Multi-colored hair: Cool?

February 16, 2010 No Comments

Tweet It is with reasonable trepidation that I ask your opinion on the following: Is multi-colored hair okay? I mean we all know that a number of factors come into play when it comes to deciding what hairstyle you should rock: Culture, occupation, image, even head shape (or even your favorite Skittles flavor). But is ...

Women with mustaches: Cool?

February 12, 2010 No Comments

Tweet If you want to be technical about it, all women and men, boys and girls, and yes, babies, have hair above the lips. In the cases of the younger set, it’s just so small that you can’t see it. Genes, hereditary factors and other influences make some people’s whiskers a little more pronounced. But ...

Mo'nique, WHY?

January 19, 2010 No Comments

Tweet Okay, Mo’nique, kudos on the Golden Globe win for your part in “Precious” and all, but … you know you wrong, right? You know you messed up, right? You know you done messed up your chances for an Oscar, right? I mean, geez, when they said you played the part of a monster in ...

Is it a Wrap for Weave?

August 12, 2009 3 Comments

Tweet It’s been the summer of the shave-off for many women across the land. First the celebrities, (Cassie, Rihanna, etc.) then the regular folks. Is this the end for the long, luxurious weave? Women have been wearing it extra long since the 1970s, when posters of the lion-like mane of Farrah Fawcett used to be ...

Will the Jheri Curl Come Back?

June 5, 2009 6 Comments

Tweet For those who remember the blemished pillow, the small can of clear activator that had to be constantly on standby and the plastic cap that was required at bedtime, the laborious maintenance could only mean one thing: Jheri curl. The Jheri curl was very common and popular in the black community in the late ...

Introducing … the Knuckle Comb

April 29, 2009 1 Comment

Tweet Ever felt like you needed some protection and all you had was an empty can of Mace on a keychain?Now, you can literally knock a mofo out and comb your hair at the same time. The Knuckle Comb, designed by the Kosmos Project, combines elegance with an iron grip for the anticipating woman.Somebody talking ...

The Big Shave-Off: Would You?

April 14, 2009 4 Comments

Tweet When long-delayed-album Bad Boy recording artist Cassie half-shaved her hair off last week it signaled the emergence of a new radical style among women. Women everywhere started to go to their barbers and salons and request half-off, or the “fiddy cut”. Taking it all off is not as popular (of course, if Beyonce did ...

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