In this personal essay, PS Juntos director Johanna Ferreira shares her journey of getting blond highlights as a brown-skinned Afro-Latina.

“Bleaching on curly and Afro hair can be harmful when you’re already ... “If you want to go from brown/dark brown to ash blonde, it’s not going to be an immediate process.

When you are used to keeping your natural hair, especially those with an afro or those who shave regularly ... start noticing the strands are looking brown and not as healthy as they were.

Angie stood ten toes down in her natural hair. Her classic natural brown Afro was nothing short of iconic, a halo that seemed to glow around her as she sang some of her most memorable songs.