Here’s what the NaturallyCurly office can’t stop talking about right now.

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Singer Rihanna was a guest coach on The Voice, and she gave 15-year-old curly-haired contestant Braiden Sunshine some matter-of-fact advice for making it in the industry. “Do something with that hair.” Her suggestion? Slicked back hair with a side part.

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Taraji P. Henson slayed in a recent CR Fashion Book photoshoot with her natural hair in mini cornrows. Did she love them as much as our community did? “This like behind-closed-doors hair. Underneath that is my soul, and it’s me. It’s mine.”

We are in headfirst with this pumpkin spice trend–literally. Now there’s a new hair color fad resembling our favorite Starbucks drink–none other than, pumpkin spice hair.

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Gwen Jimmere, founder of healthy hair care brand Naturalicious, is the first African American woman to hold a patent for a natural hair product. This is huge, according to the African American Patent Holders Database, who records over 500 Black male inventors listed.

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We finally understand what hair type babylights are meant for–and how they differentiate themselves from the lowlights, highlights, and ombre hair coloring trends.

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We called it earlier in the summer–crimped hair is making it’s way into 2016 by way of TRESemme hairstylist Tyler Laswell. Don’t worry, it’s much more subtle than its ’90s premiere.

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New natural hair crush, perhaps? Sierra Leonean-Nigerian singer and musician Di’Ja just finished a shoot with Sunmisola Olorunnisola, and the results are ridiculously stunning.

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When it comes to the Harry Potter series’ book characters versus the movie characters, Emma Watson’s Hermione portrayal was nearly 100% spot on with her “bossy sort of voice, lots of bushy brown hair, and rather large front teeth.”

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Real Housewives of Atlanta star and supermodel Cynthia Bailey is kicking off a “weave break” with a selfie of her natural hair in pigtails. “My edges are a little stressed and damaged.”

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This K-Pop sensation is welcoming a new hair trend into their idol-filled world–loose wavy natural hair. Last Thursday’s Korea Popular Culture and Arts Awards proved the hair type to indeed be a thing.

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Ask Briogeo founder Nancy Twine what not to do when seeking business development on your personal hair care line, she’ll giggle and tell you that “you can’t think that ‘I’m gonna do it all myself.’ I think everyone really needs help…”

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Do Latinas get the wrong kind of representation in the hair and beauty industry? Flor Bella Boutique founder Crystal Colón thinks so. “I hate that my girls Latina identities will be questioned because people are shortsighted about the fact that brown girls come in every ethnicity and are awesome.”

Did we miss any of the news events that caught your attention this week?

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