hAIR DIARIES – Becoming The Muse

Of Salon Conversations: You Too Mainini Can Be First Lady

28 Oct 202229 Oct 2022

Guest Post Woman getting twisted braids in salon says to me, "Kana nemiwo Mainini munogona kuitawo First Lady." meaning even I too can become a First Lady. I smile that…

Of No Time To Dye

29 Jul 202229 Jul 2022

Hair me out... I am thinking of scripting a James Bond inspired story... No Time To Dye

Of Dreads: The New Formal

20 Jul 202221 Jul 2022

Guest Article Dreads: The New Formal What constitutes a formal haircut? Sometime ago there was an outroar on social media about a google search result which showed black men with…

Of Outside In

...I was outsideI looked insideand I saw myself…

Of Looking At

Shifting,from looking,at myselfto looking,at the world,and the world,looking;atME…..

My hair diaries

Of Hairxpress Yourself: Africaniwa

22 Jun 202122 Jun 2021

A month ago I was invited to speak on a panel hosted by Africaniwa: HairXpress Yourself. Africaniwa is community of tribespeople passionate about photography and Telling the African story through…

My hair diaries…

Of Coffee With Reversals

7 Sep 20207 Sep 2020

If you were having coffee with me I would be happy to have you join, it’s a beautiful day the sun is shining and the bothersome crows which some to…

My hair diaries

Of Fifty Shades Of Dread #2018BOTY

Day 20 of 25 Days of Blogmas celebrating the Best Of The Year #BOTY2018 What do I know fashion and style trends....... I am Jon Snow. I know nothing https://twitter.com/Beatonm5/status/964396861963452418…

My hair diaries

Of Letting it GROW: hair

21 Jun 201821 Jun 2018

Hello...... A few questions I get asked fairly regularly include how long I have been keeping my hair, why I have dread locks and if I have any hair care…

Awards and Challenges…

Of Hair Like Mine

23 Sep 201723 Sep 2017

I am still not my hair but people identify me via my hair, some people don’t even know my name, they just call me Rasta….. me from a year…