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Natural Spotlight: Chiteu
After a brief hiatus, it’s great to feature a Zambia naturalista, Chiteu, who we first met at the ZedHair Natural Hair Show in April this year, where she wore a gorgeous twist out. We were so pleased...
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My Year Without Extensions
The Flat twist ‘n’ curl. My absolute favourite hairstyle In early 2013, I had just taken down my fake dreads. One of the best hairstyles I have ever done, but one that also came with the cost of lost...
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Acacia Tree Hair Food
For anyone who has grown up on the African continent, you will be familiar with the Acacia tree. As a development worker, I have long come to know that when trying to improve access to water in rural...
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Short Hair Don’t Care: The Dilemna of The In-between Stage
Written by Chiteu who writes about her natural hair journey on her blog Coils and Strands So you’ve embarked on this natural hair journey, whatever your reasons for it you’re excited and love how it...
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Dear ZedHair, which products should I use for my natural hair?
Dear ZedHair, What products should I use for my natural hair? In Parts 1 of this series of “Dear ZedHair” columns we dealt with products that can be used for cleansing the hair and scalp. The next...
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Natural Spotlight: Brandi
Brandi is a natural hair blogger and new contributor to ZedHair Where in Africa are you from? I am from Malawi and grew up in the city of Blantyre. Where are you currently based? I am currently living...
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Why I Abandoned Length Checking
When people ‘return’ natural and join the online natural hair movement, one of the things that often happens is an obsession with monitoring the growth of their hair or length checking. It took me...
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Quest for the Perfect Product
My stash of products I currently use, some that I can’t throw or give away and a few that I’m still yet to try. I’m on a quest this year. I want to find the best products available in Zambia for...
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The Nappy Hair Struggle
Written by Brandi. Natural hair blogger at Soul Canvas and ZedHair contributor. I must admit, nappy hair bloggers make the nappy life look easy. And no doubt, for the most part it is once you get the...
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Dear ZedHair, which products should I use for my hair? Part 4: Leave in...
Dear ZedHair, Which products should I use on my hair? Part 4: Leave in Conditioners Read parts 1, 2 and 3 None of these leave in conditioners are available to buy in Zambia. OK this is where it...
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Photoblog: Black Women Natural Hairstyles
A major challenge in hair care is knowing just what to do with your hair at different lengths. Styling options can be hard to think of on one’s own. Which is why the internet is amazing, and one such...
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Brown Hair Don’t Care
I have off brown hair. My hair is such a crazy colour, it leaves many people shaking their heads.I love it though! I’m your typical Bemba/ tonga girl, grew up in Ibex Hill Lusaka and went to school...
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Roll, Tuck and Pin Series : Textured Crown.
Happy New Year ZedHair readers *waves enthusiastically*, My kick off post for ZedHair in 2013 will be the first in a series called Roll, Tuck and Pin. Most styles featured in this series are fairly...
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Where My Natural Hair Journey Begins – 2014 (Part 6)
“Now this is the story all about how my life got flip-turned upside down. Now I’d like to take a minute, just sittin’ right there to tell you how I came to love my hair”. Congratulations if you...
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Sibongile’s Return to ZedHair, Setback and the Road to Recovery…part one.
Guess who is back? Back again… Can I get an e-hug? (((Group hug))) I know, I know…it has been almost a year or so since my last ZedHair post. Terrible…absolutely terrible. I apologize. *sighs* Life...
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Dear ZedHair, which products should I use for my natural hair? Part 5 Oils
Dear ZedHair, Which products should I use on my hair? Part 5: Oils You may find it useful to read Parts 1, 2, 3 and 4 first. Once you have cleansed, conditioned or deep conditioned and used your...
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Quest for the Perfect Product – FREEMAN PAPAYA AND LIME CONDITIONER (Review)
Everyone knows that the best moisturising conditioner available in Zambia is TRESemme Naturals (TN) silicone free conditioner. What! You don’t know?! Where have you been hiding? TN is available in...
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Hairspiration: Teyonah Parris
The actress Teyonah Parris of Mad Men fame, made a big splash in the natural hair blogosphere when she stepped out on the red carpet rocking this updo: However as the upcoming pictures demonstrate,...
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The Chimamanda – Head Wrapping With Style
My second favourite head wrap style after The Nefertiti is the one that I affectionately call, The Chimamanda. Of course, this is for no other reason than that it is a style worn by one of my favourite...
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Style Guide – Turban Tie
A few weeks ago, we had a Natural Spotlight featuring our new contributor, Sibongile. In that post, she had a great hairstyle which I immediately fell in love with and simply had to try. Turban Tie So,...
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