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Back To Curly is a blog written & brought to you by Chai - workbody, daydreamer, resident New Yorker. Natural Hair is my niche

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Hello, Weekend!

It’s a long weekend, y’all – and if you can’t get excited over this mere fact, what are you waiting for? I’m getting a head start by finally treating the toes and digits to a much needed pamper &...

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Print Envy

I’ve been slightly obsessed with prints and pillows for what seems like a few years now. With the BAM Dance Africa Festival only two wondrous days away, seems as if it’s the only thing on the...

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Favorite New Things: A Moisturizing Co-Wash that works!

Let me just preface this by saying that I’m typically not one to get excited when a product for naturally curly hair ‘works.’ Just don’t. Mainly because the now old adage is ridiculously true, and...

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Summer Style Options – Up-Do Edition

Truth time! I have long been the exception to the unspoken rule for naturals during the summer. What do I mean? Well, ironically, winter is the season where you’ll typically find me rocking the...

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on a positive note

Today, I figured it would be the best idea to sneak into this Monday, instead of leaping in & causing a stir. The plate will remain full (sometimes that’s just fine), & the intent will still be to...

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I’ve always been about the kind of life that allows you the time and day to reflect, power down and treat your self to the simple treasures. In this case, my day has long been Sunday. I prioritize,...

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Back in the Chair: The Salon Experience for Naturals

I’ve always been one to take my salon experience seriously. Blame it on this inherent fear of leaving your precious locks in the hands of the unknown, but a small itch of trepidation always tends...

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Solo For You

Solange is one artist who has been on the ‘one to watch’ list for some time (still groovin to TRUE) & seeing this new spread in the June Issue of InStyle + Complex Mag are giving me a new...

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Chai’s Length Check + Trim Results

The photo program I use to hoard and process all pictures for this blog has been giving me the finger for the past week or so, therefore I hunkered down and did my best to bring you guys a video...

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Don’t Forget To Let Go…

I’ve recently returned to an old love of collecting notes, writing down phrases and quotes that would enable me to see things more clearly. I’m a collector, of many many things, including journals,...

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The Reformed Foodie

It’s been a while since I posted any recipes from Chai’s kitchen. The oven doors that were once happily open to experimenting with a myriad of recipes has been unofficially closed for some time,...

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Note to Self: Relax

This past weekend I did that one thing I vowed to do each year, and that is to embark on a journey or a place I’ve never been before. The year has started of on a quiet note, with work picking up &...

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Wanderlust at Work

This weekend I decided to take a road trip with a few co-workers and immediately thought back to last summer when I took one of the most incredible trips; away from the city, away from the beat...

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My First Job

To think back on my first real paying job brings up the fuzziest of memories. I was in High School, 16 and urged a good friend to sneak me into this special program where I heard an actual paycheck...

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Mum

Today, while putting together arrangements for a special Mother’s Day treat at work, I realized just how fast the day is approaching! It really is one of those holidays that creep up so quickly,...

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Sneak Peak: FroLush

I began writing a post on Fro’s latest adventures complete with an obnoxious array of hair pics from every.which.angle. But, alas. iPhoto has called my bluff and refuses to bow down. Therefore, the...

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[on a positive note]

“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity.” – Melody Beattie I’ve had this quote...

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Lush’s H’Suan Wen Hua Conditioning Treatment

There appears to be this on going debate as to whether pre-poo treatments are in fact necessary. Can applying a moisturizing concoction to hair strands prior to cleansing make any difference? If...

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Chai’s Picks! 5 Favorite Blogs

When I first began blogging over six years ago, rarely did I glance or ‘follow’other bloggers. Granted, the landscape was drastically different compared to today. Social media, big brand...

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Hello, Weekend!

Hands down. The best part about this week? This here video by the crazily talented pair Janelle Monae & Mama Badu. How many times you s’pose we play this before the weekend’s out? I literally sat...

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That Spring Feeling

Cutie pie desktop wallpaper via Jess We’re only one day into the month of May and already there’s a strong sense of anticipation in the air as to what the rest of the year will bring. The hippie...

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A Ruby then a Woo

Well, hi there! My name is Chai (Chatel if you’re fancy, my Mum or reading my byline) and there’s this small confession I have to make. I am addicted to challenges. Yes! You too?! Okay, so here’s...

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[on a positive note]

I won’t lie, it’s been a busy few days here on the BTC end. Whew! In between undertaking a few personal projects and meeting deadline after deadline, this thing called sharpening your creative edge...

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Hello, Weekend!

Can we all just admit it’s been one of those weeks where, if we come out on the other side, the side where smiles from friends and family (maybe even co-workers) keep us grounded and sane, that...

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Favorite New Things

I’ve never had much love for the hair spray. Even circa relaxer wearing days, the tacky, sticky feel was never worth the wear. Lest we not confuse hair spray with ‘sheen spray.’ Now, sheen spray…I...

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An Oversimplificatio n of Her Beauty

This’ll only take a minute. First, grab a pen + mark your calendars = then go see this beauty of a film on April 26th. The buzz has been steady since debuting at the Sundance Film Festival a few...

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[on a positive note]

Happy Monday!! This weekend thoughts of escaping and planing and plotting and running away occupied much of my space. And in my heart of heart’s I know this is a VERY good thing. Entertaining one’s...

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Hello, Weekend!

How was your week? Mine ended on a rainy note; we’re talking serious downpour, yellow cabs splashing buckets of rain water on perfectly clean jeggings. But the in-between? Was oh, so sweet! I’m a...

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Self Defined Natural | Addicted to Cyn

It’s been a while since I introduced you guys to a gal that is self defined, amazing, inspiring and smart to boot! I’ve been a loyal reader for what seems like eons, and was thrilled to include her...

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Hello, Weekend!

Print Envy

Favorite New Things: A Moisturizing Co-Wash that works!

Summer Style Options – Up-Do Edition

on a positive note

The Pampered Life

Back in the Chair: The Salon Experience for Naturals

Solo For You

Chai’s Length Check + Trim Results

Don’t Forget To Let Go…

The Reformed Foodie

Note to Self: Relax

Wanderlust at Work

My First Job

Mum

Sneak Peak: FroLush

[on a positive note]

Lush’s H’Suan Wen Hua Conditioning Treatment

Chai’s Picks! 5 Favorite Blogs

Hello, Weekend!

That Spring Feeling

A Ruby then a Woo

[on a positive note]

Hello, Weekend!

Favorite New Things

An Oversimplificatio n of Her Beauty

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Hello, Weekend!

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