If you’re in Louisville, Kentucky, you may want to check out one of Rukiyah’s glamor parties. Rukiyah, a loc rocker, throws glamor parties where she does your makeup and takes your photos. She also provides prints of high quality photos for a very reasonable price. It’s awesome to see all of the afro textured hair that showed up; there’s even a woman who rocked it bald and beautiful. The next one will be held on March 6th, 2010 at Blue Monuntain Coffe House which is located at 400 East Main St.
If you would like to attend the next glamor party, RSVP on Facebook by going here. Also be sure to check out her website. Here are some of the photos from the past two glamor parties:
I got soooo frustrated trying to keep up with the health of my hair after moving away from home. I got mismatched touch ups at irregular intervals for two years, then out of desperation and undergrad poverty, I decided to cull out ALL of the relaxed hair to start over. After living with my short, natural hair for about a week, I decided I didn’t need another relaxer or texturizer. Ever.
I wash my hair about once every 2 or 3 weeks and I co-wash it every 4 to 7 days if I’m wearing it out. I de-tangle in the shower with a large tooth shower comb and plait it in 4 sections for styling later. I rinse with cold water. I go back and forth between protective styles like twists and up-dos and wearing it out in wash and go styles. I use creams and leave in conditioners mostly, and apply oils and natural pomades last, or by mixing them in with my leave-ins. I use Ecostyler, IC Fantasia, or Kinky Curly for hold with my wash and go’s. I trim my own hair about every 6 months or more often if I have knots or issues de-tangling. I tend to cut scraggly ends as I find them with my pair of professional shears. I wrap my hair in a satin scarf every night, usually piling my hair on top of my head.
I love that I can accept a compliment on my hair or looks with total dignity and honest gratitude. I like that I can be an example for so many peers and young women who need to know about alternatives to conforming to mainstream beauty standards. I love that I am free to swim, or dance/work out, or smell fresh from head to toe, or go from daytime to dramatic in 2 seconds. I love being free from any costly alterations or routines that effect my self esteem.
People always ask me, “How did you get your hair like that?” and without I thinking, I proceed to tell them how I achieved the style I am wearing and it’s maintenance aspects. Some follow up with asking how to go about transitioning. And again, I just explain ways to transition with the end result being cutting off their processed ends and having a head full of natural hair.
problem with common, natural afro hairstyles. Black females in particular were given slack for wearing small, clean-cut afros. The ones who wear locs weren’t shown much mercy either, as many of them were forced to cut them off.
In this post, we’re going to focus on the Jet Magazine covers from the year 1970. This is the year that Jet Magazine began going full throttle with the afros. The first afro of 1970, on the cover Jet magazine, was none other than Angela Davis, with the last issue of the year (in December) showing Jackson 5 on the cover.
This is also the decade that Blaxploitation films were created. The Blaxplotation genre was created to target black people. Not only did the movies star blacks, but the casts were mostly black as well. In these films, you may often find various characters who proudly rocked their afros. 
