April 26, 2014
| Janelle Sands
| Featured
Secret Curl Society welcomes Autumn and Alexis Royal, the beautiful set of curly twins. I know our curl sisters all love hearing from diverse women and girls with curls. Autumn shares about her hair, her view of beauty, and even spirituality. Enjoy! 1. Have you always worn your hair natural? Yes 2. If so, how
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April 23, 2014
| Janelle Sands
| Featured, Products
Pura Vida has done it again. We came together to bring to you one of the hottest body lines of the Beauty Industry. Moroccan Oil has launched their Body Line and we proudly present the Moroccan Body experience to the Abilene Community. The Collection Includes all that your body will need to be purified, moisturized
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March 24, 2014
| Janelle Sands
| Featured, Hairstimony, Styles
Good Day to you Bria Sands. I especially wanted to interview you as you are someone young and upcoming; of the younger generation of naturals and we want to hear from you and learn from you. 1. What has attracted you to this natural movement? I first saw the true beauty in it when
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March 17, 2014
| Janelle Sands
| Featured, Hairstimony
1. What made you want to start your ebonycurlz Facebook page? What made me want to start my Ebonycurlz Instagram page? Initially was the fact that I had decided I wanted to grow my hair out to waist length but I was really lazy when it came to taking care of it, maintaining it, and just
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January 13, 2014
| Janelle Sands
| Featured, Hairstimony
Hairstimony by Casundra Johnson 1. Tell me about your natural journey. My natural hair journey begins in 1999 flipping through one of those black hair magazines, trying to figure out what my next hair style was going to be. I came across a picture that screamed do me, do me, do me. It was a
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December 8, 2013
| Janelle Sands
| Events
In Abilene, Texas, this group of women celebrated their diversity through the unity of their curly hair. The evening was hosted by Founder, Janelle Sands, Textured Stylist at Pura Vida Salon and Spa where the Launch was held. Abilene rocked it like the big city Curl Meets Ups given by bloggers like Taren
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October 9, 2013
| Janelle Sands
| Styles
This is particularly easy to maintain as a protective style. It allows you to hydrate your hair beneath the extensions, and spare your hair from heat while still enjoying the luxury of styling your look everyday as it fits your fancy! At home instructions: 1. Hair should be worn roughly 2 months depending on the
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September 21, 2013
| Janelle Sands
| Styles
How do I maintain my braids? You must tie your hair down every night with a silk scarf. This will protect you for additional friction while sleeping and will keep your hair laying down. You can cleanse your hair and scalp as needed. What is a retouch? halfway through your style you must take down
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September 9, 2013
| Janelle Sands
| Styles
The Funky Braid-do is merely Funky braids around the face in a rounded section at the frontal part of the head shape. One side of the parting goes further back as you can see at the bottom right corner photo. What a fun do for carefree curl wearing and/or a styling break. The Rundown: This
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