Weave: Why it will never die

February 3, 2010 No Comments

Tweet People have been all over weave as of late, from Tyra Banks declaring a ‘Real Hair Day’ to Chris Rock’s Good Hair” myopic biopic on lye, stop it. Weave is wonderful, though. How else can a person with 1-centimeter follicles enter a building and emerge a few hours later with HTB (hair-touch-butt) syndrome? It’s ...

'Good Hair': Is Chris Rock's Wife Unbeweavable?

October 13, 2009 7 Comments

Tweet As the audiences hee and haw at Chris Rock’s “Good Hair,” a look inside the hairstory of black women, many are taking aim at someone on the sidelines: Chris Rock’s wife.Malaak Compton-Rock has been scrutinized heavily (and that’s putting it nicely) since her husband’s film came out. She’s notably absent from the documentary, many ...

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 ...

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 ...

Police: Hair weave stopped bullet

February 20, 2009 No Comments

Tweet Can you say Remi(ngton) Steel? A woman in Kansas City, Mo., is probably in church this morning bowed in prayer … or at her hair salon crying and hugging her hairstylist after her hair weave stopped a jealous ex-boyfriend’s bullet. I didn’t know weave could be woven so tight, but if so, then perhaps ...

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