The Going Natural Hair Show '08

Urbanlife aims to bring you all the news regarding hairstyles across the globe to keep us Afro Swedes in the know and looking good in 2009.

Here, Mireille Liong  gives her summary of The Going Natural Hair Show,  Manhattan, New York.  November 1st - November 30 2008

The Pursuit of Nappiness exhibit came to close with a spectacular natural hair show that did more than inspire styles for 09.
Hairstylists from Khamit Kinks, Locks n Chops, Twist and Curves.com and Riqui Lox exceeded an audience’s expectations with intricate coiffures that breathlessly captured attention.

Hairstyles from Khamit Kinks

Each and every hairstyle was a piece of art designed like a Dali painting with layers that revealed the dept of the creator’s ingenuity and even made an untrained eye wonder.

What made this hair show even more outstanding is the fact that the salons accomplished the goal without needing to attach a single hair extension or weave to any of their models’ heads. By doing so the stylists not only honored the uniqueness of the many African textured  coils, they also proofed that their ingenuity allows them to respect and perfect an individual’s natural beauty.

Hairstyles from: Twist and Curves

This is especially refreshing in a time when extensions and weaves have become the common solution to the hair issues that trouble the African American community.
The hair troubles may not be over today or tomorrow but the artist behind going-natural.com, myself Mireille Liong believe we succeeded in showing visitors of the exhibit’s program a new perspective on Black hair.



Hairstyles from: Locks n Chops



Hairstyles from: Riqui Lox

The colorful pictures were striking, the show was stunning and “bad” hair has never looked so good.



If you feel inspired by what you’ve seen, simply use the urbanlife.se business directory to find a hairdresser close to you.

And don’t forget to show them a picture!