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Posted: 28 Mar 2014 07:39 PM PDT

The black women appear highly fashionable through their hair styles. Most of the black women prefer short hair styles that are highly stylish. The short hairstyles for black women are considered as the up-to-date fashion and the women try to appear elegant and stylish by cutting short their black and brown hair to the desired sizes. The short hairstyles look more natural also. However, once they opt for short hair cut, they cannot change their hairstyles frequently. For the black women who have short hair, there are innumerable options now for their hair styling. They have various options like the African style, straightened style, the bob style and many more. Short hair styles with a few layers are the most ideal styles for the black women who are small in size. By way of layering the hair looks softer. Layering is the method to provide softness to the hair. The latest short black hairstyles are considered as the ultra modern styles. Undercutting provides an extraordinary padded look and those who had opted under-cutting for their short black hair style look smart and highly stylish.

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Popular hairstyles for 2014

The choice of the haircut is very crucial for a black woman to make her hair style elegant and impressive. The black women can select their hairstyles for 2014 by viewing the gallery of short hair styles for black women. By viewing the gallery a woman can choose her haircut quickly and moreover after viewing different styles she can choose the best haircut for her. Short, medium, long, braided, curly and natural are some among the latest and the most widely accepted hair styles for black women. A beautiful haircut makes the base for a beautiful hairstyle. Naturally, the women try different types of haircuts in order to find out which style makes them appear more beautiful as well as fashionable. The black women who opt for a medium hairstyle must ensure that they take adequate care of their hair. They have to consume sufficient quantity of Vitamin B in order to facilitate healthy growth of hair. Simultaneously external care also must be taken by applying healthy cosmetics that make the hair soft and glossy.

The black women who have plans for changing their hair styles during 2014 can consider some of the shoulder length hairstyles. They are trendy, comfortable and easy to maintain. For the black women with or without curl, the medium hairstyle will be a balanced formula for both short haircut and long hair cut. Another advantage of the shoulder length hairstyles is that women can easily keep their hair neat as well as stylish just by making a pony tail instead of going to the professional hairdresser every week.

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Glamorous or sophisticated?

The selection of curled hair or straight hair for the black women depends on their preference – they want to appear glamorous or sophisticated. Curled hair makes the woman appear glamorous and the curls help to increase the volume of the hair. Those who want to appear with a sophisticated look can opt for straight long black hairstyles. Naturally black hair makes women look elegant and beautiful. The straight long black hair style will indeed boost their elegance.

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Posted: 15 Mar 2014 08:58 AM PDT

by Quia of My Jet Set Style

There used to be a time when I changed my hair every time I got paid. I've rocked a short curly natural, weaves, wigs, a precision razor cut, and have dabbled in every variation of brown in the hair dye spectrum. My hair has been short, long, real, and fake and I wore it all with pride. I even wore blond box braids in the 90s when that sort of thing was in… you know… with the black lip liner and gold lipstick, HA! I kept my friends and coworkers guessing for years and then something happened: I went corporate.

I would occasionally sport a weave in the winter (because it's warm) but soon I even stopped doing that. I had a standing six-week relaxer and cut appointment with my stylist and my Malinda Williams-esque haircut became my uniform. When I was laid off in 2010 I dyed my hair light brown, but as soon as that color grew out (and was snipped off) I was back to my dark brown hue with zero variation. I never really paid attention to it until recently when I decided I wanted to get braids to make life easier while taking swim lessons. I quickly found an affordable braiding salon near home, read the reviews, looked at the photos and made an appointment—and suddenly started having anxiety.

It's Q1, recruiting season, and whereas I don't have any job interviews lined up right now, I was suddenly apprehensive about having an "ethnic hairstyle" in front of people who would be scrutinizing everything about me, not only my professional qualifications. I felt silly. I mean, my first and last name start with the letter "Q." The proper pronunciation of my name is "Kia Charisma." I'm not fooling anyone about the fact that I'm non-white. Besides, a quick Google search will remove any mystery of what I look like. Still, I always felt like my dark brown, short hair was safer than braids, locs, or a natural that didn't have loose curls.

