Solange on racism, how to rock an Afro puff, life lessons from Luuvie, and more.
Solange writes a seriously real piece on racism and how she handled a recent encounter at a concert with her son.
Author: Solange Knowles
Outlet: Saint Heron
In "And Do You Belong? I Do", Solange Knowles gets real and personal about her experiences with racism, recalling multiple instances—like the time an officer told her that her neighborhood was blocked for residents only, despite the residents tag on her car. The artist goes on to share a very recent event in which a group of women yelled to her "Sit down now, you need to sit down right now" and threw a half-eaten lime at her because she was dancing ... at a dance concert. "You know that you cannot speak to them with out it escalating because they have no respect for you or your son, and this will only end badly for you and feel it's not worth getting the police involved. So, you are hoping they will hear you this way," Knowles writes. She admits that her reaction would have probably been much different had the incident taken place at an earlier point in her life, but this time she realizes that "the biggest payback you could have ever had ... was dancing right in front of them with my hair swinging from left to right, my beautiful black son and husband, and our dear friend Rasheed jamming the hell out with the rhythm our ancestors blessed upon us saying… We belong. We belong. We belong. We built this." Read the full story here.
@saintrecords / Via instagram.com
Ambrosia Malbrough shows us a fail-proof way to achieve her high Afro puff.
Channel: Ambrosia Malbrough
Outlet: YouTube
We can always count on Ambrosia Malbrough to give us LIIIIIFE! The YouTube and social media star does a quick and easy tutorial for achieving this chic Afro puff. She applies a little oil and edge control to an old braid-out, stretching her hair up into the direction of where the puff will be. She secures it with a hair hook, but naturals can also use any elastic hair band. The size of the band will vary depending on how full your natural hair is. Watch Malbrough get the quick and easy style here.
Ambrosia Malbrough / Via youtube.com
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