Is Weave Getting Out of Hand?

September 27, 2010 1 Comment

Tweet One day, you see a woman. Her hair is neck length. You can actually see her back, the nape of her neck. The very next day you see her with hair down to her hamstrings, and her hair is blowing in the wind, flowing. Now, you know this woman. One day it was short, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Is 40 the new 20?

March 6, 2009 4 Comments

Tweet Used to be when a person turned 40 years old, they would no longer brag, body parts would sag and the rest would lag. Not anymore. If there’s a fountain of youth then it must start behind the cosmetics counter. You’ve heard the saying, “black don’t crack”? Maybe there’s some truth to that. Their ...

Chris Rock's "Good Hair" unbeweavable

January 21, 2009 1 Comment

Tweet Comedian Chris Rock said he was apprehensive about bringing his documentary about the black hair experience to the Sundance Film Festival in Utah this week. “Because I think this is the blackest movie ever made,” said Rock, a producer and co-writer on the film. “So I was kind of scared to come to Utah, ...

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