My rational side chided me for my thinking. I know plenty of black women who have straight-laced corporate jobs and "ethnic" hair. What the heck is wrong with me? And then I spoke to a few friends about my feelings, one of whom made her career in human resources. To paraphrase what she said: Heck yeah braids are too black when you're interviewing! It's jacked up but that's just how it is.

But it's 2014, I thought. Why should that matter if I'm qualified? I could hear the smile in her voice as we joked around about the matter, and whether or not you agree with her opinion, what she said is exactly the thinking that molded me into hair complacency. I am adventurous in my wardrobe, even while interviewing. Don't expect me to show up dressed in all black, with a white shirt. But I guess the difference in that is, I can change that in an instant. Hair is a more semi-permanent situation (see what I did there?) and I don't want the interviewers to only identify me by my hair. And now that I think of it, this whole internal struggle of mine makes the token black woman in the "workplace diversity" photos even more absurd to me. She always has a twist-out, or some other natural hairstyle. I'm shading you, corporate diversity stock photo lady. I know you wouldn't make it past the recruiter with your hair like that unless you were interviewing someplace progressive.

My dilemma followed me into my dreams, and I woke up the following day to chicken out on my mid-back, Senegalese twists. I settled on tree braids. Best of both worlds, I suppose.

Ladies, have you been in this situation? How do you handle job interviews?

Quia is a writer and consultant who blogs at myjetsetstyle.com.

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Posted: 27 Mar 2014 04:14 PM PDT

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Posted: 14 Feb 2014 09:00 PM PST

Patrice Riley remembers the hot comb sizzling through her kinky strands. She remembers her first perm and braided hairstyles.

What Riley doesn't recall about her childhood, though, is what her hair actually looked and felt like when it was just in its plain, natural state.

"It's amazing. I'm in my 30s and I'm just starting to deal with my natural hair," said the 32-year-old who made the transition from relaxed to unprocessed hair two years ago.

And Riley is not alone. She represents a growing trend in Columbus, and across the nation, of black women journeying back to their natural roots and making self-discoveries along the way.

For many, it's a long, tedious process that requires shedding a Eurocentric perception of beauty and the long-held belief that Afro-textured hair is inferior.

Historians have traced such twisted notions back to slavery, where fairer-skin slaves with straighter hair were favored over those with more African features. "Good hair" and "bad hair" became household words in the black community. Mothers began straightening their daughters' tight coils at younger and younger ages to make their hair more "manageable" and acceptable to society.

Today, black hair care is a $10 billion industry. It started in the early 1900s when a black woman, Madame C.J. Walker, popularized the hot comb and became the first female self-made millionaire in America.

Since then, black women have journeyed from the pressing comb to perms, and now they have a variety of options, including weaves and wigs, which allow versatility in hairstyles.

But the natural hair movement, which includes dreadlocks, twists, braids and afros (a throwback to the 1960s), is gaining momentum, said Nikki Jones, who works as a natural hairstylist at the JCPenney at Peachtree Mall. Even women who aren't sporting the ethnic styles are choosing to go chemical-free. They're having their hair blown-out and flat-ironed instead.

Jones said many black women are going natural because of thinning hair and breakage from harsh hair products and medications for high blood pressure and other ailments. They're not only learning to take better care of their hair, she said, but also their bodies in general.

Laketia Lee, another stylist at the JCPenney salon, said most people don't realize that what they eat has an impact on the health of their hair. She said drinking lots of water and consuming fruits, vegetables and coconut oil provides the hair with nourishment.

"So we encourage eating a lot of natural foods," she said, "and staying away from genetically modified products."

Black hair enthusiasts said women are pressured by society to look a certain way, especially in corporate America, and some struggle with accepting the natural look. They see black women in the entertainment industry, with their long flowing tresses, and think that's the standard for beauty. But in many cases, the entertainers are wearing fake hair.

