Photo from Going Gray Blog I have a friend who over the years (3 decades) traveled to Khamit Kinks religiously from quite a distance to have her natural hair twisted, braided and eventually her Locs groomed. She had Locs for approximately 20 years and they were beautiful. They started out an off black color, then…
In Our Heads About Our Hair
WHAT: Natural Hair Documentary: In Our Heads About Our Hair WHERE: Brooklyn Academy Of Music WHEN: February 20, 2012 | 2:00 p.m. BUY TICKETS Did you miss our film at Reel Sisters Film Festival? Well here’s your chance to see it again. Our film will screening at the BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) in the…
Natural Hair for Winter Wear
For Winter 2011/2012 Variations on Winter Whites were incorporated to highlight the beauty of natural hairstyles during those chilly months. Milz Style -Golden and sassy! Full head weave with hair line softly blended in creating the ultimate natural look. Milz Style Sweet Pea – Single braids with curly texture hair exposed, leaving you with…
Hair Transplants for Prominent Foreheads?
This past summer while in Northern California I traveled with a friend to visit a specialist in hair replacement. My friend, as a treat to herself, has decided to address an issue that has been a longstanding source of unease and unhappiness. She feels her forehead is too large. And it is her intention to…
The Beauty of a Healthy Natural Hairline
Chubby Twist Weave For the autumn season I decided to give myself a break and wear a weave. I am loving the freedom from daily grooming as well as all the compliments I receive. The compliments inevitably lead to a conversation because those giving the compliments can never believe that what they think is my…
These Two Darlings
I don’t know who the lucky parents are of these two darlings, but there is something about their energy, their spirit that touched quite a number of people and I think I know what it is… We are all born with the innate knowledge that we are special, that we come from the Ultimate Source…
I Have Beach Hair – Who knew?
I am known as an official beach bunny! I was born in a beach town, Norfolk, Virginia which today is often called Virginia Beach. There were many beaches in that part of Virginia. As a child I delighted at the fact that my family went to the beach many weekends of the summer. In those…
Park It
Khamit Kinks is moving! For those needing parking info, see below! Our new location is at 400 Atlantic Avenue near the corner of Bond Street In the Boerum Hill section of Brooklyn Walking distance from our present location A or G train to Hoyt & Schermerhorn Hopefully this guy will be parking your car for…
To Lock again or Not? That is the Question!
My red Locs 1992 I’m going through that phase again where I find myself thinking about what I’m going to do with my hair next? And I seriously considering locking again. As some of you already know, I’ve had Locs three times before. My first set of Locs were started in 1988. I loved them,…
Black Fathers Revealed
We have a history in this country that is often over looked, under played, and ignored. But the effects of slavery is still evident in many ways these hundreds of years later. The random tearing apart of families was something only done in American slavery. And that is why our experience is so very different…
