Basketball Wives’ Jennifer Williams reps Weave Shop

September 21, 2011 No Comments

Tweet The newly single “Basketball Wives” star Jennifer Williams appeared at For Sisters Only in Atlanta this weekend, repping the Weave Shop. At the expo, Williams got her “hair did, nails done, everything big” as she sat down for a mini-makeover from the Weave Shop. The business, founded by LaTonya Saunderson marries hair extensions for affordable ...

Report: Black women exercise less to maintain hair. Really?

September 2, 2011 No Comments

Tweet Is it true? Do more black women skip going to the gym to preserve their hair? Not so, according to a columnist in The Chicago Sun-Times, she should know. She avoided working out as a youth, until her body developed a terrible abnormality. “I just never got it until I was diagnosed with breast ...

Study: Weave tied to baldness

May 6, 2011 No Comments

Tweet That new weave you wanted to rock? It could be causing baldness. That’s the word from researchers. Central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia, or C.C.C.A., is a type of central hair loss diagnosed only in black women, a new study in the New York Times reveals. The hair loss is also tied to Type 2 diabetes ...

Katy Perry goes blue @ Paris Fashion Week

March 8, 2011 No Comments

Tweet Superstar Katy Perry made a splash at Paris Fashion Week, greetign the throngs of media and models with a mane of blue hair. A proud member of the Skittles Wig Movement, Perry performed a number of hits for the French crowd. Her hubby, Russell Brand is gearing up to promote his new film “Arthur” ...

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, ...

The Creamy Crack: Like putting a gun to your head?

September 22, 2010 No Comments

Tweet Okay ladies, by now you’ve heard all about the chemical dangers associated with getting a perm. You’ve seen Chris Rock’s documentary, you’ve heard countless testimonials from various Nap Turners (lol). But here’s more about sodium hydroxide. Just how toxic is it? And is it like putting a gun to your head? Is weave the ...

Bald is Beautiful

May 18, 2010 No Comments

Tweet With individual style taking a back seat these days to cookie-cutter style, we thought it was high time we give a little love to those that decide to take it all off. No, not their shirts. This isn’t Mardi Gras. We’re talking about going bald, clean-shaven or close to it. And no, we’re not ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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