Talk Back Tuesday's - Read All About It

So Talk Back Tuesday is all about books or resources that are out there to help us sunkissed momz raise resilient and strong sunkissed girlz.

I found the perfect book at Amazon.com to help us kick off the first Talk Back Tuesday.

The book is by Dierdre Glenn Paul and it's titled Talkin' Back: Raising and Educating Resilient Black Girls. I love this book for our first edition because it focuses on involving parents and caregivers in taking a stand in the lives that our teens live.

Check out the book here and let us know what you think after you've read it!

Transitioning Tuesdays - Lets Get Started (7 Easy Steps)

Alot of you have posted questions on the Sunkissed Girlz Facebook Fan page about transitioning for relaxed to natural hair. Let me first say that there are TONS and TONS of websites and resources out there and you should feel free to choose the resources that is best for you. There will be a few that I really like listed below.

Here are some simple and easy steps to take with your transitioning process:

STEP 1: Stop putting chemical relaxers in your hair.
STEP 2: Deep condition your hair weekly and moisturize daily to keep your hair from becoming dry and brittle.
STEP 3: Find a hairstyle that is easy to manage and will accommodate the transition. Braids are a good transition hair style.
STEP 5: Trim your hair every four to six weeks to remove dead ends and gradually cut away at the relaxer.
STEP 6: Once you have at least two to three inches of newly grown hair, attempt to do the big chop.
STEP 7: Style your newly cropped hair with twists, small afros, scarves and other hair accessories.

Transitioning Resources (not entire listing)
o http://clutchmagonline.com/
o http://www.urbancurlz.com/
o http://thenaturalhaven.blogspot.com
o http://keepitsimplesista.blogspot.com
o http://www.textureplayground.com/blog/
o http://newlynatural.com/blog/
o http://www.curlynikki.com
o http://www.afrobella.com
o http://www.honeybrownsugar.com/
o http://www.motowngirl.com

Are Sunkissed Momz Blogging?

There was an article this past summer titled Black moms who blog? Michel Martin explains why there aren't more, which insinuated that black moms were not blogging or that there were not that many of us out there blogging. Wonder why?

I think that our presence does need to be beefed up and emphasized more on the net, with issues that are relevant to our families and children.

Read the article here and come back and let me know your thoughts.

Welcome

Hello Everyone!

Welcome to our humble, humble blog.

Just to let you know a little about us:

We started out with a website for girls called Sunkissed Girlz in response to the lack of media (i.e., books, television shows, Websites, magazines) designed to meet the unique needs of Black girls, particularly needs around caring for and styling natural hair.

Alana Jones (13 years old) co-founded Sunkissed Girlz with her mom Yanique Redwood. She wanted to find a fun way to meet other girls just like her and talk about issues related to being an African-American girl. “I like sunkissedgirlz.com because it’s a place where girls my age can do almost anything from playing online games to blogging about hair and fashion. This site is designed by girls for girls. That’s what makes it cool.”

So now we have this site designed by moms and for moms...so welcome and let us know what you think. Please allow your Sunkissed girl to check out Alana at www.sunkissedgirlz.com