Epic Fro: Kim Coles

The comedian/actress/naturalista Kim Coles is a new natural on my radar! I just so happened to be YouTubing one day and came across some videos of her natural hair journey and I was impressed. Usually, celebrities especially Black female celebrities don't talk about their hair struggles in an honest, relatable way but when I saw Kim Coles talking about her natural hair journey, I knew she was the real deal.

I love how she talked about how she was inspired to go natural by regular people on YouTube talking about their own natural hair journeys. I also loved the fact that Kim just does regular videos and doesn't make a whole Hollywood production of it. To me this is very organic and authentic.... just her talking to her viewers with no lights, camera, action type deal. Very cool indeed and she is so entertaining to watch. Below are some of her inspiring videos, enjoy!

Part 1 of Kim's hair journey story



Part 2 of Kim's hair journey story



Part 3 of Kim's hair journey story



Kim Coles and Felicia Leatherwood discussing the use of oil in natural hair

Last but not least: a photo montage of Kim's Hair journey so far, from December 2010 to June 2011

 All videos are reposted from Kim's channel and are owned by her.

For more info check out her website http://www.kimcoles.tv/kim-coils and subscribe to her YouTube channel www.youtube.com/user/therealkimcoles.

Epic Fro: Jill Scott

Epic Fro: Jill Scott by naturallystyled on polyvore.com

Epic Fro: Janelle Monae

Epic Fro: Janelle Monae by naturallystyled on polyvore.com

Janelle Monae is most recognizable for her fabulous naturally textured pompadour (top poof) hairdo. I like how she wears a unique hairstyle and doesn't follow trends.

Her fashion style is equally a lovely stand out. She often rocks crisp, tailored menswear influenced clothing and looks very elegant and chic.

Her personal style is truly her own and she is setting trends because of it!

Epic Fro: Wanda Sykes

Wanda Sykes, comedian and actress has the coolest, wearable Afro style I’ve seen! The shape of her fro is like whoa…very neat, rounded, has great defined curls and a great color. To me, you really can’t get more perfect than her fro and I’ve been trying to figure out how I can go about getting my hair to look similarly. However, I’ve noticed that she and I don’t have the same hair texture as hers looks like it has a looser curl pattern than mine.  

Epic Fro: Solange Knowles

You gotta admire Solange’s courage for going natural. She is in the public eye, which is a very critical eye. She is a singer, so she has to be looking on-point and everything. I remember seeing her on Oprah a few years ago when she decided to do the big chop and she had super short hair. She talked about how she was ready to do that because at that point in her life she felt she wanted that kind of change for various reasons. 

She talked about the thousands of the dollars spent, I think somewhere around $40,000 + per year, maintaining just her hair. Ouch, says the wallet! I was floored but I thought it was cool that she didn’t mind going against the grain and being herself. I think it’s cool anytime regular women or female celebrities want to change up their look and look closer to their own natural self rather than looking all glitzy, made up and fake. Kudos to Solange for keeping it real and natural!  

Epic Fro: Eryka Badu

You gotta love Ms. Badu’s daring hairstyles, from the matted, so wrong they’re right ponytails that she has sported to the fantastical fros. I admire her ability to take risks with her different looks and not care what other people think or say. She should be the example that all of us look to when we think about finding inspiration in defying hairstyle norms and go for something very daring and unique.

Epic Fro: Esperanza Spalding

Esperanza Spalding needs no introduction to the natural hair community. But for those that are not familiar with her yet, she is a young, accomplished jazz bassist/singer who seems to be just hitting her stride and being recognized in the mainstream media, probably because of her February 2011 Grammy win for best new artist.

But she has been around for a while doing her own thing with her fantastically Epic Fro! The photo of her below is an ad for Banana Republic featuring one of its stylish outfits. This ad was the first time I had see or heard of Miss Spalding and I thought to myself "wow what an interesting hair style."

That was before I went natural myself so I wasn't really into Afros at the time but seeing the ad again as a natural has a whole different effect on me now. I think it is truely an awesome hair style and she is very talented.

Epic Fro: Esperanza Spalding by NaturallyStyled on Polyvore.com

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Editorial Note: As of 12/2/2011 one of the photos above that I acquired via Polyvore is having technical difficulty for some reason. Please forgive the mess.