August 2005. I transitioned for a year by getting my hair pressed every two weeks. I chopped off what was left of my relaxed hair on December 23, 2006. I wore my hair natural for 3 years then had a temporary lapse in judgment and in March of 2009 I messed around and relaxer my hair again. With the return of all the breakage and dandruff I hadn’t seen in 3 years I realized it wasn’t such a good idea and refused to put relaxer on my hair again. I transitioned for about 6 months and chopped it off again September 19, 2009 and I am continuing my journey through naturalness today.

View my journey through pictures on YouTube, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyPq7ws9FlY.

No, my website is still basically the same. I’ve just decided to post all of my new updates into a simpler format. I am going to be trying new things with the website, so I wanted to make updating a little easier.

What new things? Well, being natural now for almost 4 years continue reading …