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 ...

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 ...

Hair Wars: Don't You Hate when you 'Sweat it Out'?

October 13, 2009 No Comments

Tweet Recording artist The Dream has a song on heavy rotation on urban radio called “Sweat it Out,” where he describes the pleasures of loving and the bad hairdo that comes as a result. Is sweating it out a concern for most women? Me thinks not. (At least I hope not). But sex is not ...

Hair Wars: Cut it Out, Already

August 16, 2009 No Comments

Tweet Amber Rose is ground zero of the revolution that has taken hold of black women’s hair this summer. If you’ve got a mane of curly locks or even a slick-back style that has never hurt anyone, you’ve found yourself on the frontlines this time. You’ve been told for ages how bad a perm is ...

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 ...

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