PRETTYBLACKPASTEL Archive

Welcome to the Pretty Black Pastel Archive Blog. All of the old posts from the 1st ever blog dedicated to #BlackGirlsWithPastelHair are here! Please follow the new blog here: PrettyBlackPastel

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My aesthetic.

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Mobs lynched Mary Turner on May 17, 1918 in Lowndes County, Georgia because she vowed to have those responsible for killing her husband arrested. Her husband was arrested in connection with the shooting and killing Hampton Smith, a white farmer for whom the couple had worked, and for wounding his wife. Sidney Johnson. a Black man, apparently killed Smith because he was tired of the farmer’s abuse. Unable to find Johnson. the killers lynched eight other Blacks Including Hayes Turner and his wife Mary. The mob hanged Mary by her feet, poured gasoline and oil on her and set fire to her body. One white man sliced her open and Mrs. Turner’s baby tumbled to the ground with a “little cry” and the mob stomped the baby to death and sprayed bullets into Mary Turner. (NAACP: Thirty Years of Lynching in the U.S. 1889-1918 )

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Le bathroom selfie

I clean up pretty well

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i am natural since 2011 i am also vegan i don't use chemicals in my body on my body at all. BUT i want to be blue up top and purple on the bottom. i tried manic panic without bleach didn't work at all i have really dark hair. any tips on how to keep it and how long will it last. i hate my black i want color so bad. please help me

I dont really know of any good ways to dye your hair without bleaching it first thats also vegan… can anyone can help?

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Get some wefted hair that matches your texture. Either buy it blue or use human hair so you can bleach/color it to your liking and either sew it in or make clip-ins :) 

that’s really the only way you’ll get blue hair without using any chemicals at all on yourself.

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@bombayhair ash blonde to silver ⬜️

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I went from red to blonde in a hot second;my contribution to the annual Blackout .🙈🙉

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❤ Perfection Here: http://thefashioncritic.tumblr.com

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Herero People of Namibia: Photographed by Jim Naughten

The Herero people are a Bantu ethnic group found in Southern Africa. The majority of them reside in Namibia while the remainder live in Botswana and Angola. Their language is Otjiherero which is a Bantu language and forms part of the Niger-Congo family.

The Herero people are pastoral cattle breeding nation. They are believed to have immigrated from east Africa about 350 years ago. There can be divided into several subgroups which include the Tjimba, Ndamuranda, Mahereo, Zeraua, and Mbandero who are found in Namibia. The Mucubal Kuvale, Zemba, Hakawona, Tjavikwa, and Himba are found mainly in Angola. 

 In 1903, the Herero in Namibia learned that they were to be put in reservations to make room for more German colonisers to prosper. Their culture and freedom was already being heavily restricted. This led to them joining with the Nama in a rebellion that began in 1904 and ended in 1907. The rebellion led to a devastating genocide in which between 75% and 80% of the Herero population was exterminated. German troops used tactics such as driving men, women, and children into the desert to perish as well as poisoning watering holes. In a period of four years, approximately 65,000 Herero people perished. 

The Herero people today are famous for their traditional dress. The women’s dress derives from Victorian women’s fashion and includes crinolines worn over petticoats as well as a horn shaped hat which is said to represent the horn of the bull. Their traditional festival is held in Okahandja on Maherero day, which falls on the last weekend in August. This includes paramilitary groups parading for their chiefs while the women line the streets in their dresses.

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@mandy_apple turned me into a 🍓🍉 for our shoot with @modcloth today. (at Studio Mucci DTLA)

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Repost from @bcurls.michelle #myhaircrush

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@ellelaurenphoto and I getting silly while shooting a super cute summer #lookbook for @modcloth featuring new #StudioMucci décor 😂. Can’t wait to share all the awesomeness 😜😁 (at Studio Mucci DTLA)