Riley, manager of the Big Dog Running Company store on Broadway, said she's still learning to love the hair she was born with -- and it isn't always easy.

"Some days it looks awesome, and other days it looks unruly, and not the way I want it to," she said.

But Riley enjoys the freedom that comes with wearing her hair natural -- such as walking in the rain, running and swimming, and not having to worry about ruining a perm or pressed hairdo. And she believes it sets a good example for her daughter.

"I love the fact that my 4-year-old plays in my hair," Riley said. "I do her hair in natural styles and I want her to be free with her hair and accepting of it."

Learning the process

At the Mildred L. Terry Library, a group of about 20 to 30 women meet the third Saturday of every month for Naturally "U" sessions to help women in the process called "transitioning."

Deborah Clark, 52, a children's associate at the library, said the meetings began after a local Facebook natural hair group, "Frolific," started having sessions at the library and other venues. The library staff then decided to create a space where women could meet monthly and utilize library resources for their transition.

Candace McBride, founder of Frolific, said the group, which has 150 members, started in 2010 after she and some friends went to Atlanta for an event called Fro Fashion.

"We just liked the atmosphere of being around people that were natural, getting advice from different people, and just bringing that feel back to Columbus," said McBride, who decided to go natural because of eczema.

Twanna Moore, 35, started another Facebook group called "Columbus GA Naturals -- It's a Lifestyle." It has about 80 members and some also attend the Naturally "U" meetings.

Moore was pregnant and living in Atlanta when she went natural five years ago. Her sister, a natural hairstylist, suggested she make it permanent.

"After I had my daughter, she said, 'You don't need to put a relaxer in your hair,' and I'm like, 'um, yes I do,'" Moore recalled. "At that time I was working (as an account manager) for Coca-Cola and you know working for corporate America then, it wasn't acceptable, at least I didn't think it was."

But Moore took her sister's advice and embraced her curls.

"I began researching different styles I could do and it just led me into an array of things," she said.

When she wore the styles to work, some colleagues asked her, "When are you going to comb your hair," she said. And they asked her to wear it differently for public presentations.

"If I wasn't the person that I am, I could have easily gone back to relaxing my hair," she said. "I don't think society is willing to accept it. Although a lot of people are going to natural hair, in the corporate culture it's still hard."

Yet, she doesn't regret making the decision.

"The journey has been great for me," she said. "I'll never, ever put a relaxer in my hair again, not only because I want to be natural, but also the information I found out about relaxers that contribute to a lot of health issues."

When Moore moved to Columbus, she joined Frolific, and then started her Facebook group. Now, she runs a business called Essential Oils Boutique at 3470 University Ave where she sells natural products for the mind, body and spirit.

Moore said black hair comes in different textures and what works for one person may not work for the next. So it's important to experiment with different products. She recently started a Healthy Hair Challenge to encourage women on the journey.

"Going natural is not just something to do because everybody else is doing it," she said. "You really have to understand it's a lifestyle. So once you make that decision not to relax your hair anymore, you're going to start thinking of other things, too. You're going to be conscious about what you eat and begin reading the ingredients on the products."

Getting the confidence

Clark, who wears her hair in two-strand twists, said she wouldn't have gone natural if her hair didn't begin thinning a few years ago. As a child, her mother straightened her and her sister's hair every Sunday, while the family listened to the New York Evangelist, the Rev. Ike, on the radio. She always liked having pretty, long black hair, even though it meant enduring burns from hot combs and perms.

"My hair was always relaxed and I loved it," Clark said. "But it was beginning to thin and I wore a wig for about three years. I was like, 'Natural? No not me, I cannot wear my hair twisted like that.'"

Then one day she had to wear African attire for an event at the library so she decided to twist her hair. She was concerned about how she would be perceived by her colleagues, but was pleasantly surprised.

"I got there, and everybody was saying, 'That looks nice on you,'" she said. "That gave me confidence to take my wig off and to wear my hair."

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